I had a number of encounters with him in real life, DJing at club nights and events. It's not an exaggeration to say that a huge swathe of records and CDs I've bought since 1990, shelf upon shelf of artefacts (plus books, T-shirts, prints and posters) are because of his involvement as producer, musician or remixer or because in some way he recommended them, through interviews in the music press, articles written for magazines and websites, out DJing, warming up for bands, club nights recorded onto cassette, internet DJ mixes and his regular radio shows for 6 Music and most recently NTS. It all started there and then mushroomed in spectacular style, from Screamadelica in 1991 to his most recent works in the Woodleigh Research Facility and solo records. Loaded, Hallelujah, Come Home and Only Love Can Break Your Heart.

My personal history with Lord Sabre goes back twenty years before that, to 1990 and his first remixes. This is the 499th time that I've tagged 'Andrew Weatherall' on a post and his music and influence has been the subject of my writing since Bagging Area's first week of existence back in January 2010. It goes without saying that this blog has reflected my love for the man's work. This unwanted piece of news turned up in a Whatsapp group and then my social media timelines, people who were fans or had connections with him, were deluged with reactions, tributes and memories and his music.

Andrew Weatherall died in hospital yesterday of a pulmonary embolism aged fifty six. This is a post I didn't expect to be writing.

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