MIGHTY MELODY INTERVIEW FOR SKOPJE URBAN BEATS

Miss Mighty Melody female dj, producer and a promoter coming from Dresden, currently stationed in Berlin (Germany). Passed 11 years she was working on her own production, and promoting parties through various groups all over Germany.  Last few years has been touring North America alongside Dj K. Had a few official releases for Dub Chamber Records. This Saturday (16.11.2013) you can see her perform at Kapan An, together with our own jungle squad combined by:  Ogie, Mogli and Blaris. This Jungle Party is brought by MJM in line with Beats Bazar Sessions.

SUB : As reading your bio, I got the feeling you have explored reggae sound and somehow ended up doing jungle music. Please tell us your story.  What got you into playing music?  Your own thoughts about experiencing Jungle sound, and what has pushed you into integrating yourself into the scene/movements?

I actually started with music around 1997 as I learned to play guitar a bit… not sure why, but I was sort of searching for something I can express myself with. A year later I got into Hip Hop more and more, started writing lyrics, got more involved in this whole HipHop movement what brought me together with different DJs, MCs, Breakdancers, Graffity Artists and so on. It was amazing time! After a couple of years, this scene turned more serious, business- and gangsterlike… I couldn't see myself any longer being a part of that, so I stopped and  went more to reggae already anyway. Loved the vibes, this positivity and power it had. One day I just felt, I would love to hear only my favorite tunes, so I got into buying 7inch reggae vinyl. On reggae parties I all at the sudden heard one or two certain tunes over and over, DJs would drop them at the peak time and I fell in love with them immediately. How I found out later, these were actually the oldskool jungle hits ‘Original Nuttah’ by UK Apache and ‘Incredible’ by General Levy. One day I got to know D.I.S. and I found out that there is actually a Ragga Jungle scene in the world and it blew me away. From this moment on I started digging for Jungle vinyl a lot. Since I also felt like playing Jungle now, I recognized that it doesn't always fit on Reggae parties where I was playing and that there is no real audience for it in my hometown, at least non I could see. Some friends and me decided then, we need show Dresden what they are actually missing by not really noticing Ragga Jungle lol. In 2005 we put all our love into it and started booking all our favorite Jungle Producers and DJs. As two years later this party series called ‘La fête de jungle’ got bigger than our club capacity was able to handle, we had to move to a bigger venue. We changed the party name into ‘Blackboard Massive’ because grew and were doing two floors now, raggajungle and reggae. After two three years our club closed, it took us till 2011 to find a new venue. It’s a smaller one and not massive (big) anymore, that’s why we adjusted the name of the party series to ‘Blackboard Jungle’. And I guess since our crew name Séance de Danse wasn't so easy to remember but Blackboard Massive or Jungle much better, people started calling us the Blackboard Jungle crew. We also grew over the years a bit and now have 6 members:  Dennis Franchise, DJ Phonic, Joe Slow, Eddy Grenade and Lad Lia & me.

I don’t actually know why it was working so well in Dresden, I guess it was just the right timing and people appreciate it when you kind of personalize/ individualize a party by drawing graphics for flyers, building nice decoration elements, using visualization sometimes, having some little give-always regularly like glow sticks, sparkling lights, whistles, CD's etc. The most I liked about the Jungle scene was that it seemed so tolerant, open minded and positive. And Ragga Jungle is just perfect for dancing, maybe even a bit more than Reggae/ Dancehall because it’s more versatile and includes those Reggae breaks anyway. I actually could write pages to answer this question proper…

SUB: As I can see you have a large selection of dubplates. What are your own favorite dubplates?

I guess my most favorite dubplates right now are my remix of Lady N’s ‘No War’ and my Warrior King Special of ‘Melody’.

SUB: You have few releases for Dub Chamber Recordings in these past few years. How is that collaboration going, do you plan any new releases? 

