Raj Pannu is a UK based DJ, producer and vinyl collector of many years. Having toured as the audio and audio-visual DJ for Coldcut and Ninjatune, he is also known for his incredible DJ skills and musical insight. UK organisations ‘Generator’ and ‘Northern Film and Media’ approached Raj with the concept of working exclusively with material from the BBC’s ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’, the legendary 70’s/80’s TV show.
Many artists may struggle under these confines, but as the resulting work demonstrates, Raj chose to see the potential. Raj was tasked with producing a piece of audio-visual work that would be performed live at the final ‘Space Invasion’ event, alongside artists such as Ghost Poet, and Maximo Park’s Paul Smith. The piece re-defines and re-interprets the concept of an audio visual collage (with design help from audio visual creative studio, Novak Collective) using archive material, which includes classic performances from Bill Withers, Can, Budgie, Michael Chapman, Roxy Music and Pentangle as well as legendary presenter Bob Harris..