UK Glitch Hop on Glitch.FM #9 - Dephicit interview

Our Glitch.FM guest mix last week came from Exeter's Dephicit. Here's the lowdown on where he gets his glitch, bass in Exeter and plans for the summer. If you want a clean download of the mixtape with full tracklist, it's at the bottom. Might as well have a read on the way...

 

Please introduce yourself.... 


This is James Stafford aka Dephicit aka 1 half of Critical Cuts.

 

How would you describe your particular style of bass music?


Chunky funky slimey basslines and beats with as much glitchy/synthy interest as I can squeeze in.
My style is pretty warped from all the genres I've been listening to on the dance music scene for the last 5/6 years. I've found taking the best bits out of different genres really helps to stay away from categorisation and keeps the originality flowing. From dubstep to psytrance, I've found theres always something positive to take away incorporate into your own music.


What first turned you onto bass / glitch / lazer music?

Any particular artists or tracks?
I think the first track that drew my attention away from dubstep was when a friend showed me Bassnectars ''heads up'' and from there I went on to discover another american guy called Subvert. These guys tracks had the heavy basslines I knew could destroy a dancefloor but were fast enough and funky enough to shun the dubstep critics. From then on Opiuo and Tipper seemed to appear out of know-where and to be honest I found it hard to find anything else of that tempo that I felt could stand up to them In my sets. But the last couple of years has been awesome for the scene, especially in the U.K, (big ups U.K glitch hop) and the freshness coming out of the tracks is consistently inspiring and keeping me glued to my soundcloud!

What's the scene like where you are?


The scene in Devon is fuking awesome, I'm mainly based in Exeter and the quality and diverstity of the nights is amazing. If you wanna get your smile on & knees up theres electro swing nights (Cabaret Volitare) , if you wanna get your hood up and skank on you’ve got the deep dubstep nights (The Deep End), weve got the ghettofunk/Hip Hop & Glitch hop nights put on by Riddim Fruit head honcho 'Hidden Riddim' and Totnes's 'Flywalker' and if you just wanna get your rave on we’ve got the infamous 'Onelion' nights where I started Djing 2/3 years ago, (big ups Subindex)
I thoroughly recommend getting involved if your ever down here, good vibes and pumping tunes all the way.

You've got a radio show with Barely Legit aka. Dodgey Style. How did that come about and how can we get ours ears on it?


Seb, (Dodgey Style) is a DJ genius and one of the few people that was into glitch hop in exeter when I started producing it. We have very similar tastes and this lead us to form 'Critical Cuts'. You can find us here... Critical Cuts

 

Where do you like to play the most?

I like to bust it out anywhere where people are gunna be lovin the tunes, Its wikid playing to a home crowd in exeter as people know what to accept and Its always sick to get positive feedback, but I also love the challenge of playing sumwhere new, where potentially they have'nt come across the sound before and need to be... educated :)
 Festivals are always a winner, the ultimate vibes that they create are always a wikid platform for funky dirty beats and bass.

What's the craziest gig you've ever played?


A pretty mental set was in Bristol for 'Big:Large' at the black swan. It was a sell out crowd in the main room and from talking to people before I played the vast majority had not really heard glitch hop before, so it was sick to see everybody quickly warming to it and losing there nut towards the end.

Who's inspiring you most at the moment?

Thats a big question, but if I had name a few, Bad Tango and all the Broken Robot crew, Koan Sounds tracks are just ridiculous, Digital Rust, Dj Alias & Smoke Sign (who featured in the mix) Griz, obviously Opiuo and Tipper...

But its the UK Glitch Hop scene thats inspiring me the most, homebrew talent like Mouldy Soul and Breakspear, SixAM and all the others who have been at it for years and are really pushing the sound in the right direction.

Who are you looking out for in 2012?

Staunch has been getting my juices goin, Looking forward to seeing what they can come up with.
 Bad Tango and Mouldy Soul are good friends of mine and are absolute machines at tearing out the goods, watch that space.

I played a word up remix from 'Olmec 'forthcoming on his Motley Bass EP in the mix, he's another one to watch out for.
 Dj Alias (NZ) whos working on a remix for my EP is also bringing out the killa vibe, watch out for his first EP landing on our shores soon.
Local Deep Dubstep talent like Skeptix and Pulsar are also ones Ive gotta mention.

When can we expect to hear a Dephicit EP? 


In 2-3 months I will be releasing the Lazer Crack EP with various remix's and originals from some awesome talent, so watch out for that on Riddim Fruit Records.


Where can we see you play next?

