Hi Guys, for those don’t know you, please tell us a little about yourselves, where you’re from and how you first got together
I, (JP) am a DJ/ Producer with a rich history in the London Club Scene and in various countries around the world. MC (Matt Cooper) is one of London’s most renowned Musicians, having had major success with his own project ‘Outside’ and also as the Keyboard Player/ MD for one of the UK’s foremost Jazz/ Funk/ Soul Bands ‘Incognito’. We’re based in North and West London respectively and we met at an after hours Rave that I was DJ’ing at, when I dropped the track ‘Supernova’ by Nova Fronteira. MC immediately came over to the Decks and started chatting to me about it. And the rest as they say is history.
Describe your sound in 5 words
Conscious, Classic, Disco, Funk and House.
Who or what inspires your productions?
I believe a more appropriate question is ‘Who or what DOESN’T inspire your productions?!’. Naturally we are inspired by music from other artists and producers that we feel (both old and new), and that influences the flava(s) of what we do, but it doesn’t stop there. Inspiration can come from sounds that you hear, a life situation, something that you read or see, etc. Anything that engages the senses really. Music is literally everywhere.
You’ve just released your brilliant new single, ‘Telling Lies’, featuring Mazen Bedwei, how does it sound?
Thank you for calling it a brilliant single – appreciate that! I guess we’d say it’s a classic flavoured piece of Piano/ Disco House, balancing the best of old and new. I remember when I first heard a really raw demo of the song some years back I was immediately struck by what it needed (or at least what I heard in my mind’s ear that it needed!!!). Which at the time was ‘A little bit of a Larry Levan/ Innfer Life/ Classic Disco treatment with a splash of Prince’. After the production was started & more parts were written ‘a little sprinkle of David Morales (and several other influences)’ were added, resulting in what you hear today. So the whole process was a bit like cooking really. Or Musical Alchemy – take your pick! We reckon it turned out quite nice, but really that’s for the audience to decide.
What was the inspiration behind the song and what’s it all about?
The story of this song is obviously about betrayal and heartbreak which is a bit of a detour from the other (upcoming) Descendants songs that are more of a conscious commentary about the status quo. The inspiration for the Music/ Sound, as aforementioned, is a cacophony of musical genres both old and new. I even read in a very nice review recently, the drums being described as a ‘tighter than tight Breakbeat’. I didn’t realise that there were Breakbeats in there! To us they’re just JP style Disco Drums. But, ok then! And actually it’s quite in keeping with D’s creative process, as MC puts it, to ‘throw the kitchen sink at it’.
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