Interview with Al from Psymmetrix/Dirty Saffi/Project Sketch Here is the interview with Al from Psymmetrix/Dirty Saffi/Project Sketch just before his set at the new AURALPHONIX parties which start on the 5th of November at 414 in Brixton...
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Who are you?
I'm Al aka 1/2 of Psymmetrix/Dirty Saffi/Project Sketch, owner and one of the label managers of Bom shanka music and all round nice guy!!!
When and why did you start djing?
Well I started to make music before I could mix, which was in 2003, but that was when I brought my first computer to make music on. But I was making music for a long time before that.
What can people expect when they come and see you?
Either a nice humble guy, interested in what is happening or some grumpy arsehole or probably somewhere in between. As for the music you can expect well produced high energy music that is psychedelic and designed to make you wanna dance!!
What is your favourite label and why?
urmm.. well apart from Bom shanka its Peak records and Wildthings too, because they have great music, wonderful artists and a good way of going about there business. They are nice guys!!!
What's your favourite artists at the moment?
Rev, Illegal machines, Bombax, Spyrullas and Organic Hybrid.
Who or what are your biggest influences?
For making music the biggest influences for me are Tron and Richie (Psymmetrix/Assimilion), they taught me a lot.
Where have you played in the past 6 months?
fuck, we have played in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Swiss, Italy, Spain, France, Russia, Ukraine, Wales and of course London.
Tell us about your most memorable gig?
This year at the Antaris Festival was really good, except I was too drunk and I got told off for drinking so much on stage. I do not know if they will ask me back, but I really hope so. The festival is killer
Where would be your ideal venue/place to play in?
I would love to play in a nice hot country, on the beach with a stupidly killer sound system at a festival that does not stop for days and with thousands of mashed up freaks having it on the dance floor.
What was the first record you bought?
The Stonk by Hale and Pace. It was a comedy record for children in need.
What is your favourite record in your box at the moment?
Rev, Amusia. It is proper psy-trance, and 'The Reaction' which is our new compilation, we just got it back from the mastering studio, it is going to be in the shops in time for Christmas everyone!!!
Where can we expect to see you in the coming months?
Brazil, Germany and London. I'm going to be in the studio a lot over the next 6 months making the debut album of Dirty Saffi.
Chris Liberator Chris Liberator interview
How would you say the Acid Techno scene in the UK has changed and developed since you became involved in it?
On a musical level, it's become less trance based and more techno oriented. There's a lot less 303 action, in favour of other analogue devices and sampled sounds and filtered breakbeats. Although there's plenty of 303 stuff being made, it tends to be darker. All the areas within the genre are being explored!
On a scene level, it's certainly a lot broader and more widespread. There's clubs and parties all over the UK which have Acid Techno as their base sound, or incorporate it within their own musical structure. Within the London squat/party scene, it's still an important musical force although there are plenty of other kinds of music being played (and made) by the DJs/musicians/rigs, etc. on the scene.
Is this for better or worse?
More diversity within the music is obviously better. That the music (and just as importantly, the very underground vibe that goes with it) has spread is a good thing too. Hopefully, it'll destroy the increasingly commercial UK cheesy house scene!
There seems to be a lot of politics both surrounding, and inside the free party scene. How do you feel about this?
Politics is life. Unfortunately, partying is still regarded as an unsavoury activity by the powers that be. Obviously, illegal partying engenders its own problems and put you in conflict with the system. It shouldn't be such a big issue but it often becomes so. Also, a lot of people come from a Punk / traveller / squat background where alternative politics have always posed the eternal question, "Why?", something which everyone should ask from time to time about a lot of things that we take for granted.
Would you say the squat/free party scene has been instrumental in the development of Acid Techno?
Yes. Hard urban environment. Hard, urban, escapist music.
Do you see the abundance of Ketamine as a potential threat to the scene?
No. Maybe to certain people who get too into it, but it's like any drug, you've got to know when to leave it alone.
How do you feel about the media portrayal of the scene?
Often sketchy, factually incorrect, and blatantly sensational. But there have been some good exceptions to the rule. It has to have some media coverage to keep the knowledge of an alternative to mainstream clubbing out there. Too much could kill it though.
Could you tell us about some of your current projects?
New Cluster CD coming soon. New Ha-Lo album (with D.A.V.E. The Drummer) coming soon. Various other musical projects in the pipeline. Other than that, Djing whenever possible. Oh yeah, I'm doing an album too (if I ever get down to it!)
As your workload increases, will your involvement with Nuclear Free Zone & Stay Up Forever remain unaffected?
