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PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
I got into d&b around ‘98 after hearing ‘Logical Progressions 3’, We’re Barrie Manners & Michael Bowles AKA Twin Audio AKA
‘Mysteries of Funk’ and Ed Rush & Optical’s ‘Funktion’. It was my Alter Ego from Banbury in Oxfordshire. We started DJing in 2001
first introduction to electronic music and it blew me away after be- when we were at college. Coco from Dope Ammo used to a run a DJ
ing a solid punk & metal-head. I used to play drums in those kind course there and until then we hadn’t heard much drum & bass. A
of bands, so it was the drums that really got to me. few years later we got into the producing side of things and started
working with Dope Ammo in the studio. We were then signed to
Around that time at uni (tiny little Durham!) we had John B run- Maximum Ammo Records, which was founded by Coco (Dope
ning Substance, essentially putting on most of the people that were Ammo) & Swan-E (Maximum Boost) for new artists. In 2006
doing Blue Note around that time, as well as Exile starting up his we released our first track ‘Mortal Kombat’ which was followed by
thing, and a lot of other wicked artists. That definitely was a big fac- ‘Space Race’. In September 2007 we signed to Mickey Finn’s new
tor on making me want to get into making / mixing / playing it, so I label Finn People Productions.
did! I started Keiretsu around 2000 as well.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND? We like producing all different styles of drum & bass and would best
Errr, well I like a wide range of d&b and music in general, so I describe are sound as electro / jump-up. From day one we have
don’t limit myself stylistically, just like to write stuff with interest- always experimented with all sorts of sounds, we think it’s important
ing rhythms and noises, try and keep a good groove with random to keep varying the tracks, to keep it fresh and to hopefully appeal
breaks & drums, sometimes my own, with a nice progression to fit to a wider audience. One day we will start producing other genres;
in a mix. but at the moment we are solely focusing on drum & bass.
WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOUR MUSIC? WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOUR MUSIC?
It’s a cliché nowadays but I do like a lot of different music! Jazz, We are inspired from a range of different styles of music, and
metal, ‘80s / ‘90s pop, techno, afro / afro-Cuban / Latin, hip usually get our samples from movie themes, soundtracks or
hop, ambient, dubstep, warpy stuff, etc! I just like putting different computer games. You’ll hear this from our earlier tracks such as
ideas & sounds from those into d&b. D&B wise I’m really loving Predator, Mortal Kombat and Children Of The Corn. At present
Break, Amit, Sabre, Spectrasoul, Breakage, Data, Dub One, Oak, Subfocus, Pendulum, Hazard and Noisia are our main influences
Future Engineers, Breakage, Dom & Roland, Lynx, Vicious Circle, in the drum & bass scene.
Gremlinz. Dubstep wise Appleblim, Reso, TRG, Ramadanman,
DMZ crew, Silkie, Martyn, Breakage, Kode 9, Burial. WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
Currently we’re working on new material for our label Twin Audio
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON? Records, which we’re starting in a few months time. We had a break
Couple of collabs with Jubei & Loxy, and a few things of my at the beginning of this year but are now working hard in the studio
own that will either get deleted or changed 20 times first he he! on production etc. Keep an eye out for the 300 remixes, gonna
Hopefully also sorting out some studio time with Data soon, look- be big!
ing forward to that.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING OUT SOON?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING OUT SOON? Our next releases will be for Twin Audio, but were also going to do
‘Ancients’ / ‘Shodan’ (with Loxy) is out now on Cylon. Then more collaborations with other artists in the scene.
‘Know The Future’ & ‘With You’ are due on the 31 Records album
out soon. In May look out for ‘Lights Out’ / ‘Human Error’ on ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT?
Horizons. I also have ‘Hold On’ coming out and I’m not sure when We’ve decided to change our name to Twin Audio. We felt this was
but ‘Outpost’ (with Phobia) is due on Coded Music. the right time to change our name as were working on our new label
of the same name and we were getting confused with the electro /
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT? house group Alter Ego.
I’m working with my band Keiretsu on some new live projects and
I’m starting my own live / DJ combo weird thing, although I’ve
been saying that for ages now.
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