Bass Music Mix 17 - Photomachine
February 15
It often seems as though 2009 was the year in which 4/4 was finally sucked into the ever-growing vortex that is bass music, resulting in some killer hybrid styles that combined the chunksome beats of classic US house with a hefty dose of UK soundsystem bass. Enter Brixton's Dean Bryce, aka Photomachine - one of the foremost exponents of this sound. With tunes all over some of our favourite blogs for time now, and a raft of tunes waiting to drop, we thought it only right that we invite him to do an exclusive guest mix for us as 2010 gets underway. What's more, he was even kind enough to provide us with a super upfront exclusive free tune to go with it - witness the rude grime-meets-funky-meets-2step of 'Nite Fevr'.
Download both mix and track below - for now, read what the man has to say:BMB: OK, for those who don't know, who are you and what do you do?Photomachine - Club DJ & producer I got into wanting to produce when I worked for MJ Cole's old manager. I spent my university days in MJ's studio sorting out records and asking questions about what makes a good club track. But at the time I had really low grade student style equipment - But Mj did lend me a keyboard for a couple of years. I guess I mostly make house music in the broadest sense - It's always around that kind of tempo... Unless I'm doing an artist specific project. I've actually just done a non club track for Singer songwriter Shea Soul (make it funky for me) It's called Ready Go Go. Tell us a bit about the mix that you've done - what tracks are your favourites?I consume so much music that my faves are always changing. The mix I did for you guys was mostly on that 'jump up - girls go wild in the club' type of vibe. My fave track on the whole mix is Sonic C - Stickin. That tune came out of nowhere & although it has no bassline. It's seriously dope. I didn't even realise it had no bassline until Seiji pointed it out to me - I was just buggin on that crazy synth line. Zinc's new music is really cool too. I probably buy more of his stuff than anyone else at the momentHow would you describe your sound? What are the main things that have influenced its development? I just try & produce fun club records that I can play out or make stuff that sounds like what I want to hear in clubs. It's definitely bass music but I try not to pigeon hole myself too much.In terms of production I'm influenced by the old skool crew such as EL-B (one of the best drum programmers in the business), MJ Cole (obviously) Dem 2, Steve Gurley, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden & Todd Edwards. I've got 100's of Todd Edwards 12" records - & he was so underrated by the US house crew so it took us UK guys to embrace his mastery. We're always one step ahead over here. We've got a culture for it. From the current generation - Hot City are dope and really know their stuff. Zomby is a genius -straight up. I'm also into Rosca's stuff too. L-vis 1990 completely switched direction and I think United Groove was one of the most innovative dance tracks in 2009. I always check for Greenmoney, Seiji & Redlight too, and as it happens we're playing together on March 13th at Plan B in Brixton.You've given away quite a few tunes for free via your Soundcloud and blogs, why did you decide to do this? has it worked out in your favour? I did it because I used to run a blog called flymusic (r.i.p for now) and realised that artist used to get so much positive feedback from all the over the world - that freeness made sense. It's great to get kids from Angola playing your tracks when you're starting out. The freebies have definitely helped - but I might cut down a bit now. What was your highlight of 2009?My highlight of 2009 has nothing to with anything i've done (although I did that Santigold remix in a few hours solid and it's one of my faves). 2009 was great for club music & i hope it continues to grow. Funky got sophisticated, Future garage made another comeback & crack house is large. What have you got in store for 2010?
Lots of new tunes... I found over 100 beats in my itunes the other day. That Shea Soul track should be coming out and expect my debut ep anytime yesterday.
Finally, any messages for our readers?
Thanks for downloading the mix and come say hello in the clubs... http://soundcloud.com/bassmusic/bass-music-mix-17-photomachine
PHOTOMACHINE 'NITE FEVR' (BASSMUSICBLOG EXCLUSIVE) SENDSPACE LINKhttp://soundcloud.com/flymusic
http://www.myspace.com/thephotomachine Catch Photomachine alongside Greenmoney, Roska, Seiji and Redlight (!!!!!!): at Download This! @ Plan B in Brixton on March 13th: TICKETS HERE J.
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