Electronic music is a form of art and for the most part, club nights are the exhibitions
‘Mind… The Future’ announces Dose, no doubt in a strident, authoritarian tone that any London Underground traveller would be familiar with, attributes as familiar as speed, sound, fleeting impressions… a more-than-adequate description of this new Dose experience too.
Dose, have to ask you about the title: is it a future that people are always chasing, perhaps at the expense of the present? Where do we step on?
I guess it ties into how much I and other people try to control their lives and get obsessed with having an answer to every question.
I used to do this all the time, and while I still do now.
I’m working and trying to be more in the state of mind of just letting things happen.
On Mind The Future, there’s so much energy and focus in the tunes.
Thanks: I just wanted to put a diverse collection of tracks together that I was really happy with, I’ve really followed my instincts with the LP and I hope it’s coming across as a good reflection of my sound
Regarding ‘letting things happen’, D&B is essentially club music: it’s electric, coarse at times, it’s meant to be crazy and unpredictable. I feel that people forget that sometimes.
I agree that it’s club music for sure. Electronic music is a form of art and for the most part, club nights are the exhibitions. All said though, I really just let what happens when writing happen and try not to focus too much on aiming for a particular audience.
I like to just go where the tune wants to go, if that makes sense.
I feel a lot of D&B is ‘back to basics’ right now, which is ace, and I feel it in your album too, is that on the right track?
I guess so! I got into D&B around 1998 and a lot of it was really simple and repetitive, and that’s what I love about it and how you can get lost in the loops and hypnotic and repetitive feel of it. Most of my tracks are this way, and generally I prefer it this way… so that way the audience has the time to digest, rather than changing it up every 4 bars or whatever…
Is it a different attitude to work on a D&B album than a ‘smaller’ project like a tune/12 or ep?
I guess you focus on the whole picture a lot more for bigger projects.
How about working for something to be released on Commercial Suicide… as they are a unique label with an eye on the renegade and unpredictable.
Klute’s been a big support of my sound for years, and he was the backing I needed to finish this project. It’s taken a long time to build the confidence to finish an LP and I’m really happy with the result. It’s not a game changer, I’ve not tried to “fit in” or be different or be anything other than myself, and thats the point right?
Commercial Suicide seems like the perfect fit as it supports artists 100% for them doing their thing and being original.
On the tune front I love ‘What She Wants’, I love sort of ‘standing back’ and letting it wash over me, it’s a killer.
Wicked, thanks man, It took a long time for that one to feel right. I guess that track for me is about, desire and meeting the right person and the excitement around attraction etc. I could go on, but it’s something along those lines. Tightly tied to emotion.
Back to the club ethos, I heard you had a good live story?
I played in Melbourne once and I remember before I played the previous DJ was playing and I was seeing his foot right by the power plug…
OK, this sounds like a ‘Mind The Future’ moment here…
I said to the promoter ‘That doesn’t look like a good place for that to be?’ and he said it’d be fine. Sure enough mid set I stood on it and cut the power during my set. Good times!
Dose – Mind The Future is out now on Commercial Suicide.
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