MxCx Interview#15 "ROLY PORTER"



** This interview was recorded on March 15, 2016 **


ROLY PORTER
http://www.rolyporter.com/

Roly Porter began his career as one half of groundbreaking project Vex'd, releasing a series of singles on the Subtext imprint before moving to Planet Mu to release the classic Degenerate and Cloud Seed albums.

His solo work fuses his background in sound system music with contemporary classical composition and focused sound design resulting in a singular and often harrowing sound. 2011 saw the release of the critically acclaimed LP Aftertime followed in 2012 by the Alderburgh Festival commissioned Fall Back, a collaboration with renowned Ondiste Cynthia Millar.

As a composer and sound designer Porter has produced original soundtracks for Big Talk/Film 4's In Fear which premiered at this years Sundance festival and dystopian thriller Interferenz.



MxCx Interview#14 "DR DAS(Asian Dub Foundation)"



** This interview was recorded on March 10, 2016 **



DR DAS
https://drdas.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dr-das


Dr Das is the bassist and co-founder of Asian Dub Foundation. As an independent producer and remixer, he has developed a reputation for creating Dub that is heavy, militant and fiercely anti-exoticist. He describes his approach as “dubnoiz” and always features his emotive, cyclical bass melodies in a tense, shifting environment of alien noise and distorted percussion - inspired by Muslimgauze, early On-U Sound, 70s Miles Davis and Underground Resistance.

He has released three dubnoiz albums to date: “Emergency Baselines” (VU Recordings) in 2006, "Preparing 4 War” in 2014 and “Outsider Dub” in 2015, the latter two on Bandcamp.
His interest in experimental dance music goes back to when was an art student in the 80s. Even though he listened to punk and reggae, he started making music more influenced by bands like 23 Skidoo, Pink Industry, Portion Control and Severed Heads, using percussion, metal percussion, drum machines and tape loops. Later on, he played congas at warehouse parties along with the DJs and this exposure to acid house encouraged him to move towards a more electronic sound. He was still heavily into Dub, especially On-U sound and African Head charge, and realised dub could be a framework to hold all these sounds together, with the bass acting as a kind of ‘glue.’

And so he formed the idea of “dub/noise” and the first time this was realised was with Headspace, a project he started with Chandrasonic (ADF's guitarist) in 1988. It was during this period, he learnt to sample and how to use electronics in a live situation. This formed the foundation for the future ADF.

Dr Das started teaching with Community Music, London in 1990 and it was here in 1993 that he formed ADF with DJ Pandit G and MC Deeder after music technology workshops.

Pandit G introduced Dr Das to the music of Muslimgauze in 2000. He was blown away by the sound of distorted tablas and darbourkas and started his own experiments, putting loops through a RAT distortion pedal and Zoom ST244 sampler and then playing baselines on top. He knew he had found the sound he was looking for. In 2002 he started work on his first dubnoiz album. The US were about invade Iraq and so this became the sound and name of the project: “Preparing 4 War.”

Dr Das left ADF 2006 and saw it as an opportunity to return to the experimental music he was so keen to play. He immediately released “Emergency Basslines” on VU Recordings (preferring this set to Preparing 4 War, as the music was more fresh at the time). Preparing 4 War was finally released in 2014 (after he had rejoined ADF) but by this time, Dr Das’s production skills were considerably better. “Outsider Dub” came out the following year, the name being partly a reference to the fact that this music was generally not accepted by the 'dub scene' as being too experimental and aggressive.

As well developing as a producer, Dr Das always remained committed to his bass, and learnt to play lines that were more minimal, more “Zen,” to provide a contrast to the movement of the noise elements, but keeping a strong melody. The bass guitar provided a massive organic element to differentiate it from other electronic music.

Dr Das has performed with Dubnoiz Sound System internationally (live bass with Bantu on electronics) , including the US, UK, Colombia and India. Though he is now back with ADF, he spends all his spare moments writing fresh material and a new dubnoiz album will be released next year. (There is also an indian electronic distortion raga album waiting on a hard drive to be mixed.)


