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Indian, folk music group, whatever they are and and I’m coming from a drum & bass background Tell us more about the new studio you’re building…
incorporate their sound into the scene. so we called it ‘Rhythm & Bass’. I know it’s been I’m building another studio at the moment and
done before but we did a whole album and every it’s going to be more like an arts centre; it will
It’s more about connecting the world again, not track is a proper song. It might be a bit too dif- have a gallery and arts studio where my girlfriend
being limited to one genre of music and having ficult for DJs that like the simple stuff to mix be- can work with ceramics and glass. Upstairs will be
fun at the same time. I can’t play an instrument cause you’ve got to think about your mixes if you my studio where I’ll be teaching local kids. I’m
and it’s great to work with such fantastic musi- play those tunes. looking for sidelines to do alongside my passion
cians. We’re even using an instrument called the for drum & bass and pay my bills! I’ll also be us-
trutruga and it’s like a cow’s horn on a long bam- I’ve also been releasing music with Greg Packer ing it to make music for adverts and films.
boo stick and it makes like a Viking sound. It’s and I’m working on an album with Big Bud called
South American Indian instrument and I’m in- ‘Sol Food’ that’s coming out later this year. That Another sideline I do is running my own DJ
corporating that into electronic music. I’m help- will be smooth BPM music - BPM stands for big agency. All the DJs are my friends anyway so I do
ing them reach Europe and they’re helping my people’s music, MC 5ive-O told me that one! a non-exclusive deal with them where I might put
music sound a lot more colourful. I see instru- I’ve also got another label called Flipside releas- their name forward in the place I’ve just played. I
ments as colours and I’m not going to make the ing the hard stuff, we’ve got new artists like Izzah also organise swaps for DJs in different countries.
same painting as the next producer. and Wobble T I’m releasing, and I’ll put out some My current studio is by a national wildlife park
things on it under an alias. In my studio I’ve got and another sideline I do is recording insects and
So it’s about fusing the organic with the synthetic? these big shutters on the window and when the birds to sell to nature documentary programs, but
I remember when musicians were worried when shutters are down and it’s dark I can imagine I’m I also use those sounds in my music. I think it’s
electronic music came in because you don’t need back in England and I can make some dark, heavy important to include the environment in which
musicians to make music, one man can do it all by drum & bass! you live into your music. Go out wherever you
himself in a studio. However I think that sounds are and discover something, there are sounds out
too perfect, the vibes come from the mistakes you Collaborating is obviously very important to you… there, you just need to listen. You need to experi-
make and having a live human touch… organic Definitely, especially as I’m so isolated out here. ment, do something different and be original.
sounds in your music give it another flavour. I have producers out all the time like Don-E and
It’s all about mixing the organic sounds back a producer from Switzerland called Bakerman.
www.djsuv.net
in again. I definitely miss the Full Cycle guys for that, we
www.myspace.com/suvmusic
used to go round each other’s studios and we used
Tell us more about some of your recent releases… to bounce of each other and it showed in the mu-
Vinyl and CD sales aren’t very good just now so sic. Now it’s just me I have to look for other ways
I’m moving my label Playside into digital down- to get inspiration and feedback in the studio. It
loads and once that happens things can start mov- doesn’t matter if they’re bigger or smaller, there’s
ing again. The only people that have been getting no such thing to me. If they haven’t got much ex-
my tunes are the hardcore DJs who still buy vi- posure but have a great sound then I want to work
nyl. I had a CD out last year with UK soul art- with them. Working with someone like Bjork
ist Don-E and he’s a great musician and singer. would be a dream for me though as she’s so open
He’s coming from a rhythm & blues background minded like me.
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