FRIDAY 31 | Music visionary Danny Rampling, former BBC Radio 1 and Kiss FM DJ, is perhaps best known as the man behind Shoom, one of the first acid house nights in late-’80s London. It was Rampling who took the smiley face logo and made it synonymous with dance music. Rampling, too, who bossed Radio 1’s Love Groove, becoming a global name after selling more than a million albums. He’s spun privately for George Michael, The Pet Shop Boys, Mick Hucknell, Gloria Estefan, Depeche Mode, Patrick Cox, Antonio Berardi and Boy George. And tonight, he – author of Everything You Need To Know About DJing & Success – takes the decks at Pontoon, alongside his American DJ wife Ilona, for your listening pleasure (tickets: $8).
WHO: Mr & Mrs Danny & Ilona Rampling
WHAT: Veteran DJs
WHERE: Pontoon Pulse, Street 172
WHEN: 9pm January 31
WHY: He made the smiley face famous