There are definitely lots of ideas and options, also for other collaborations. Since I had to take a break for a year and just got started now again but not finished yet... Don’t wanna ruin the surprise, so no details for now…

SUB: You are a member in different promoter groups as: Séance de Dance, Blackboard Jungle, Ulan Bator, Dub der guten Hoffnung.

There is a point when a person who does djing or producing chooses to be a promoter. However not just anyone intends to get involved in this responsibilities since they are a lot of headaches. As I can see from your bio, you have chosen to push and promote your point of view of this music, from the very start of your career, firstly into your home town, and later on in rest of Germany.

Only the true junglists are involving themselves into spreading the love, vibes and the message of this music, by becoming a part of it. When did you realize (if you realized) that you are one with the scene, and is it really worth the effort?

That’s a difficult question. There are different memories coming up. I realized it the first time I guess as we reached capacity with our parties in our first club after 2 years.

Second: At the same time we recognized people all at the sudden were using the name ‘Jungle’ much more then ever before (just my own perception) and new young Jungle DJs popped up. At the beginning often people came to me and said: That’s nice DnB you are playing and I really felt forced telling them it’s not DnB but Jungle.

Third: Some people I knew from the reggae scene didn’t like Jungle at the beginning at all and said I should stick with playing Reggae, but after 2-3 years they came to our parties and danced like crazy. Awesome to see this change.

But it feels worth it the most when your guests just have a big smile on their face, giving you awesome feedback and telling you things like: ‘Being at your party is always like holiday for me.’ Or: ‘I never missed on of your parties all those years and collected all those beautiful flyers.’ All those comments are more then worth it because you know you enriched somebody’s life and made it a bit brighter. 

SUB: Why do you love DNB (in your case) JUNGLE?

Words can’t express feelings good enough… can you explain love? It just hits you, blows you away and makes you feel like being on a higher level. I could say now, I love the amen break and the vocals and stuff but that wouldn't be the whole truth…  it’s just like being on the same wave-length or having found a soul mate.

SUB: Many of the people involved into the JDNB scene, either live a double life (working from 9 to 17, then travel and party), or just happened to have the time of their life by doing what they want.

Where do you belong? Are you satisfied with the current state of your life?

I’m definitely feeling pretty good right now with my 9 to 5 job. I’m working on a freelance basis as a project management assistant for the classical music sector of the world music label piranha which is based in Berlin. And on weekends I regularly travel and play shows and keep working on music. Both is really fulfilling me right now and seems to be in a good balance, even when I wish to have more time for music sometimes.

SUB: Most favorite DNB tracks?

There are way too many to list but right now I love the following onces a lot:

Collosus – Compare Beyond

Rudimental feat Ella Eyre – Waiting All Night

Dope Ammo feat Yemi Bolatiwa – Feel the Desire

Tuggawar – Bun It Up (ft Freedo)

Dijeyow & Ricky Tuff – Touch Di Target

BONES  feat Freddie McGregor – Born A Winner

SUB: Have you ever heard of Macedonia?

It’s funny that you ask that. Because Zana wrote me approximately 4 years ago and asked me for my booking details… I have to admit that back then I had to look up where Macedonia is on the map lol. 

SUB: Anything to add?

Peace. Love. Unity. Respect!

Thank you on behalf of SKOPJE URBAN BEATS and hope you smash the place on Saturday. (Bring lots of AMEN, LOTS!)

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S.U.B. Podcast #36 BOJ LUCKI (SWE)

Please introduce yourself to SUB audience.

- Im Bojan Lukic aka Boj Lucki, part of Mir Crew. Born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia (former Yugoslavia) and Mexico. I moved to Stockholm / Sweden when i was a little boy in 92 as a refugee during the civil war. Drum n Bass / Jungle DJ, promoter, producer and label owner.

How did you start playing drum and bass?

