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Donae’o
going to need a new hairdo, so it’s
the same with music. After a while
you can’t go crazy to something that
The funky house king still parties hard
you’ve already heard a million times.
In what way would you say fame
Donae’o, the man behind the classic so I’m always kind of moving and has affected you?
bangers Devil In A Blue Dress and adapting from scene to scene. Nah, I’m still the same person that I
African Warrior can definitely be always was. In fact, I really don’t like
considered the king of funky house. How was the genre first it to be honest because everyone
Still not slowing the pace in his introduced to you? has their own agenda. Where I live,
venture he has one of the hottest From listening to dope DJs like Super I’m just Donae’o, they don’t really see
albums of the summer, Party Hard D and Marcus Nasty, raving and me as something big, but it’s part of
out now. Munching at the back of his clubbing and just seeing the old vinyl my job and I’ve learnt to accept that.
local KFC, Flavour caught up with carriage come through. It took me a
the man himself to talk about his new while though. I tried to fight it for a What about the ladies? I’m sure
album, Lethal Bizzle and fame. bit, but I liked the music so much I it’s helped you in that department?
thought I need to make this. I’m in a relationship so I can’t even
Tell us all about your new album look at that to be honest.
Party Hard. Is it dance music? What do you think it is about funky
To be honest, I’ve been heavily that has got everyone so into it? You must be getting a lot more
influenced by dance music so I just Why has it gone down a storm? attention, though.
wanted the album to emphasize Everyone likes raving especially Not really, see I’m not that type
those aspects. You can find a mixture in this country because we’re very anyway. If a girl approaches me she
of jungle, drum and bass, electro dance music orientated. For a while will end up knowing that too.
and funky house which is the exact all people were playing was garage
combination that I desired. I wanted and old skool but nobody’s making Okay, so what’s next for Donae’o?
to make it a little more of a dance, that music now. I think it’s the fact I’m currently working on my second
upbeat album. I just hope everyone that it’s new music, and everyone album and that’s really the next plan.
likes it because every tune I’ve put needs something new. I’m sure in au-
in there I think is banging, but even tumn you’re going to buy new clothes Party Hard is out now
though I think they’re all banging, that and a couple of months later you’re www.myspace.com/donaeo
doesn’t necessarily mean everyone
one else thinks it’s banging. All I can
say is that I can promise you that I’ve
given you my best work.
Any interesting collaborations?
There are no artist collaborations
as such on this album, but there are
producer collaborations with Delio
D’Cruz, Delinquent and a producer
from Canada called Suges. Apart
from that, the whole album has been
produced by me because I wanted
it to be a CV to show everyone what
I’m capable of behind the desk.
How was it working with Lethal
Bizzle? Any interesting stories?
It was good fun and eye-opening
as well because most people know
when they come to me they just want
what I’m known for which is funky. So
they might hear something and not
necessarily like it but still go for it
because it’s popular, but Lethal
wasn’t like that. We ended up giving
him a funky track as he was open to
new ideas and he was just letting me
be the producer so it was all good.
Did you always see yourself
going into the funky genre?
If you look at my history, I was always
involved with every genre when I was
old enough to get involved. I make
garage, grime, bassline, I haven’t
tackled dubstep yet but I’ll probably
end up making a dubstep tune. It’s
all about funky now but I’ll probably
ords by Nadifa Sheikhey
end up making the new wave of UK
W dance music that comes in the future
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