Fatclub interviews Oneman: "The DJ's DJ"
http://www.thefatclub.com/interview-oneman/
Few of the questions:
Do you think that the increasing ambient undercurrent; the more experimental angle, with garage swing on beats, which is emerging can uphold dancefloors and break its way through to the mainstream in the way that Electro and some of the more jump up Dubstep has?
Im interested to see where you think things are headed, since you seem to place all these genres, and indeed eras, next to each other and make it work, in the darker more experimental worlds of whatever genre/s we are now talking about
I think its about the way you choose to present the music to people. I like to show people the connections between new and old and that not all of the stuff that is say 10 years old sounds dated. A lot of tracks still stand up today to the newer tunes. Tracks like KMA Cape Fear or Musical Mob Pulse X still hold weight on the dancefloor a.) because they are classics within their rightful scene and b.) because they are great records that work. Producers like Joy Orbison, Martyn, Deadboy, Doc Daneeka, Martin Kemp, Addison Groove are all making music that is dancefloor and deep and at the same time it all sounds completely new and fresh, and they are all starting to make a mark in the Underground so its only a matter of time before it catches on to the mainstream.
Do you think Burial opened some doors for more alternative beats to go mainstream when he got nominated for the Mercury Prize?
Yeah Burial definately helped and so did The Streets with Original Pirate Material which was so groundbreaking. The production was so alternative for garage. The kinds of piano and strings, and even the beats he uses in tracks like Has It Come To This? and Turn The Page remind me of Burial stuff when i listen back to it, just a lot less atmospheric and weird. Burial has made music that transcends most genre barriers and its great that a label like Hyperdub is putting out his music, its really important that we have labels like that pushing the boundaries of UK music.
Is wobble a thing of the past? Making way for delicate little synth tones and Vengeance percussion?
I suppose a look at your top current tunes would give us a reasonable idea of whats going on in the world of Oneman; and since youre friends with some of the most breakthrough artists of the contemporary underground, I guess we can take this list as a somewhat concise pointer in the direction of big things to come in 2010
I think the who wobble bass thing can still work, it just needs to be used in new contexts, take Bok Boks Citizens Dub for example or Mumdances So Squalid these tracks are using wobble bass in different ways rather than the current midrange distortion sounds common in a lot of dubstep at the moment. Apart from the wobblez, generally the music seems to becoming a bit more grown up I think. The whole darker house stuff, producers like Cooly G, DVA, Fis T, and the ones i mentioned before all have this vibe to their music that is a bit more mature and has more depth than most UK Funky I hear, like theyre proper tunes. The UK is coming into its own with a whole new house sound right now and its broken, dubby and left just like most of our underground music fom the past
What are your top 10 tracks of the moment?
Fis-T Deep Mover VIP
Jay Weed On The Nile
Joy Orbison So Derobe
Mala Level Nine
James Blake Give A Man A Rod
Cassie Official Girl (Deadboys Unofficial Girl Remix)
Joker & TC It Aint Got A Name
Lone Once In A While
MJ Cole Sincere (Mumdance & High Rankin Remix)
Martyn Freidrichstrasse
- Dickon Stone
http://www.thefatclub.com/interview-oneman/
Few of the questions:
Do you think that the increasing ambient undercurrent; the more experimental angle, with garage swing on beats, which is emerging can uphold dancefloors and break its way through to the mainstream in the way that Electro and some of the more jump up Dubstep has?
Im interested to see where you think things are headed, since you seem to place all these genres, and indeed eras, next to each other and make it work, in the darker more experimental worlds of whatever genre/s we are now talking about
I think its about the way you choose to present the music to people. I like to show people the connections between new and old and that not all of the stuff that is say 10 years old sounds dated. A lot of tracks still stand up today to the newer tunes. Tracks like KMA Cape Fear or Musical Mob Pulse X still hold weight on the dancefloor a.) because they are classics within their rightful scene and b.) because they are great records that work. Producers like Joy Orbison, Martyn, Deadboy, Doc Daneeka, Martin Kemp, Addison Groove are all making music that is dancefloor and deep and at the same time it all sounds completely new and fresh, and they are all starting to make a mark in the Underground so its only a matter of time before it catches on to the mainstream.
Do you think Burial opened some doors for more alternative beats to go mainstream when he got nominated for the Mercury Prize?
Yeah Burial definately helped and so did The Streets with Original Pirate Material which was so groundbreaking. The production was so alternative for garage. The kinds of piano and strings, and even the beats he uses in tracks like Has It Come To This? and Turn The Page remind me of Burial stuff when i listen back to it, just a lot less atmospheric and weird. Burial has made music that transcends most genre barriers and its great that a label like Hyperdub is putting out his music, its really important that we have labels like that pushing the boundaries of UK music.
Is wobble a thing of the past? Making way for delicate little synth tones and Vengeance percussion?
I suppose a look at your top current tunes would give us a reasonable idea of whats going on in the world of Oneman; and since youre friends with some of the most breakthrough artists of the contemporary underground, I guess we can take this list as a somewhat concise pointer in the direction of big things to come in 2010
I think the who wobble bass thing can still work, it just needs to be used in new contexts, take Bok Boks Citizens Dub for example or Mumdances So Squalid these tracks are using wobble bass in different ways rather than the current midrange distortion sounds common in a lot of dubstep at the moment. Apart from the wobblez, generally the music seems to becoming a bit more grown up I think. The whole darker house stuff, producers like Cooly G, DVA, Fis T, and the ones i mentioned before all have this vibe to their music that is a bit more mature and has more depth than most UK Funky I hear, like theyre proper tunes. The UK is coming into its own with a whole new house sound right now and its broken, dubby and left just like most of our underground music fom the past
What are your top 10 tracks of the moment?
Fis-T Deep Mover VIP
Jay Weed On The Nile
Joy Orbison So Derobe
Mala Level Nine
James Blake Give A Man A Rod
Cassie Official Girl (Deadboys Unofficial Girl Remix)
Joker & TC It Aint Got A Name
Lone Once In A While
MJ Cole Sincere (Mumdance & High Rankin Remix)
Martyn Freidrichstrasse
- Dickon Stone