- When I first started to DJ I was into Speed Garage, older House, Hip Hop and Reggae / Dancehall. I was at the same time listening to some Jungle. After just a year I switched to play mostly Dnb/Jungle as I felt it was the most fun genre to mix and loved more and more tracks that came out. I was influenced to start DJ-ing by my older brother Toni Bassi (Mir Crew) as he was involved in a DJ crew and he bought gear home so I could try to mix at home.

Tell us about the current state of drum and bass scene in Sweden.

- It is quite solid. There are at least 8-9 clubs / crews organizing events every month or every second mostly in the biggest cities Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. The crews in Stockholm are helping each other out and it’s a good vibe between the cities too. 

There are both small events and big events where international DJs get booked. It is still an underground music as it doesn't get too much attention on national radio, TV and magazines but the following is strong, especially if you do good promotion. More and more clubs and key figures in club scene are getting open minded about Dnb which is good. But in Stockholm the music scene is very much dependent of trends and it’s almost dangerous to become too hyped up as most hyped up trends die after just 12-18 months.

Our own night Rekyl is getting back on regular basis in different venues after a few years with just summer events. We are part of the award winning Daytime Sessions at Trädgården Stockholm, and happy to had the opportunity too book some of our favorite DJS to the events such as Goldie, High Contrast, Breakage, Redlight, LTJ Bukem to name a few.



What was the point when you realized that you have already made yourself a name in the drum and bass world?

- Think it was when a few of my Dub Fi Dub mixes got over 10 000 downloads each on our old Rekyl site and I started to get bookings in different countries around Europe.


Last release by MIR CREW was 2011, are there any new releases coming up this year?

- Yes we had a little break but are back now with new strength new ideas and new distribution. Earlier this year we released our track Step Back. Now in October and November we are releasing Unity EP which is consists of other styles, Moombathon, slow Techno / House including Remixes by Disgraceland and finally the Intercom release with vocalist Million Stylez, David Boomah and Diegojah featured is out early in November. That is followed by a Zouk Bass release by Geekboy & Kreecha.


Mir Crew is known by collaboration with different artist… any new collaboration?

- Yes we are doing remixes for Benny Page, Mr Williamz and General Levy, also we are starting up some brand new collaborations but it’s a bit early to reveal.

Under Mir Records a tune made by the artist 0=0 – you are my angel, was suppose to be released this year. Till this date this track is still not released. After a while i came to epiphany that this track does not deserve to be released. It should remain a dubplate, with it; the track won’t lose its significances, since it’s a dubplate for more than 10 years. Your thoughts about this track?

- I love this track so much and got a special relationship to it since it’s made by my good friend Jason, 0=0 and I have been trying to make him finish it for a very long time. Now we got the masters and just waiting for the flip to be done and then we got the release going. Artwork is done and all so just waiting at the moment. Hopefully it will be soon. I don’t really agree it should remain as a dubplate as we want more and more people to be able to hear this masterpiece. But understand that some feel that way.



What is the ideology of MIR?

- Don’t think we have any deeper ideology it’s a platform to release our own music, just do what feels good at the moment without seeing barriers or problems. We try to pick up different types of music and hopefully we will once all is rolling again to release more new artists and producers we love. We are trying to reach a wider crowd as we are a real small label atm. That’s step one atm.


You and your crew are following different types of music styles. What is the newest sound that inspires you all?

- Get inspiration from all over, it can be all from hearing a kool track on radio to being in a club and seeing the reaction a track gets. We listen to a lot of other music, Toni Bassi gets the opportunity to get hold of and hear loads of world music since he is involved in his Ajvar radio program and brings lot of good samples to our studio, I listen to a lot of Reggae, Dancehall, Garage and off course Dnb / Jungle. I often come with ideas on what vocalists to work with and collabs, rarely do any of the engineering when we work together as the others are much better at it. Ljudas is really good at pick up ideas from feelings at gigs and when we speak about what we would like to do he is good in putting it into a whole. He is the master of mastering!



We had a chance to see the whole MIR CREW in Macedonian Clubs. How did you like the crowd and the vibes of the Macedonian dnb scene?

