LIFTING THE COVERS
WORDS BY JIM MERRITT
PICTURES BY REX FEATURES AND VAUXHALL
Stop him if you've heard this one before - superstar DJ/producer/musician Mark Ronson reveals all.
Where to start? Mark Ronson is a musician/a producer/a DJ. Precisely which depends on where in the world you are – even what time of the day or night it is. And that’s only scratching the surface, because Ronson is becoming a force of nature. He’s worked with everyone – from Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen to hip-hop luminaries like Mos Def, Wu Tang Clan’s (late) ODB and Ghostface Killah, and living rock deities like Jack White.
He’s been linked to the next James Bond theme. He even DJ’d at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. But for all the pap-shots of him falling out of parties with celebrity mates, he is still best known in the UK for his album Version, which may well have been the soundtrack to your past year.
When we spoke to him he was gearing up
for the Corsa-sponsored early summer extravaganza known as Corsa presents Bandstand steered by Sunday Best. That’s the indoor festival series hosted during May by Radio 1’s Rob da Bank, the brains behind festival season highlight Bestival. So think fancy dress, music and grins from ear to ear and you won’t be far wrong.
‘It’s really exciting’, Ronson says. ‘I’m a big fan of Rob. He’s a really good guy and any time he puts on an event it’s a good thing’. And the dress code goes down well with the always well turned out Ronson: ‘It’s the same attitude of dressing up and having fun’.