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Words John Murray Hill
ROCK THE CASPA
Caspa is a reflection of the blossoming state of underground music’s current buzzword “dubstep”. Rapidly rising up the ranks
and in hot demand by major labels [he just finished remixing Depeche Mode], this London-living DJ / producer is garnering a
reputation as a musical purist, enforced by his uncompromising, new album ‘Everybody’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening’.
As one of the most sought-after interviewees in And it’s thriving! “That’s what’s exciting about So, what are his expectations? “There are none,”
underground music, what does Caspa have to say it,” Caspa continues. “It’s the product of different Caspa shocks, showing a refreshing streak of
about the genre he produces – dubstep? “At the types of people and walks of life coming together, individualism. “I think the title says it all really
moment, dubstep is one of the most important and they’re all here for the same reason… – ‘Everybody’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening’.
underground scenes,” Caspa tees off from the music.” At a time when dubstep is blowing up, and has
confines of his slick studio. “It’s probably the so much talk and hype about it, I think people
most exciting one at the moment. Not in the Many genres come to be mutilated by incestuous sometimes forget that we wouldn’t be here unless
UK, not in Europe… but throughout the world. politics… people get riled when new styles and we had the music in the first place.”
Everybody is excited about it. Dubstep really is artists threaten their nest egg, so they try to keep it
just what it’s always been – the product of a bunch in the family. “This is true,” says Caspa. “There’s ‘Everybody’s Talking, Nobody’s Listening’ is from
of producers making really good music. But it’s obviously a borderline where people jump on the the heart, then – uncompromised. “It’s just music
blown up and the hype is big.” bandwagon. They can see money involved and try – something I’ve done – put together,” Caspa
to milk it. But, where the scene is tight knit and concludes. “I’ve essentially gone, ‘This is what I’m
The media are all over dubstep right now, leading everyone knows each other, I think everything’s feeling’, I’ve put it on CD and I want people to
casual consumers to believe it’s just come out the quite healthy. We need to be careful because, listen to it. There are no tunes on the album that
oven. “It’s the same as it’s always been, but the once big money gets involved, things can take a I’ve made just to please. I made something and it
reason it’s getting so much attention is because wrong turn.” is what it is.”
it’s so diverse,” Caspa explains. “There are many
different sounds in there. You’ve got your techno Save us Caspa! “I think my album is quite diverse,”
influences, dub, drum & bass and house, so he thinks aloud. “It’s not just one sound.” SNOOP DOGGY DUB
people from every genre understand something
that’s going on.” And it’s out now on CD, vinyl and download. Caspa uncovers fascinating evidence dictating
“I’ve been doing a lot of press and I have heavy the position of dubstep on the musical landscape
Dubstep is extremely accessible, from its dark, bookings coming up from now until October.” today: “On Snoop Dogg’s Twitter,” he tells, “there
trippy origins to the techno-pop and vocal was a thing where Snoop was asking, “Who
swagger of more recent mutations. “The things The first single – ‘Marmite’ and ‘The Takeover’ knows about dubstep?” He went on to do a vocal
is, you can’t pigeonhole it,” Caspa opines. “You featuring Dynamite MC – is available now. A over a dubstep Chase & Status track, which he
can try to say that I only make dancefloor bangers, Caspa DJ set is good chance to hear his album in put out on the internet and let everyone download.
or that Burial purely makes music for your iPod, its natural habitat. Apparently his A&R people have since been asking
but at the end of the day it’s all part of the same for some dubstep tunes that Snoop and his boys
scene.” can spit on for a mixtape.”
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