- The vibe has been amazing, we have had the pleasure to play in our opinion, one of the friendliest but at the same time wildest crowds in Europe even if it’s not the biggest events. Love when people know the tracks played and just relax and feel the vibe and have a good time together. I’m glad I am coming back next week.



Your most favorite jungle/drum and bass track?

- That’s a tough one. Here are three that I never get tired of and often play in my sets as teasers or double drops: Calibre & High Contrast – Mr Majestic, Origin Unknown – Valley of the shadows, Logistics – Together


Why do you love Dnb?

- I have been thinking about that a lot recently, think it’s the energy in Drum n Bass that seductive. Not many other genres get that going. Also the diversity once u feel the flow of the bests almost all music styles can be used and blended nicely, from jazz, classical to house, disco, techno to reggae and hiphop. That makes it unique.

Words of wisdom?

- An huge cliché but try to see life in a positive way don’t waste your energy on stupid things and let nonsense annoy you. Music wise if you are a new DJ/producer must be to dare to try what you want to do, ask people for help, ask for bookings, ask for combos, better to ask and get a no than to not have tried. Concentrate on your stuff and spread it more that to tell others what is right / wrong and see solutions instead of problems. Sky is the limit!!

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S.U.B. Podcast #35 DJ SNAP (Hr)

You were a totally random guy that posted your song on some of the FB groups for dnb music, until I have clicked and listen to your tune. Sound was amazing, then I clicked another one… and long story short you made a mix for Skopje Urban Beats.

1. Please tell us about yourself, where are you from, and what is your Junglist story?

Hi hi, my name is Dorian I'm 25 years old and I am known under the suspect name SNAP.
I come from Rijeka, Croatia and my story starts around 6 years ago I think, when a friend of mine introduced me to dnb station - BassDrive.com. I really liked the sound of liquid drum & bass and started to listen more and more of it, and eventually became addicted to it haha


When talking about Croatia, these past few years you are blossoming with festivals, but somehow information about your drum and bass scene seems neglected. Except the existence of few crews, there are no info’s or some sort of a scene report.

2. Can you tell us something about the drum and bass scene in Croatia, and in your home town in Rijeka?

Yeah that is true, more and more festivals are coming around us, it's just crazy. Every summer we have a new festival haha. Well the scene is not big in Croatia, but there are a'few' peoeple around who keep it running and keep the spirit up. And in Rijeka the scene is really getting better! There are dnb parties almost every month and we host big International guests on a regural basis. Last weekend we had SpectraSoul for second time in Rijeka. The people here love dnb scene so it keeps getting better and bigger.



As I said earlier I loved the sound that you are producing.

3. What equipment do you use for your own production?

Equipment? I wish I had one haha, I have 50€ worth headhpones and Ableton. But I'm planning to "equip" myself with soundcard and midi keyboard in the near future. Oh, and monitors, can't forget monitors :)


4. Have you released anything by now / future releases?
(By reading some info about you online, in a few years you have released tracks, played with lots of DJ names and so on.)

Haha nah, not few years, I just got into production, like a year ago. But I have released couple of tracks so far yeah. Track EVE, was released at July for Dubtastic Records, Don't Let Me Go was released last month on fresh Label called Limitless Recordings definitly worth checking about whole album of varius artists such as Loz Contreras, Submatik, Keeno just to name a few. I got few upcoming releases at Offworld Recordings, Liquid Drops and Konfront Records. Its gonna be a busy winter thats for sure!


5. Are you satisfied with your current success?

This year has been by far the most successful one with many great releases. So I have to say I'm more than satisfied with how the things are going for me.

Although I wouldn't call this success, Producing is just a fun hobbie in which I put a lot of free time and effort, it's something I really enjoy working and I'm always aiming higher.


6. What are your favorite tunes so far?

Hmm, I think I will go for 'Ocean View' which you can hear as the first track in mix for your podcast, but I really like 'Don't Let Me Go'which has lovely vocals by Nina Davis.