Good question. Nuclear Free Zone will be going monthly as from March due to the fact that we're not around often enough. This will make it more of a special event hopefully. Stay Up Forever is a lot of work, and believe it or not, none of us (3 Liberators, Paul Harding) take any money out for ourselves, not even artist royalties. With new labels through Stay Up Forever starting (Julian & Mark Brango's "4x4" and D.A.V.E. The Drummer's "Hydraulix") the workload for me personally is going to become excessive. Whether I can hold it all down remains to be seen!
Acid Techno as a musical genre is evolving rapidly. What direction can you see the scene developing in?
Who knows? Too many variables.
Who would you list as your influences?
Important Records, early Hype-Hype, Underground Resistance, N-Joi, Frank De Wulf, Punk Rock, Independent record labels who started it all in the late Seventies/early Eighties. Putting D.I.Y. music and culture on the map.
What differences have you noticed in the different Techno/Acid Techno scenes in countries you have played?
It's definitely a younger scene in the States and Canada. Though it can be excellent. No, literally, Canada and L.A. are where I can really go, if Chicago and the mid-West seems to be the closest thing to London. The musicians and artists get involved, and the parties tend to be outside or warehouse based. Most of Europe is excellent, especially Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech, etc.) and the North of Spain. Australia is supposed to be good but I've not been there yet. Japan is more club orientated. South America is just starting to happen, especially Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.
Which clubs/parties stand out in your memory?
Castlemorton and Lechzade festivals in 1992 and the old Bedlam parties, Zero Gravity and early Liberator parties. Some of my faves of the last few years have got to be the Immersion parties, around the time when we did "London Acid City". There was a real buzz floating around London and the parties at that time. Other highlights were the Orbita parties in Moscow just for the madness of it all. I really enjoyed the party I played in Sao Paulo, Brazil, outside the city surrounded by sub-tropical scenery. Atomic Jam at the Que Club, Birmingham is always good. Oh God, too many to mention really!!
Who would you say was the most memorable artist you've worked with?
Mark EG is definitely the maddest!
Do you ever sleep? (!)
Put it like this. It's Sunday, I'm on the tube going to get an overnight flight to Rio, Brazil, to play at a party tomorrow night. Last night I played in Nottingham, then this morning at a big squat party in West London before coming home to get my shit together for the trip, do some stuff for the label and write some reviews. I managed to squeeze in 2 1/4 hours sleep. Not quite Stay Up Forever, but almost!
DJ Phantasy – The Interview
DJ Phantasy has been around since the Rave Anthems began. With so many productions tucked under musical belt Moondance have secured a few tracks off him for their new album released this week. We here at CYFI Media (Can You Feel It) have picked this DJ's brains and have given him an interview that has made him laugh-out-loud but also gives you the raver a good insight as to what this guy is all about.
1.) I'm going to start this interview with a fun question. You're called DJ Phantasy, but which hot young lady out there right now would you say is your ideal fantasy?
Haha, my wife.. boring for you lot but its true.. wouldn’t have married her if she weren’t. But if I am pushed to say someone then, ha-ha, Keely. She is just naturally beautiful.
2.) I write on alot of Dance Music sites and one theme that's seems to be repeated is that there are too many "moody heads" in the DnB rooms. I've had some of the best nights of my life at raves like Devotion in Brighton and never seen any trouble. What would you say to people who claim that the DnB scene is dark and dangerous?
Its rubbish! The World is dark & dangerous, not DnB. Ive been going to nights all over the World for years and everything seems to be ok when I’m there. Look, I aint burying my head in the sand here. I know there can be fights and things like that at clubs but its not as bad as some people think or say and it certainly is not just linked with DnB. These things can happen anywhere. This is one of the main reasons I hate these forums. Cause now you think these things about our music without having experienced it. So, how will a new clubber feel when thinking about coming out to a DnB show? They will think twice reading a forum post from someone who wants to make themselves feel important with some information they just cant help but pass on. To me this is killing our scene. But let me ask you, there are so many moody people on the London underground; does it stop you using the train?
3.) If you had unlimited license to remix any track, or tracks together to make your ultimate dance record, which tracks would you mix and remix, and what would you call the finished product?
Gwen McCrea – Giving All My Lovin. Absolutely bad tune. I just love the track. There are so many great records from many years ago, I just wonder if any music being made now will have the same value as these classics in 20 years time.
4.) I've noticed from my research on you that you seem to have quite an interest in Ska music, citing your first record as Baggy Trousers by 80's Chelsea Ska outift madness. Many of our readers won't know too much about Ska music and wouldn't even realise that some people reckon MCing originated on the Ska dancefloor scene as "toasting". What Ska tunes would you recommend to someone who's never heard the style?
