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French producer and DJ Yuksek has confessed his admiration for LCD Soundsystem star James Murphy, ahead of their gig together in London this weekend.
The duo will perform at East London venue XOYO's first birthday celebrations on Friday (30 August, 2013) and Yuksek claims Murphy has had a huge influence on dance music - and is the only artist he is a passionate fan of.
Yuksek reveals to Gigwise that the extent of his appreciation stretches across a 10 year period, claiming "I’m not a fan of anything, but James Murphy is the only guy I'm crazy about."
"I love what he’s doing, I’m a crazy fan of LCD Soundsystem. He's the only person I could say over the past 10 years I’m a big fan of."
Yuksek goes onto cite Murphy as an influence but not just musically, "James Murphy is an influence not necessarily for the music itself but the vibe and the way he carries what he's doing, taking his time, writing music that's for him and not changing to be some guy that everybody likes."
The revered Murphy, who was most recently involved in the production of tracks on the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album will perform a DJ set at XOYO this Friday (August 30).
Listen to Yuksek's latest single featuring Oh Land 'Last Of Our Kinds':
