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FROM BRIGHTON
TO BUNKYO
Throwing a sharp shuriken into the neck of the music industry in the form of his new solo
mix series entitled ‘Assassin’, DJ Friction is on a stealth mission to infiltrate your stereo
and slice your cerebral with a deadly arsenal of music.
Friction hung up his katana blade and headphones It’s a drum & bass thing – first there was ‘The of them aren’t going to be released. I think it’s
to talk about his record label plans for 2009. Executioner’ [Andy C] and now this. “What I try definitely the best mix CD I’ve ever done. I’ve
“The track ‘Aztec’ by Spor is one of the biggest to do and what my DJing has always been about really enjoyed mixing and compiling it. When we
tunes of the year,” the Shogun master utters from is me covering the whole spectrum,” the Shogun do a mix CD it’s a big team effort at Shogun. I’m
deep within his Shogun enclave. “Alix Perez’s lord mulls. “That’s what I’ve always done and is really excited about the project because now this is
album is out in September called ‘1984’. The mix kind of how I broke through in the first place. going to be my baby and I don’t know if I’ll ever
CD is the first of my own series on Shogun that People believed I could play mellow at Swerve or have time to write a full album… like an actual
I’m starting called ‘Assassin Volume 1’, which will Hospital, or hard at Hardware, or do jump-up. artist album. I can really work and get my teeth
be followed up in due course with 2, 3, 4…” This CD – the vibe of it – was to go through and into this for the next few years.”
nail those expectations in an hour and twenty
Friction has been christened the ‘Assassin’ by the minutes. There’s a lot of really good music about One can only imagine the kinds of death-
warring clans in the drum & bass scene. “That’s that landed and… some people might say it’s good defying missions Friction has been consigned to
it!” Friction laughs, removing his ninja mask. because I’m mixing it!” throughout history. “It’s a journey and that was
“Well, apparently so. It’s ‘Assassin’ – just singular my original intention. It’s quite hard to make a
assassin. That is the name that everybody seems to Even samurai spirits can be humble and self- journey in an hour and twenty minutes in a club,
call me when I DJ now.” deprecating. “It has a lot of exclusives from Shogun but when you’re actually on a mix CD it’s easier.”
and other labels,” Friction tells. “Literally, many
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