December 2010
4 posts
Zed Bias - Part 2 (of 2)
Continued from Part 1
OK well that’s the downsides of the garage scene there, but what about the positives?
The club nights were amazing. Proper made clubland friendly again – in certain cases, of course; I can’t generalise because as with everything it varies so much from place to place. If you’re in some ghetto neighbourhood or a bit of a ghetto club, the likelihood is that...
Zed Bias - Part 1 (of 2)
I won’t do a long intro on this, because this time I can let the story, and the music, do the talking. Dave Jones – aka Zed Bias, Maddslinky, Phuturistix, ES Dubs, etc etc – is someone whose own journey through the music world is an excellent illustration of the inseparability of mainstream and underground, of the long and deep traditions that run through even the most ephemeral of club...
Kamal Joory - Part 2 (of 2)
© Brian David Stevens
Continued from Part 1
…And what about the fact you’ve done a lot of stuff with vocalists? That’s not really standard in dubstep, was it conscious on your part to give a particular appeal?
I am in some respects a bit of a weird music listener. There’s not many people I know, apart from Juliet [his partner at the time of the interview, now wife] maybe,...
Kamal Joory - Part 1 (of 2)
© Brian David Stevens
Kamal Joory is exactly the sort of artist I wish there were more of. I had known, and owned, the intricate electronica records he made as Geiom for some while – indeed, given both of our involvement with electronica through the ’90s, it’s maybe surprising our paths never crossed – but it was in 2006 when dubstep made its big emergence from the underground that I...