Thank you for your podcast, and the interview.

Thank you Skopje Urban Beats crew for having me on your show! big upssss!


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S.U.B. Podcast #26 DubWalkers (Serbia)

SUB: Dub Walkers please introduce yourself. Who is behind this music project, and how did it start?

DW: Hello ! We are two mates from same neighbourhood in Belgrade, Vlado (kicbea) and Nemanja (shonze) who developed the similar taste for certain kind of music genres that are heavily impacted by elements of dub/roots culture. The project started spontaneously with the idea of recording a dub techno mix, just for the taste of it, as a break from the standard dnb mixing we did for Don’t look Back show on nofm.rs internet radio since 2011. As a part of nofm.rs collective, alongside neighbour/colleague Manovski, we started a dubtechno/techno club night called ‘dubine’. So we ended up with creating an alias ‘DubWalkers’ as an output to everything that has its musical base in original dub sound.


SUB: Both Of you are into drum and bass / jungle sounds, why the sudden change?

DW: The engagement in dnb/ jungle is somehow official with the weekly shows on nofm.rs and jungletrain.net and record label we recently started. So we don’t see it as a change, more like the need to be more active and involved in different kind of music we are also interested in.


SUB: Future plans with this project?

DW: In the near future we’ll be focused on organizing ‘dubine’ club night and playing on them, as well as occasionally recording mixes. We are working on our own production and having thoughts on releasing it later on a sub-label, but that’s more like a loose plan ..


Sub: You are also co-founders of the independent label Reminiscence Audio, how did you started the whole thing, and how is it going by now?

DW: The label was created in 2011 by the two of us and Ivan Gogoski (Breaksta). The idea behind Reminiscance Audio is to spread a certain atmospheric approach to the production by connecting the work of specific artists into properly arranged set of releases. Upcoming music is by artists at the forefront of current atmospheric jungle scene. Highly respected producers including Terminus, Fushara, Dave Hoax and Jason oS/Daat all have forthcoming tracks on Reminiscence Audio. A retro series is also planned with music by 2D33P (Legendary DJ Trace and ground breaking producer Voyager aka Pete Parsons), Scape, Kid Lib, Tim Reaper and Dwarde amongst more globally recognised architects and pioneers of sound. Watch out for Terminus – Perspectives EP & Fushara – Alpine Descent EP

SUB: Is it tough to run an independent label?

DW: RUFF AND TUFF, MON ! :D :D :D Joke aside, the great deal of work is done through e-mails and other sorts of virtual communication, as well as online scheduling releases so basicly it’s mostly sitting in front of a laptop.


SUB: Do you have your own production ongoing?

DW: Not on regular basis and without any strict plans. At the moment it’s more like playing with the sound and experimenting the depth of it.


SUB: Is all the trouble worth it? Why do you love DNB?

DW: On a personal level it is, because it’s more than satisfying when you are able to do the stuff you love . We connect with people globaly through dnb as a music medium. And we are all bound by the powerfull sounds of cutting breaks and deep bass. 

By Skopje Urban Beats June 2013. 

S.U.B. Podcast #26 The BassMighty Kreatorz (Tetovo/Macedonia)

   SUB ::: How did you start working together, tell us about the time before the BassMighty Kreatorz.

  -  First of all, thanks for the invite for guest mix from us, we were more than satisfied to do that for you. Me and Nikola ( MC Sam, ½ from TBMK’z) know eachother for quite long time. Hip hop connected us, worked some music together, we both showed interest in music production so we started working on some hip hop projects, since the end of the hip hop golden era in Tetovo. After that I started to show interest in drum and bass and Nikola in dubstep. First we worked separately, and than I got an idea of working together as a production duo for Drum and Bass and Dubstep music. January 2011 was the time that we started to work, until now and still moving on.


  SUB ::: Do you have any of your production released?

