Archives for the month of: November, 2011
Pick up the 5-track, booty bouncin’ release from DJ Dodger Stadium, a collaboration between Body High label heads Samo Sound Boy & Jerome Potter on Beatport
Get more Body High over at Juno, their second release, an EP from DJ Funeral is OUT.
2 impressive releases guys, hustle that shit! Now onto an interview..
DD What is the most challenging thing about running a label so far?
BH Most challenging thing right now is probably just the money. relatively, I guess It’s not that much but we just pay all expenses out of pocket from what we both make DJing. Still, a lot of our friends help out doing different things for the label. That’s really wassup. It’s a family affair.
DD In your minds, what’s been a significant achievement for Body High in 2011?
BH Just starting.. opening up shop. We’ve already put out two releases from our crew that we’re 100% behind and that’s the whole point… we’re gonna just keep doing that.
DD What would you like to be known for?
BH Consistently releasing exciting club music for a really long time…Helping push things forward.
DD What helps you relax?
BH Driving around LA at night getting high and listening to 94.7 the WAVE (combined).
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DD Your music has this nice maturity to it, very balanced. Way to go!
C Oh thank you sir. I guess I’ve been in this game for a few years now.. I’m actually a rather immature guy, but maybe my music is a way of compensating for that. :]
DD I love that shuffle feel of “On The Street Dub”. What’s the vocal being used?
C That’s actually Charlie Wilson, former lead singer of The Gap Band. I found it meaningful to sample him, I was a big fan of that band when I was a youngster. Doing a triplet shuffle was great fun.. I always found that time signature rather corny, so it was a big challenge making it, well not corny.
DD What’s it like living in Norway? An artist on my label is from there and I’ve featured this Norwegian artist named Seazo several times. Does your environment have a major impact on your work?
C Norway is awesome. the nature and everything, the fjords..I love me a good fjord any time of the day. Only back side is, it does get cold here from time to time..It’s funny though, with music I’ve always looked to the UK for inspiration, whereas the prevailing dance sound of Norway is more of an electronic/house vibe; see Royksopp, Biosphere, Lindstrom.. I guess I try to go against the grain. But maybe if you listen closely you can hear some fjords and glaciers in my twostep..
DD What artists inspired your Garage Grooves Vol.1 bandcamp release?
C Definitely the original Garage pioneers- El-B, Zed Bias, MJ Cole. but also the new breed of garage producers, like Submerse, Resketch.. Im glad the original 2-step vibe is still alive and well, and I want to do my bit to keep it that way, yet push the sound further.
DD What’s your plan for new Clueless productions going into 2012?
C Well, keep producing is the main plan. I hope to do more remixes, I just got my first remix release on vinyl “The Void” by danish indie band Darkness Falls, produced by Trentemøller (huge! pick it up here) – that was a great experience, so i hope to get more assignments like that.
DD Favorite song at the moment?
C So much good stuff coming out these days, hope It’s alright I mention a few.. Just got the new Distance “Meanstreak” 2×12″, and It’s just great; pure filthy dubstep the way God intended. On a more “post” tip Sorrow, Owsey and Ghostek are all doing great things at the moment.. One of my favourite 2steppy tracks atm is “Enola” by Mirror State and Buck UK. Also I have to mention Troy Gunner, hes got a 12″ forthcoming on Synkro & Indigo’s Mindset recordings; I see a big future for this guy.. His track “No More Tears” is a perennial favourite of mine. I also listen to a lot of Indie music; the latest Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes albums are big favourites.
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DD Hello! What are you doing right now?
C Not too much, just sitting in this haunted basement I’ve been living in for the past year, eatin’ sunflower seeds and listening to some H-Town. I’ve been super into this shit lately.
DD How did you hook up with the Droppings Gems label?
C Well I was in class at Evergreen with founding member John Kammerle aka Rapclass in 2008. It was like a music technology summer class and we were both making these little hip hop jams which I think we bonded over. One day after class we were walking together and he handed me this business card that just said Dropping Gems on it with he and Gumar’s names and contact info. That was it… no other explanation. I was like “ok my dude, thanks” and for some reason I held on to the card because I thought it was funny. I actually still have it, it’s hella stained and gross now but here’s a picture anyway.
I guess at that point Dropping Gems was just a website they had made to post interviews and music they liked, stuff like that. Then about a year later my friend Jesse sent a bunch of us this really amazing and beautiful material he had been working on under the name of Bone Rock. It ended up being the first release from dropping gems as an actual label. You can actually still purchase a physical cd of it, apparently there’s a few copies left:
http://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/bone-rock-ep
But yeah, I guess that was the point when Aaron Meola came in as an organizing element and asked me if I wanted to be part of the collective, which i was extremely excited about. I had no idea at the time that it would turn into something anybody paid attention to. I just viewed it as a fun, simple outlet for a group of friends who made music.
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