In the anticipation of the release of his debut EP on Nineteen89 Records titled Feel You, I decided to have a chat with the UK-based Crypt regarding the release itself, upcoming shows, singles and remixes and more chit chat. News of the release came to us last month, check it out here and read the interview below!
Out July 22!
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Great stuff on the ‘Feel You’ EP man! How’s the overall reaction been to it? I know we got heaps of positive feedback from our listeners.
Thanks! The EP has been receiving really great feedback, I’ve really enjoyed hearing what my listeners new and old have had to say about it.
And on a wicked label like Nineteen89! How’d you feel when you got signed to that after your previous releases on Four40 and Get Some! – did you expect it? Was this particular label your goal?
Nineteen89 are a great label to work with and it’s a pleasure to be releasing an EP with them! It was pretty unexpected to be contacted by the label, I was a follower of theirs and really loved previous releases with Rumah and Metrist. I was kind of shocked to find an email from them sitting in my inbox as their previous releases we’re very hard hitting techno EP’s but after talking with label owner Conor Wheeler he seemed really enthusiastic about working with me and putting this EP out.
One thing I’ve been wondering about the release though: is that you singing in ‘Feel You’? Haha
Haha, nooo.
A few years ago myself and a friend were recording some vocals that were going to be used for a side project and they never ended up being used. I was having a clear out of my computer files and came across the folder containing the vocals, a slight pitch adjustment and a few slices later the vocals for ‘Feel You’ were created
Tell me what you think the best part about working in the music industry is. Are you a full-time muso now or are you still struggling the 9-5 with other jobs?
It has to be some of the people I’ve met through producing music and DJ’ing, whether it be other producers, DJ’s, website or blog owners and the fans of my music, it’s really nice rolling up to gigs and people approaching you just to tell you they enjoying listening to your music.
Unfortunately I’m still on the 9-5 grind with my day job, it would be nice music to be a full time career but we’ve all got to earn money somehow!
Let the people know what you’ve got in store for shows, tours etc for the rest of 2013.
I don’t really have much planned for the coming year, there’s the free launch party for the EP on the 18th of July at Corsica Studios in London which will be good fun, but apart from that it’s just keeping my head down in the studio and hopefully you’ll see some more releases from me in the near future and some more play outs.
No Australia? 🙁
As much as I’d like to say yes, no.
It’s definitely a place I’d love to come play and visit, maybe it’s something I’ll have to arrange…
On that note, do you hold residencies anywhere around the UK?
Not anymore.
It would be nice to have a play to regularly play at, a while ago I used to run a small party with a couple of mates but with my 9-5 work commitments it was hard to keep it going, its something I’d love to do again though!
Have you always focused yourself on deep house / garage or did the sound of your EP evolve over time? Did you have previous influences outside the UK music scene, for example dubstep or hip hop, that you modelled yourself on, or was the 90s garage movement the main thing for you?
I’ve always been into all 90s dance music for as long as I can remember so it’s definitely where I take a lot of influence from. Both my parents are very musical and have really open and varied taste in music so I was brought up with everything being played around the house from reggae, dub, house, garage, trance, techno, hip-hop, and everything in-between. I like to try and keep deep and dark,
I used to love garage house when I was younger but I was always about the dark tracks with the 4×4 house kick and choppy female vocals and that love rubs off in my works a lot.
What can we expect from you for the rest of the year; singles, remixes? Are you going to continue in this same direction or veer off into techno territory, as we heard a bit in ‘Visions’?
Hopefully another EP and a few singles are going to be in the pipeline, as for the musical direction of them.. I couldn’t say. When I make tracks I don’t really set out with a genre in my head, I normally start with playing about with vocals and some kind of melody or chord pattern that fit alongside the vocal cuts and the rest gets built around it. A lot of the time my mood, the time of day and how the way I’m feeling goes into the production of the track which is my the genres of my tracks vary so much, ‘Visions’ originally started as quite a deep slow house track and ended up being a hard techno track so who knows where the next few releases will take me!
Can you give us – or anybody else unfamiliar with the scene – a few upcoming producers who we should be keeping an eye on for the future; who’s making waves?
There’s so many new young up and coming artists at the minute, the whole dance music scene is really on the rise. Definitely keep a look out for a guy called Palace, he’s a good friend of mine and I’ve always supported his music where I can. His tracks feel like they’re from old pirate radio tapes and I don’t know how he does it. He’s just dropped a remix on a compilation by Somethinksounds which I can’t get enough of. If you haven’t heard it yet you must check it out!
Lastly, I’ve always considered keeping a balance important. What are your favourite things to do outside music?
I’d probably have to say my car! Anyone who personally knows me knows if I’m not in the studio producing tracks I’ll be out doing some kind of work to my car, or cleaning, polishing or waxing it.
The euro look/dub car scene over here is definitely my get away from the world when I need a break from music or anything else.
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