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house or progressive house in some cases, but Deep House is the umbrella that everyone has put it under to make it a cool new thing even though it actually came from Chicago in the 90’s. Then we took some influences from here and there. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson and my parents Bollywood music and the Gipsy Kings, Bobby Brown and all these crazy influences. Then I got massively into rock and I was a Goth for a couple of years. Then I got really into Hip hop and R&B, and then Jungle. Jungle was massive, I got into Jungle around the time of Original Nuttah, I was too young to really be into that sound but that’s when the addiction for bass really began.
I grew up around Ragga music and that had different influence on me, Then came the first Outlaw parties in 92/93, now looking at how the music scene is, there’s so much more dance music on the radio.
I think Dance music has probably become the most popular at the moment. But, at the same time, there’s a lot of chilled stuff coming in, if you look at the KISS playlists, whether it’s Years and Years or it’s a new Ed Sheeran, Rudimental track which is like chilled Drum and Bass. Even the track that came out last by Nico and Vinz, very chilled. I think the industry is constantly moving and developing, the real question is what’s the next big thing, as I’m trying to make music so I’m trying to figure out what’s next. Is it going to be Dub Hip!? It does go in trends, let’s just bring back the 80’s, that’s what I want.
How long would you say before “Derp House Music” (as Derrick Carter calls it) phases out ?
I don’t know, I think obviously like you watched Dubstep come into the scene and then quickly disappear, which I was kind of happy about because I can’t dance to Dubstep. I don’t think anyone can dance to Dubstep. That’s difficult. I’m not sure, I’m working it out.
If you could put a time scale on it?
I think something will switch up by summer because it always does. The DJs in Ibiza and Vegas and all the residencies picking up songs and then the sound changes, then people pick it up at the end of the summer and it becomes their summer anthem. So it’s interesting to see how music develops within a year of what is underground becoming commercial.
That’s something I pay attention to a lot, I was with the Dirtybird team around the time Breach handed the over the ‘Jack’ track over to Claude Von Stroke. As soon as I heard the track early the next year just when it was released on the underground, I kind of predicted the rise that it would have.
It’s hard to predict that. Also they’re all KISSTORY tunes basically like Sub Focus, Breach, it’s old sounds. Even to an extent some of Example’s stuff from the album and Example says that himself, it’s got that 90’s piano with similar drops. So I do think that we are in a place where that music that makes you reminisce, all that nostalgic feeling, is something that blends really well with current music.
Considering a good majority of people who are in the industry at this point like ourselves, we all grew up on garage. Would you say it’s a bit coincidental that everything that’s coming out now is reminiscing all the things that we used to grow up with?
I think it’s a natural thing, it’s an age specific thing as well. You grow up with your friends,