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diverse. My sets are a bit of a journey, so now I create lots of different shades of underground house and techno not one sub genre.

2013 no doubt a good year for you, DJ Mag nominated you best live act and a Mixmag credited you with Album of the Month for Live on Cubism Volume 3. What was the inspiration behind the cubism project?

Well Cubism is the record label I run with Mark Gwinnett. Its sole aim is to put out good quality underground house and techno and throw the occasional party. We

have done 6 nights at fabric and 4 at the Source Bar in Maidstone as well as other across london. The Live On Cubism is a snap shot of my live show released as an Album on CD for diehard fans but we always offer a free stream / download as well.

The Challenging Behaviour EP. Firstly why such a name?

Haha that's because my oldest son has hit his terrible two's as anyone who has had kids knows this presents some challenging behaviour.

What particular things do you draw inspiration from in producing the tracks for your EP’s?

Depends on the EP, inspiration comes from many places, can come from a recent gig or sometimes just comes in a flash. Other times the inspiration doesn't come until I actually start making something a happy mistake or a random tweak can lead to the best moments of inspiration.

Do you have a regular process that you go through in preparing tracks?

Not really I love hardware and use so many bits of equipment and different software that a track can start and finish In many different ways.

Being an act that plays live, you don't play other people's records. How does it work in regards to you playing tracks you’ve produced or does it just never happen?

It's the other way round, my live material ends up as tracks. I have to rework the music, it's almost like remixing my live show. I start with the raw elements and then build a track with them in a more traditional way adding new ideas as I go, sometimes it ends up sounding completely different to the live version.

What's next on the cards for Saytek?

Just to keep doing what I do I suppose keep making and releasing music and touring :)

You can catch Saytek performing next at Warehouse London on April 11th for part 2 of the Quest launch series

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