All successful artists feel burdened by the necessity of playing the hits, or in some cases THE hit, the one that launched their career and catapulted them into the public consciousness. Some, with various levels of enthusiasm, embrace it. Others, like Eric Prydz, run away from it.
The Swedish DJ hadn’t played Call On Me, his 2004 Number One for over 20 years, describing it as “super lazy”. Often this stance hasn’t done him many favours – at one gig in Quebec City, Canada in 2008 punters bottled his decks when he refused to play it – but through two-decades of DJ gigs, high-concept A/V shows and a multitude of aliases, Prydz has succeeded in becoming known for things beyond his breakthrough hit.