MxCx Interview#12 "NAH"



** This interview was recorded on March 17, 2016 **


NAH
NAH is a Producer / Drummer currently located in Philadelphia.
www.nahstuff.com

NAH - Hot Fire Mix

MxCx Interview#11 "khost"



※ This interview was recorded on February 23, 2016 ※


khost
https://www.facebook.com/khostband/
https://khostband.bandcamp.com/

khost are a Birmingham, UK based duo, made up of Andy Swan(Iroha / Final) and Damian Bennett(carthage / 16-17 / Cortex / Gauge/ Deathless / Techno Animal).

Since their inception in 2013, they have toured extensively with Godflesh and Conan as well as sharing stage with Asphyx, Locrian, Vodun, OvO, Final/JK Flesh, and more, with collaborators
including Eugene Robinson of Oxbow, Daniel Buess and other sources providing saxophone, cello and voice for their wide-ranging recordings. They have also been remixed by D&B artists Hostage and Necrobia.
They have two albums ‘Copper Lock Hell’ and ‘Corrosive Shroud’ (8/10, Terrorizer magazine)

MxCx Interview#10 "Stazma The Junglechrist"



Stazma The Junglechrist

http://stazmathejunglechrist.com/

If Breakcore is dead, then Stazma the Junglechrist is the resurrection!

Hailing from the same French stock as Monster X, Rotator and the infamous Peace Off imprint, Julien Guillot has been smashing up raves all across Europe since his first release on Peace Off in 2008 and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Having taken the early breakcore ethos of genre mashing and amen splicing, Julien delivers his sound of rave, gabber, jungle and dub with a modern, tight production that seems synonymous with the French these days.

As well as making a name for himself with releases on Meganeural, Structural Damage and Peace Off, it is Stazma's live show which displays his work best. A frenetic, yet finely tuned assault on the senses.


MxCx Interview#9 "THRASHER(PRSPCT)"



※ This interview was recorded on September 27, 2015 ※



THRASHER
https://soundcloud.com/prspct-recordings

Thrasher embodies the ‘fuck the system mentality’ with an unique view on music and the hardcore lifestyle in general, making him an important key figure in the scene. When you think Thrasher you think PRSPCT Recordings.

Besides running PRSPCT, Thrasher is also a demanded DJ, acknowledged for his crushing performances. It’s not a surprise that Thrasher has been playing at all the major Drum ‘n Bass events and festivals all over Europe and beyond that, for the last couple of years. Thrasher is capable of Thrashing everything, including your stamina, playing all the latest [PRSPCT] dubplates in his insane 3 to 4 deck Hardcore Drum & Bass sets every weekend all over the globe + fronting the The Hard Way in between of all of this.


MxCx Interview#8 "Dead Fader"



※ This interview was recorded on February 19, 2016 ※



Dead Fader
https://deadfader.bandcamp.com/

Dead Fader, UK-born, Berlin-based John Cohen draws on ambient, noise and techno to create panoramic and hard-hitting electronic music which packs an emotional punch. In 2014 Cohen released two Dead Fader albums – Blood Forest and Scorched – which saw his music evolve into a signature style as moving as it is excoriating. It would be a gross oversimplification to suggest that the project now occupies a liminal space between revered Scottish duo Boards Of Canada and Australian sound artist Ben Frost but as a rough guide it’s not entirely misleading. Cohen reactivated the project in June of this year with the HYP 30 EP (available as a free download) followed by this month’s Sun Copter 12″. Both serve as appetisers for new full-length LP Glass Underworld, out October 22nd via Robot Elephant. In addition to his Dead Fader releases, Cohen has released work under his own name via Broken 20 (Tar River, 2011) and Exotic Pylon (Deaf Arena, 2013).

MxCx Interview#7 "SA†AN"



※ This interview was recorded on January 25, 2016 ※


SA†AN
https://soundcloud.com/satan666

SA†AN is a Producer/live act from Russia. He started his twisted musical experiments in 2006 and has been going strong ever since.

Hardcore, Drum and Bass, Breakcore and Metal. This dark lord mashes up all of these nasty ingredients to create a diabolical mix that burns down any church or dancefloor. With monster releases on labels like Peace Off, Yellow Stripe and of course PRSPCT it truly looks like god is losing the battle on earth. All Hail SA†AN!!