CALVIN'S WAITING FOR KYLIE
DJ Harris in sweat over tracks. 4 August 2007.
By Rick Fulton
POP princess Kylie Minogue has put two tracks by Scots producer Calvin Harris on the shortlist for her comeback album.
Calvin, 23, is now hoping at least one will make the final cut.
And he is not downhearted that four out of the six tracks which the pair created together during weeks in the studio are out of the running.
The former shelf-stacker from Dumfries said: "Two have made the shortlist. The other four, I'll use the beats for something else.
"I hope the two they like will be on the album but it's a waiting game."
One of the two tracks selected by Kylie for her first album since her battle with breast cancer was Calvin's first attempt at a tune for her.
He wrote it in his bedroom when he heard rumors she wanted him to work on the album. He calls it a "big electro pop" song while the other is a hip-hop tune.
Calvin, who has had major hits himself with The Girls and Acceptable In The 80s, has also revealed the tunes are not duets.
He laughed: "Would I ever want to perform with Kylie?
"If it ever got to the stage of me performing with her, I'd have to think would I be totally upstaged by her in front of so many people?
"I'd make a t*** of myself.
She's duetted with Robbie Williams, Justin Timberlake and then Calvin Harris. It's just absolutely ridiculous."
Another source of amusement for Calvin is the rumors that he and Kylie were dating following their work together.
The 6ft 5in Scot thinks that it's hilarious he's been linked with the 5ft1in Australian, who is also 16 years his senior.
That's not only because of the height difference but also because he has a girlfriend, Sophie, 28, in Glasgow.
He said: "We have just laughed it off."
While Calvin is an in demand producer, one person he's not interested in working with is Madonna.
He shrugged: "I've never been into Madonna. I'm one of the few that never got it."
And while he has to pinch himself that he can even talk about knocking back Madonna, it's not all glamor.
Our interview is taking place in a service station before Calvin drives off to a radio station to promote next single Merrymaking At My Place, which is out on August 20.
Source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/