  -  In the field of releasing music, we had a couple singles released, one of them unfortunately for non-existing label anymore, and one for Dirt Lies and Audio Black Records. We didn’t pay very much attention to releasing, until we find the correct sound and right way of production the music we love. Now we are trespassing some boundaries of music production, and finally we think that we have the correct choice of DAW’s and other sources.


   SUB ::: Any new releases, as a bassmighy or solo acts?

  - Hopefully, until mid-August this year we plan to release all the stuff that we have done before, and it is unreleased, and some new stuff that we are working on. Still don’t know precise about labeling and all that stuff, but we’ll probably go for the best option. Also we’ll work on our DJ sets from now on, since from this one we saw that people are interested in MC-ing also, we’ll go and work on our DJ+MC set. About solo acts, MC Sam is working on solo tunes, as Sam, hip hop and fusion combinations, but about drum and bass and dubstep, we’ll always go as The BassMighty Kreatorz.


   SUB ::: How does the urban music have its effect on Tetovo. Does the youth from Tetovo accept your sound or sound of similar crews?

   - Hmmm, I have so much to say about this, but let’s not open old wounds and start this conversation. I can only say that people that like this kind of music support us and are following us. I’m not disappointed from the fans of this kind of music at all, I can only say, that we’ll try to figure something out for better acceptance.


   SUB ::: Anything you want to add?

- I want to thank Skopje Urban Beats for this opportunity for promoting our style and music, I hope that people will like it. Also big thanks to NZS Production from Tetovo, for recording the vocal part of this mix, big thanks to my man Enko. Soon you can expect new music from The BassMighty Kreatorz, until than … ;) (Y)

S.U.B. Podcast #23 Nutty Fiyah Sound System (MK)

SUB: Well, don’t know how to say this, the studio session that you guys have made truly rocks. I was skeptic at first because of the levels of the microphone, but after 5 minutes you just blend in the session. Did you all had fun while recording it? 


* Greetings to one and all. Musically inspired we were conquering new horizons, in that session we put much energy to mek it sound live and direct like on a show. Running and jumping through the studio, that is how we managed to hold onto the jump up style and produced the lyrics. A likkle spliff mek it more hotta, seen.


SUB: How long does Natty Fiyah exist, and how did you come to the idea to create a sound system? 


* We founded Natty Fiyah in 2009, which makes 4 years by now. The main idea was to make a reggae sound system and promote that musical vibez through our likkle country. As shows were flowing we realized that we can mix the reggae sound and vocals with some other similar genres that could mix good with the reggae like jungle and drum’n’bass. So now we mek a foundation inna reggae style and then move on through dub music all the way to the massive jungle.


SUB: Where have you played as Natty Fiyah Sound System? 


* Throughout the year 2009 the sound system rocked only on homestead locations throughout Macedonia, Tetovo, Skopje, Prilep, Bitola, Ohrid, Kumanovo. And then in 2010 we managed to go on tour with Conquering Lion, and said let’s put Natty Fiyah in the whole story too so we did some support warm-up parties throughout the Balkans where the band was touring.


SUB: The first time I have seen you performed, was at a party in Kapan An. My jaw dropped as I saw the first guy that ever climbed the stage and performing on a drum and bass music, and he didn’t sucked. You just blend in… from where do you draw your energy for performing? 


* When I turned from roots to singjay style and combined them both I started producing more powerful flow and could rock it steady like that for hours, the main engine that drives me is wiping off the corruption of Babylon that has been placed upon this world, so when I’m on the stage, me draw pictures in my head and speak them lyrically to the people so dem can get the message, understand it and wake up from the slumber. In the end what gives the spice is the fast drum and bass riddim that is constantly bumping up.


SUB: You have just released a new single “Wicked Man”. Tell us something about third album of Conquering Lion that is in preparation? 