I wouldn’t say I was heavily into it to be honest. My mate bought me that record when I was 6 as a birthday present. My true music love from back in those days was Electro. When that first come around I was instantly hooked. The ska thing was just what was around when I was a kid. There were punks, and casuals. I was a casual cause I couldn’t really see myself wearing make up. Not from the streets I roamed around in. For those who don’t know the music then the best thing to do is search for some of the albums that were around in that era. You won’t get the best tracks from that time but you will get the more known ones.
5.) The Moondance album is going to be called Rave Anthems. I know that you dislike certain overground tracks like M-Beat's "Incredible" - how do you go about putting together a track listing for a classic album like this and do you put aside all your personal preferences regarding the commercial nature of some tracks ?
Wow, you have done your research aint ya! Well, look that tune for me I felt at the time was taking the piss out of the scene. Even though I was probably the only one who thought it, I did and I said my piece there and then. But it didn’t matter anyway as the tune went on to sell loads. I get on really well with Levy now funnily enough but I never knew him at the time and the whole scene was playing it. I was not, then all of a sudden, Levy came out with this claim he started DnB, then all the DJ’s & MC’s were trying to call meetings to stop people playing the tune. My reply to all of them at that time was and I quote “I am not playing the tune, you are, you sort it out. I don’t need a meeting to tell me what to play and what not to play. Let me know the outcome” I also think when compiling an Album like this you have to think of the bigger picture. You have to pick tracks that the public will like or the Album won’t sell. If I picked an album of tracks that I personally liked it would be a really different diverse selection of music. Hummm, maybe I should do something like that and do it through you lot, what you saying, we got a deal then? Haha
6.) Alot of people will say that dance music has changed their lives. Asides from being one of the biggest names in the DnB scene and a recognised pioneer of Jungle music, how has dance music changed your outlook on life and your hopes and dreams for the future?
Of course it has changed my life. I could have been doing a number of things I wont go into now. But I thank God everyday for giving me the gift to be doing what I am doing. One thing I think after 19 years doing this is that I appreciate and love playing music to people. Above all else, that is the one thing that inspires me. Sitting in a studio can get tedious when its not clicking and the problem these days is you cant just do a track and release it, as the public are so clued up to the music. If you listen to some of the music that’s come out 15 years ago and more, I’m sure that certain producers would be embarrassed by what they were doing at that time. But today, you can’t get away with nothing. You could make 3 great tracks in a row, have the ravers loving you and bigging you up, then have 1 bad record and your back to square one.
But one thing I do say is this, for those people who write on forums, saying that this track is rubbish and that track is crap, please, please go into the studio, make a track how you think it should be made and then send it over to me. If it’s good I will release it. If its not, I will tell you why I think its not and try help you get it sorted out. Some of us Artists are here to help the scene progress and grow. That can only happen when we have new Artists coming through. Some people are in this game for themselves but they are mostly the ones who come & go. There are a few of us who are there to help nurture the future talent of this scene. The software is not hard to find. So go get started.
7.) When you were very young you were signed up by a DJ a few people might have heard of called Carl Cox... (otherwise known to us as the Godfather of Rave) - how did it feel to be signed up by such a huge superstar at such an early young age, and how did you explain to your mum and dad what it was you were doing instead of getting a "real" job?
Haha, it is a real job. I work hard everyday. My dad was a bit sceptical but my mum, bloody hell; you think I was Carl Cox the way she would talk about me. It was embarrassing to be honest. I was good friends with Carl, we used to do a lot of shows together and looking back it was a great time in my life. One that I will cherish for ever. I was honoured that he could see the potential in me at the time to take me under his wing. I had already been causing a stir in clubland but I joined up with him, that’s when things went to a different level. I’m not a big headed guy, so I just rode the wave. I never got carried away with it. I honestly didn’t realise what was going on until a few years later when it slowed down. Then I looked back and reflected and thought, bloody hell, what just happened there.
8.) Looking to the future, what new developments can we expect from DJ Phantasy and the Jungle scene. Things in dance music are forever becoming more and more competitive as larger organisations think they can mimic the underground sounds, so how are you going to keep things new and fresh?
The great thing about DnB is it keep evolving and it always will. As long as the youth are coming through trying to put their mark on the scene then its all good. One thing that does worry me a bit is that I personally think some of the agents around are squeezing the arse out of the scene and not really helping it like they should be, but then again, it’s the artists they represent who need to really try to help out. In a few years time when them guys have no work, they might then reflect on it and think where did they go wrong.
9.) There are alot of old skool and DnB albums coming out this summer, although obviously you've got the pedigree to come up with something that's really unique, so what's going to make your DnB classics album stand out from the rest of the field?
As I said before, maybe I should do one. The underground sounds of Phantasy. I have an album coming out in a couple of weeks alongside Digital called the Jungle Story which is an album whereby the MC’s can put their stories across and kinda give people an insight into their journeys though DnB. The album took a while to piece together but is part of my mission to put a face to Drum n Bass.
