Great DJ

Their third single, ‘Great DJ’, was released on 3rd March 2007 and was the first release under their newly signed label 'Columbia Records'.

The band sold special ‘one of a kind’ versions of the single whilst on the NME tour. For this single, the band decided to involve local University students to take part in personalising old inside-out vinyl covers. The song has received considerable air time from all the major radio stations and is also currently featured on the Radio 1 playlist.

The single is available for download on itunes as of march 3rd although there was trouble finding it for some users, to locate it on itunes search 'Great DJ'.

The Ting Tings
Source: NME
Great DJ

This year is already shaping up to be a classic. A battle royale between the latest set of industry-approved Britz kids headed by Adele – who recently ’fessed up to an unironic love of Mariah Carey – and a new wave of literate pop activists. The latter, having studied the machinations of the mu-sick biz, have decided to treat pop culture like a surrealist second-hand shop.

Principal amongst these purveyors of cheap thrills are Salford’s Ting Tings, comprising singer Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino. If last year’s limited release ‘Fruit Machine’ saw them set out their stall as a sardonic LCD Soundsystem, ‘Great DJ’ stakes an almighty claim to be the year’s first lo-fi dancefloor smash.

The elements are all there. Scratchy, Peaches-esque guitar riff? Check. Chorus you’d still be humming after a week in Glasgow with Gallows? Check. Mischievous sense of pop as sonic thrift shop? Check! At its beating heart, peroxide philosopher Katie: "Folks got high at quarter to five/Don’t you feel you’re growing up undone?" she intones cryptically, before gabbling something about "The local DJ" having "some songs to play".