Like most people, DJs and producers have specific songs tied to events throughout their lives. In Crate Expectations, we extract a playlist from their memories to tell their story. This week’s subject: Chris Macintyre and Linus Booth of Jokers Of The Scene.

THUMP: What’s the first song you ever loved?
Chris: Prince “Automatic”
Linus: Black Sabbath “Sweet Leaf”

What are the first two songs you ever mixed together?
Chris: Public Enemy “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” with Björk “Human Behavior”

Linus: Aphex Twin “Rhubarb” with The KLF “Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard”

What’s your worst guilty pleasure song?
Chris: P.M. Dawn’s “Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine”

Linus: Brandy’s “Sadiddy”

What song have you had on repeat in the last month?
Chris: Talk Talk “Life’s What You Make It”

Linus: Robert Wyatt “At Last I Am Free”

Which track of your own do you like the most?
Chris & Linus: Jokers Of The Scene “Joking Victim”

Which track of your own do you hate the most?
Chris: Destroy Disco “Fly Or Bounce (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)”

Linus: Thunderheist “Jerk It (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)

What’s the last song you want to hear before the lights go on?
Chris: Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound Of Silence”

Linus: Mr. Fingers “Can You Feel It”