Feature: Filthy Dukes
CAN YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
YOUR MUSIC FOR THOSE THAT
Kraftwerk, Neu!,Devo, Ultravox important to us. Also keep on
HAVEN’T DISCOVERED IT YET?
and the Eurythmics. So all these
acts! More contemporary artists
finding new acts and giving them
a platform to play on. We've just
but it's not as simple as that. We
“It's electronic pop i guess that have played at Kill Em All and started up a smaller Kill Em All at
cover a lot of sounds and our
artists like LCD, Chemical the Queen of Hoxton in London so
influences are vast. There's a
Brothers, Simian Mobile Disco, we can put on some of the
track with some rappers from
Soulwax Late of the Pier, through
Philly that has a prog style riff,
to weird acts like Jefferson
smaller acts that aren't
there's electro pop with Tommy
Starship, Rush and Tangerine
established enough to play at
Sparks, dance instrumentals, 80's
Dream, and then poppy stuff like
Fabric.”
synth. Most importantly there are
Fleetwood Mac and Squeeze.” YOU’VE JUST COME OFF YOUR
songs. It's not a dance album
which people who have heard us
IS THERE AN EXPLANATION
ALBUM TOUR AND YOU DIDN’T
dj may expect. You need to buy
BEHIND THE NAME; DO YOU
PLAY ANY VENUES IN KENT.
the album and listen to get it. It
THINK OF YOURSELVES AS
DO YOU BELIEVE IT LACKS
sounds like a lot of different styles
DUKES, AND WHICH OF YOU
SUITABLE VENUES?
on paper but they all come
ARE FILTHY?! There's nothing
“I guess so.
together to make our sound.” long time ago, Olly had a design
“The name came about a really on the
HOW DID YOU GUYS FIRST
and visuals group called Dukes of
tour route.
GET INTERESTED IN MAKING
Science and we thought about
We play
MUSIC?
using the name but it sounds like
a
a drum and bass outfit. We kept
first love and i've been djing for
“Music has always been my the Dukes part and ended up with
11 years. When I started the club
Filthy. If i remember correctly Olly
night (Kill Em All) with Olly, we
thought he was texting me with
had lots of live bands and dance
names but he was texting his
dj's playing together. Bands like
brother (also Tim) by mistake. His
The Rapture and LCD
brother was sending silly names
Soundsystem were coming
and i think Filthy was one of
through and Labels like Output
them, but we both liked it. Ha.
and DFA were pushing things
forward. I guess that was when i
Duke like or Filthy. I guess some
I don't think we're particulary
really wanted to be part of this
of our sounds are quite filthy!”
sound. Bands using old synths
and creating music you can dance
TELL US ABOUT YOUR ‘KILL EM
to. The first production that we
ALL’ NIGHT AT FABRIC,
did was a remix for The Rakes -
WHICH HAS BEEN GOING
22 Grand Job, when Olly and I
STRONG FOR 5 YEARS NOW.
first worked with Mark, and we all
really got a taste for it. We did a
we've grown as dj's and artists.
“It's very important to how
few more remixes and then
We've seen lots of bands come
realised that we were giving away
through our night. We had early
a lot of our ideas. That's when we
gigs for Bloc Party, Late of the
started writing our own material
Pier, We Are Scientists, Justice
with the help of our record label
and Simian Mobile Disco were
fiction.”
resident djs for us at the very
beginining. We always used to
WHO WOULD YOU SAY HAS
go to sound checks and watch
INFLUENCED YOUR STYLE?
the bands and we learnt a lot
from it. We've also seen a lot of
of us have contrasting tastes but
“This is a long list. All three bands perform and it's all an
we all, luckilly have base artists
inspiration.
and sounds that we all love. The
Krautrock movement has been a
that is very important. We've
It is also a great big disco.
massive influence. Mark owns the
been at Fabric for a long time now
desk that Conny Plank built. He
and feels like a second home to
produced all the big Krautrock
us. We always keep the line ups
albums and worked with
fresh and still push the live meets
dj style of the night. That's very
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