Deliquent
The remixers du jour show no signs of
flagging with a new album in the works
David and he’s really blown me
away with the exceptional standard
of his work in the past month.
Do you think your new single I
Got U is as big as My Destiny?
My Destiny was signed to a major
independent label so that helped to
get it out there. Because we’ve
released I Got U ourselves there’s
always going to be an element that
it’s ‘only’ an independent release.
It’s been a digital release, but I’d
like to think that one day, once the
album is out it will become as big
as My Destiny. From performing
all across the country, we’ve
definitely had a good reaction.
Master work: Extra Curricular You collaborated with Kcat on
Activities should be out by June
both My Destiny and I Got U.
Are you collaborating with
anyone else right now?
W
ith a career spanning You have been making Bassline
over nine years, the north beats for a long time now, who
Yeah, we’re working with the likes
London production outfit have been your inspiration?
of Donaeo and other talented
consisting of 26-year-old Michael I’m definitely into Timbaland as a
unsigned artists. I think it’s easier
Pantelli and Philip Omo, have a list producer. I think he started a lot of
to work with artists that haven’t
of clubland hits spanning far wider trends by being very creative and
been discovered. It’s a lot more
than their top 20 UK Chart smash working out of his comfort zone.
satisfying working with people that
My Destiny. Remixing for artists He would try something different
you can discover by chance and
such as Jamelia, Timbaland and which became a phenomenon.
build a relationship with – like a
Magoo, Usher, Mis-teeq and more I’m also into a lot of Eighties stuff
guy called Jamie Dereyes who is a
recently Taio Cruz, it wasn’t long across the board, and because
male vocalist that we are working
before the duo was labelled as the we have our own record label and
a lot with on the album. I would
‘Godfathers of Bassline’. we’re investing in ourselves I also
say that the album is mainly Jamie
With Bassline hitting all the think people like Richard Branson
Dereyes, Donaeo and Kcat.
right notes with clubgoers across are inspirational figures.
the UK, Flavour caught up with
Tell me about the plans for
Michael Pantelli to talk about the Do you think it’s fair to say that
your forthcoming album?
scene through Delinquent’s eyes. you’re both trendsetters?
You can expect an album round
There’s a cluster of about five or
May or June so not that far away
So is it Delinquent by name six producers that were there from
and it’s going to be called Extra
delinquent by nature? the start of Bassline and I definitely
Curricular Activities! The album
Yeah that’s kind of where the name think we’re in that cluster. But at
will be song-based and we’ll
came from. When we would go the same time, we’ve never really
be making sure that its fun, lively,
to the studio there would always followed what’s been happening,
entertaining and energetic. We’ll
be something going on, either we’ve just done our own thing and
also be delving into new sounds.
with blown electrics or we would just done what we’re happy with.
overstay our welcome. There would If it catches on, it catches on.
How long do you think you’ll be
always be a little bit of trouble.
in the UK music scene for?
Who are your current contenders
I don’t think it’s ever going to stop.
How would you define Bassline? in the Bassline scene?
I’ve caught the bug and I don’t
I would say it’s energetic and I feel that the one producer that is
think it’s ever going to go away.
up-tempo, but at the same time it keeping things current like we do
has a hint of soul in it. It’s the kind
ds by Susanne Singh
is a producer called Witty Boy. He
myspace.com/delinquentuk
or
of music made for going out. just completed a remix for Craig
myspace.com/kcatworld
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