In the first of series of new blogs KidChameleon will be interviewing some of key the 720 Bass family, first up is new boy and fast rising star of the underground Rack n Ruin who also goes by the name Matt Scott when not destroying dance floors across the world!
KC: Hi Matt thanks for taking some time to chat to us, Can you give those who don’t know a taste of where you came from and what influences you.
R&R: I come from quite a broad musical background, but DJ-wise – I started mixing Jungle & DnB when I was about 14. I then started producing DnB when I was 16 and got into other sounds as the years went by! All music I love influences me, from jungle to jazz, from reggae to punk.
KC: Your sound has developed from quite and electronic house sound to a more organic breaky jungle sound, what bought about this change?
R&R: To be honest I don’t really know – I’m still doing the more housey sound, but what some of the dubstep producers were doing last year gave me inspiration to look back into using old breaks and samples from the ‘jungle era’ again. It’s a lot of fun using influences from my favourite dance music.
KC: You have been doing some out standing remix work for some fairly big names, do you think more bands will be looking to ravers scene to help increase their audiences?
R&R: I think so yeah. Pop music at the moment seems to be a cross of dance, rave and rap. Massive beats and basslines with poppy choruses and rapping seems to be the trend. And I think the majors are looking to use this formula in as many ways possible to make a record get as big as it can.
KC: The soundclash EP has been doing some serious damage to dancefloors everywhere,What was the inspiration behind it?
R&R: Soundclash EP came from an old school hardcore idea I had made and then played it to vocalist Jessie Ware whilst in the studio with her. We came up with the lyrics for the track and then made the follow up ‘Midnight Loving’ soon after. The other tracks with Janai & Illaman had already been done and it seemed like it fitted together nicely. I named it Soundclash because of the track but also because of the obvious diversity of the tracks in the package.
KC: Do you have an secret weapons that you like to use in the studio?
R&R: I like using all the regular soft synths and plug-ins of today, but at the moment I’m really into chopping up old samples and creating something really new sounding out of something old and even over-used. So Audio Editing is my secret weapon I guess!
KC: If you could collaborate with any producer from the past who would you choose?
R&R: Quincy Jones or Brian Eno
KC: Can you tell the readers a bit about your next release and any other exciting remixes in the pipeline?
R&R: The next release is a collaboration I have done with legendary MCs – Navigator & Slarta John (Bassment Jaxx). The track is called Territory and will be coming out on Black Butter Records with a load of remixes to cover all angles! I’ve got many more remixes and collaborations coming up including more work with “I Blame Coco” and other artists from Island Records.
Also I want to shout out to everyone who has supported and helped me over the past few years – My family, Session, Sumitra, Henry Village, ATG, Klose One, Ollywood, Solarity, Dash….
CHEERS!
Matt has kindly given us a mix for you all to download and enjoy (link below)
Check out his soundcloud page/Myspace and join the facebook fan page!
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Next time I will be interviewing the legendary Vent!