* Yes I. It’s been 2 years since the last release, and we switched some members and now there is this fresh energy that made us work on our third release. It will be called
“Revelation” to reveal the truth behind the lies seen. The album itself will be like a story and “Wicked Man” is the beginning of it. The concept is to tell about the wicked and corrupted things, but also to explain how to avoid and do something different than that. So when you play it, it should sound like you are reading a book and all the songs are connected between themselves like topics in a book. The album will be recorded in Macedonia but it will be mastered in France. The release date is yet to be scheduled but most likely it will be sometime in September.


SUB: Don’t know if someone ever asked you by now, what does “Conquering Lion” stands for; is it something more than just a name? 


* This is a question that has not been asked very often, so I will take my minute and explain to the bredrin’ and sistren’. Conquering Lion stands for the ideology of Rastafari Movement (African Zionism) through their songs. Rastafari ideology (African Zionism) is an ideology that fights for freedom of the human race. It means no politics, no government, no presidents, no police, no church*, no kingdoms, no authorities, no hierarchy… So, with this “plan of living” and social organization, Rastafari ideology has completely anarchistic attributes. It demands freedom of whole human race and love and harmony in every (and between) every human being. We use the similar terms and phrases as American/Jewish Zionism, but we have completely different meaning in the background of it. Seen.


SUB: I must say that the sound of the “Conquering Lion” and the whole band has progressed into a serious act. Are you satisfied of the bands progress and do you think it is accepted enough by the Macedonian public? 


* Yes bredah’, at the current time we be working with full steam and produce massive sounds, since all the bredrin in the band have taken the act seriously and we will produce even better sounds in future. The situation in Macedonia it is very rough and tough when it comes to audience since people don’t have high salaries and most of them are unemployed so sometimes it’s hard to see many people on a concert, but still there are people who are supporting us in many different ways. What pleases me is that there is no age limit for our music, there are older people that listen to us and there is the younger generation as well that support us. The situation in Macedonia will grow even higher in the upcoming years I am sure of it.


SUB: These previous years the whole band was touring trough the region. Are you about to embark on a new tour? 


* Yes the Lion can’t sit upon one place him must conquer. After the release of the third album we are planning to do a European tour this October/November. It will be a nice journey and we can get to know better with the new members. Live and direct inna di Ras mobile.


SUB: Thank you very much for the interview and the hyper magic set that you guys have made for Skopje Urban Beats. If you have something to add please… 

* Give thanks for your time, patience and energy to make this interview and give it to the people out there. Conquering Lion and Natty Fiyah bless ya all out there and give thanks for your support through all this years. Stay strong me people!

For S.U.B. made by D.S.

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S.U.B. Podcast #22 Mystic Trip (UK)

Please introduce yourself to S.U.B. audience…

I'm Mystic Trip, a DJ & Producer from London, England.

 

How did you start playing and producing drum and bass music?

I first heard DnB on a local pirate radio station. I was a listener for a few years then decided to get involved. I started looking into how it was produced / where it was being made and was quite keen to give it a go. It was around the same time I got a chance to start mixing regularly through another local radio station.

Have you had any Releases?

Yeah, I've had a few digital releases with 'Quondam Records' and I've got a few collaborative tracks with 'Wagz' out now on 'Future Thinkin'.

Describe your sound?

Mystical! there's a lot of noisy stuff around, I guess I try and steer clear from that.

 

What type of equipment do you use for production?

I keep it simple! I've been working on music on the move recently, so my studio space varies. My laptop has probably been my key piece of equipment in the past few months!

  

Why do you love drum and bass music?

I've always been into music, but there's something about the versatility of Drum and Bass that has really kept me interested…

  Which MEME  is your favourite?

Heh! Stoned guy…I think.

Why is it that most artists don’t write a bio on their webpage’s?

Not sure, I've never really noticed. I guess a lot of artists are quite wary of their public image. That and they haven't hired a Publicist!

Do you have anyone you want to shoutout? 

Yeah, big up everyone for the support so far. Hope you guys are feeling what's still to come!

by D.S.