Q AND As
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
I’m Subsonik from Shawnee, Oklahoma. I I’ve just signed exclusively to Technique
went into my first raves around 1993-1994, Recordings for several tracks so I’m focusing
was DJing in friend’s houses by ‘96 and my time on that at the moment. Also, I’m
stumbled into my first gig in 97. It was a party currently working on some very interesting
in Oklahoma City with DJ Wally [aka Pish electro and trance projects for a Seattle based
Posh] headlining and the place was going label, Next Level Muzik.
crazy! A friend of the mine who knew the
promoter approached me saying that they WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING OUT SOON?
had an open slot. Not having my records on Subsonik – ‘Sick Shit’ / ‘Tanker’ (Urban
me, I drove an hour to my house and grabbed Takeover); Subsonik ft. Youngman MC
my short stack of disco / filter house and – ‘Breakout’ (Technique); Burner Brothers –
ended out the night with an hour and a half ‘Where I Want U’ (Subsonik remix) (Technique);
set. After that, I knew I was hooked. Krooked – ‘Be There With Me’ (Subsonik remix)
(Sudden Def); Subsonik – ‘Afraid of The Dark’
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND? / ‘Sensor’ (Xposure); Subsonik ft. Essence
It’s a perfect fusion of trance and d&b. I love – ‘Nasty Intentions’ / ‘Sensor’ (Inside Info remix)
the contrast of epic vocals and powerful (Incite); State Of Mind – ‘The Jackal’ (Genr8 +
melodies to absolute filthy basslines with Subsonik remix) (Cymbalism); Subsonik – ‘The
some fat, driving percussion. Tension’ (Next Level Muzik).
WHAT INSPIRES YOUR MUSIC? ANYTHING ELSE YOU’RE DOING YOU WANT
Classic rock, jazz and classical music are TO TELL US ABOUT?
major influences, but like most artists I just I’d like to give a few shout outs to my family,
pick up ideas through daily life. Ben Sage, Aaron Simpson, Jess, Morgan Kiro,
Ben XO, Sam & Nigel Nightbreed, everybody
WHAT PROCESS DO YOU GO THROUGH IN @ Sudden Def, Rene Genr8, Mel @ S2k, Jeryl,
CREATING A TRACK? C4C, Evol Intent, everybody at Technique and
Usually an idea for a tune will come to Cymbalism Records, Mikey Payload, Chris
me out of nowhere. The trouble is finding Vertical, and all those who continue to support
immediate means to get that idea down to me on my mission.
paper before I forget. SUBSONIK
CAMO & KROOKED
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF go to next element without having the one before sitting in the mix nicely. The whole
My name is Reini Rietsch, aka Camo, and I live in Salzburg, Austria. I started producing arranging comes at the end by making a powerful drop and a good mixable intro.
about five years ago when a friend showed my some self-made hip hop beats and I
thought lets try that with drum & bass and got stuck with it. Krooked’s real name is WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
Markus Wagner and he lives in a tiny village in lower Austria. He got into producing at Next up are some collaborations with Aphrodite, Mutated Forms, Amaning, Future
just 14 when he was playing around with a demo version of some sequencer. Prophecies, Nightbreed, Rregula & Dementia and Djon. We hope we find time and
inspiration for all of them but mostly we end up starting new tunes by ourselves.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?
We just do whatever we are feeling at the moment, it can be ruff jump-or some WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING OUT SOON?
lovely mellow anthem depending on our mood. We like to switch between genres and Camo & Krooked – ‘No More Running’ / Camo & Squash – ‘Don’t Push Me’ (Dirty Habit);
explore new ones, so it will never get boring. You can try out new things that you have Future Prophecies vs Camo & Krooked – ‘Blackmail’ / Camo & Krooked – ‘No Nerds
never done before and move forward and learn. Needed’ (Berzerk); Camo – ‘Just Hold On’ / Camo ft. Jett – ‘So Far Apart’ (Uprising);
Camo & Krooked – ‘Selecta’ (Brigand); Camo & Krooked – ‘The Sacrilege’ / ‘Your Touch’
WHAT PROCESS DO YOU GO THROUGH IN CREATING A TRACK? (Renegade Hardware); Camo & Krooked – ‘Shut Your Eyes’ / ‘The Access’ (Finn People);
As we don’t live in the same town we work together over the net. Mostly we start with Camo & Krooked – ‘It Has Begun’ (Mainframe); Greenlaw ft. Camo – ‘Body’ (Formation);
the beats and try to make ‘em as tight as possible, then we launch some synths and Camo & Krooked – You Don’t Know What Love Is / See Through You (Sudden Def),
check out melodies or dig some samples. We do the mixdown while producing, we can’t Krooked – ‘Be With Me’ (Subsonik remix) (Sudden Def).
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