10.) Can you give us an idea of how you go about making a DnB classics album, what's involved and give us an idea of how long you've got to sit in the studio before you get it right ?
Erm, depends really. The Jungle Story album has taken over 2 years to put together. When I have read in the past that certain groups have taken x-amount of time to complete an album, I’ve thought, yea really. I could do that in 3 months. But wow, didn’t I get a reality check. You can’t put a time on something like that.
However if I was to make a classic album compilation, where I pick tunes from back in the days, then that could be done inside a month. Purely a month because I would want to make sure I didn’t use the same tunes everyone else has done in the past.
I’m defiantly now thinking about doing one of these. Haha.
Free Party Culture – We want to interview you please Hello
We are doing some research on Free Party culture at Goldsmiths University, London. We want to interview you if you attend free parties, did in the past, organise, play etc Face to face interviews somewhere in the London area would be preferable but email is also a possibility. Please email or reply if you can help us out.
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Research on raves for UK TV Hi,
I’m a journalist working on a welsh current affairs programme, and am currently researching into a possible programme on illegal raves. I was hoping to get in touch with someone from your website just to get some insight into why people attend free parties and what are the positive aspects to raves. The negative aspects are often documented, and I’m keen to hear the other side as it were. In my research I listened to a radio one documentary and Dan Smith from partyvibe was one of the contributors, would it be possible to have a chat with him, or anyone else who you think would be suitable?
I’d be very grateful if you could help,
Thank-you very much,
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Australia house party interview Couple months ago was on the news a kid in Australia had a massive house party when his parents were away n the police charged him the $20,000 bill after, this vid of an interview with him made me laugh!
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Guardian Interview with Moby
Quote:
Moby's apartment in New York doesn't look like the home of a million-selling pop star. A tin of soup rests on the draining board; shelves strain beneath the weight of records. Only a wall of gold and platinum discs - for 2005's Hotel, 2002's 18, and 1999's global mega-hit Play - give him away.
Like Moby, the apartment block in Little Italy has history. Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys used to rehearse in the basement. Dinosaur Jr's old label, Blast First, had US offices downstairs. And now? "It's filled with wealthy Europeans," sighs the building's longest-standing resident (he has lived here for 15 years). "It used to be little old ladies sitting in their apartments and Latino kids selling crack on the corner. Now it's expensive shoe stores. If I let myself, I can get wistful about the changes."
Quote:
He says, pointedly, that "the average life expectancy of a celebrity is 20 years less than someone working in a coal mine".
http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2260720,00.html
I didn't realise he was that old!
bbc interview over norfolk riot The BBC's report about the Great Yarmouth / Norfolk rave riot:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/regions/east/video/114000/nb/114120_16x9_nb.asx
And the Youtube footage:
Before the party was closed down...
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Exclusive Interview with Charles Perkins from Fantazia Was very lucky to get to this interview.......he doesnt do them very often
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Interview by John Kidson & Vinyl Vera
What was your 1st memory of Fantazia?
Having a blast at the first one at the Eclipse. James (my brother) had been running a small club night in our home town of Cheltenham called Trance during much of 1990 and it had been pulling sell out capacity crowds each week. His original partners were Chris Griffin (founder of Perception, Vision, Mythology,Gods Kitchen and Gideon Dawson (later founded Obsession). Chris left to set up Perception which James helped fund before deciding to hold his own big events. They chose the Eclipse for the first one which was a massive success. It was an amazing venue and the atmosphere really was something else. So many pretty girls, great music and an all night license to dance. Carl Cox & Ellis Dee were 2 of the acts and I spent the next few months playing their set in my car stereo.
What has been your proudest moment so far?
There are so many. The rush seeing the crowd at Summertime in Bournemouth in 1992 as the sun rose on a beautiful May morning takes some beating. Also reading pages in the main news paper like The News of the World, really tell you that people are noticing what you are involved in and that we had achieved something that no other promoter had. Selling several million copies of our album series was great to. But the best bit is when we used to receive letters and now when we get emails from people or posts on our forum saying what an impact those events had on peoples lives. It makes it all worth the effort. Priceless.
In your eyes, what makes a good promoter?
We have always strived to do something just a little bit different and bigger than the norm. We stayed away from doing the safe route of doing the same venues as other promoters time and again. Big one offs whilst actually harder and less profitable where always more exciting and I think that showed through with crowds that came to our events. We also packed in more events. In 1992 we pulled off more large one off events than anyone else has even attempted before or will ever do so again. So I guess to answer your questions. Think big & take chances. For instance we did 1 million flyers for One Step Beyond. That got our flyers everywhere and dwarfed what anyone else would have done.
Any tips for budding promoters out there?
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