Perfect 10: Numbers Set to Celebrate in Style

Having developed their much-loved club night Numbers into a global brand over the last decade, merging three distinctive imprints into one mega label of the same name, the Glaswegian crew comprising Richard Chater, Adam Rodgers, Calum Morton, Neil Morton, Jack Revill, Rob Mordue, Nok La Rok and POL Style have been in celebration mode all year. As they prepare to throw three massive parties in New York, London and Glasgow, Chater takes some time out to discuss their evolution.

The birthday year has been pretty big for you lot so far, with releases from Deadboy, Rustie, Sophie et al. Then there was the launch of the Pleasure Principle festival and the announcement of several parties elsewhere. How has 2013 been for you?

Maybe ask us that once the three parties are out of the way! Pleasure Principle was a lot of work as you’d expect but personally one of the highlights of the year and a weekend I think we’ll all never forget. It was a shared ambition amongst all of us to do a music weekender and really an, errr... pleasure to be able to see so many of our favourite artists and loads of our pals in the one place. We must do it all again soon.

Looking back, what have been some of the biggest moments, musical or otherwise, in the ten years since Numbers started as a club night?

It’s all one big moment really – ten years of being able to play and listen to the records you love alongside your pals and loads of other sound people is a hell of a thing. Being able to do random things like stick Ghostface Killah on in the Sub Club on a Monday night, or our 2011 Warehouse Party in London (which pretty much was my last night out before having a kid) will always stay with me as will Pleasure Principle.

As with the event in London, Hudson Mohawke will be headlining the night in Glasgow. Though not officially part of Numbers, he has always had close ties with the crew. What’s it been like to watch his ascendency?

He’s a friend and to see it all develop the way it has for him is amazing. He took risks and did something and it’s great to hear those sounds all over the Kanye and Pusha T records.

You’re also putting on a birthday event in New York. Tell us about that.

We’ve got two bonafide heroes playing for us. It’s a dream come true actually. From Detroit, it’s Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir, who is one of our favourite producers. Then from Chicago it’s DJ Deeon, the legendary ghetto-house producer. We’ve been playing records by both these guys since day one of Numbers and you can’t really measure the influence those records have had on all of us. For various reasons Deeon can’t leave the US, so doing this party in New York with the Rinsed guys was our golden opportunity to have him play for us. Keep an eye out for some more Numbers x Deeon activity coming soon.

With the label and parties gaining audiences from further afield all the time, the nights in Scotland have understandably become more sporadic. What can club-goers in Scotland expect from Numbers going forward?

Sporadic isn't really the intention as such, we just put on parties whenever we feel the time is right. We’re actually in the middle of sorting out the first Glasgow party of 2014 but our aim as always is to continue playing the music and putting on the artists that excite us in various venues all over the city. It could be the Sub, The Arches, Art School or somewhere else, who knows….

What else is coming up from 2014 onwards?

There is a lot we’re really excited about – a Redinho album is due and we’ve got new music from Sophie and Deadboy amongst others that we can’t chat about at the moment. We’re also preparing for the next Pleasure Priniciple weekender so keep an eye out for that!