Riddim Fruit vs Cabaret Volitare @ The Cavern (Exeter) - June 1st
Supporting the Funk Hunters @ the Angel (Exeter) - June 2nd

Secret Garden Party festival - 20th July
Big:Large 2 @ The Black Swan (Bristol) - 21st July
Standon Calling Festival - 4th August
Aeon Festival (@ Crediton near Exeter) 25th August

Glitch FM Mix Tracklist


Eardible - Audible Pancakes (Unreleased)

Staunch - Busted up – Out now

Digital Rust - Chocolate Sauce – Out now

Haywire - Mindchamber – Out now

Shimi Sonic - Follow up (Dephicit remix) – Out now

Dephicit - Clef Residue (Forthcoming)

Dephicit - Lazer Crack (Forthcoming)
DJ Alias & B - San Francisco Bay (Forthcoming)

K lab ft Sacha Vee - Need to know (Audio Infunction Remix) (Forthcoming)

Olmec - Word up (Forthcoming)

DJ Alias - Empire Ft I.T (Forthcoming)
Obscinity - Funkology (Forthcoming)

K lab ft Sacha Vee - Need to know (DJ Alias remix) (Forthcoming)

Smoke Sign - Sub Minimal Message (Forthcoming)

Morbidly Obese Midget will be hosting guest mixes from Kursa, Nimbus and DJ Primer on Glitch.FM from 10pm BST Wednesday 2 May. See you in the chatroom www.glitch.fm/chat

March Round Up: Da Choons

Better late than never, here's our round of the best UK Glitch Hop tunes from the last month. If you'd like to be considered next time, make sure you add your tunes to the UK Glitch Hop group on soundcloud. 

Releases

KURSA's Machinate EP shot it's way to the top of the glitch hop chart on Beatport this month

This flilthy number from Culprate got a lot of love this month. Check the funk on the outro

The Shimi Sonic remix EP finally dropped on Riddim Fruit with lush summertime versions by Mouldy Soul and Dephicit

Freebies

Bristol's Aspects returned with much fanfare and glitchy production from Glasgow's Akira Kiteshi

More in the huge tune plus rap vocal vein, Foreign Beggars took on Koan Sound to full effect

A classic remix from Beat3 who smashed it at Uppercut and will be back on home turf for Donkey Punch in Bournemouth next month. Wohaa!

Truly epic track from SixAM. Bad mother indeed. Check out their new Soundcloud page while you're at it

In case you haven't had enough KURSA, get yer penguins on WonKay


Competition for symbols in names plus new genres ENIG!NE Altman Construct Corporate Identity Hop. Chilled glitchiness.Oriental vibe

More chilled beats from Brighton courtesy of Drowzy

Teasers 

It's good to see Tipper riding high. He's been touring hard round the US and Canada all month and at time of writing the mental maze that is Puzzle Dust had 31,000 plays and 1200 likes on Soundcloud. We've had a sneak listen to the full EP and it's properly heavy this time. Just you wait!


Breakspear's massive swinging remix of K-Lab's McFly on Empathy hits the digital shelves around 21 April

1 Staying with Skanky Panky, SixAM have somehow made this Sedge Warbler tune sound even better! Full remix EP later in month

Mouldy Soul has given us a taster of two lip-smacking new tunes in time for summer and he's due to be touring the US in May

More Kursa and Mouldy Soul - Mustard Tiger remixes coming soon on Adapted

The man behind Beta Birmingham, TerrorByte's been prolific this month, and it's not at all scary

Tantalising peek at a new track from Shamanic Technology. If you're a label, snap this man up quick!

Nice lazer-splurge-step from Stagga and Monky in Cardiff

Drake's been in the UK this month, so thought we'd share this glitchy remix from London producer Lokane, plus a fresh Shlomo instrumental

Wave back he's drowning previews his new EP with a wonky Dead Prez re-rub. Yorkshire reprazents!

Playful glitch from Dublin's 7AR. Not strictly speaking UK, but we'll claim him

And a Panoptical Allusion to play you out

Where to get your glitch this month

With nights in Birmingham, Bournemouth, London, Bristol and Exeter it's April shaping up to be a big month! If you're up for writing a review of any of these nights then drop us an email ->

uk glitch hop at g mail dot com (alloneword)

Friday 30 March

Dark Knights 4th Birthday

Exeter Pheonix

Mouldy Soul headlines the Riddim Fruit room with local lad Dephicit delivering more glitch b2b with Subindex. Keep an eye on Hiddim Riddim and the rest of the drew for more sneaky bleeps and quality ghetto funk.

Saturday 31 March

Imaginarium

Union, Vauxhall, London

UK Glitch Hop's Morbidly Obese Midget will be munching through glitch-funk-hop-swing-bass back-to-back with Agent Smith in the Wonderland cabaret at the Imaginarium from 2 - 3.15am. There's also plenty of filthy bass courtesy of Schroff, Mary Miss Fairy Lynch the Hangman vs. Rob Voodoo in the main room. Expect a burlesque steampunk fetish rave in space.

Friday 13 April

Beta Birmingham Colony Showcase

The End

UK Glitch Hop DJ alert! Mouldy Soul headlines a Colony Productions showcase alongside Mike from Crunch. Beta Birmingham's own Terrorbyte and Automaton in support. Loving the flyer artwork.

Friday 13 April

Donkey Punch Festival of Freaks: The Badgers Nutz

02 Academy Southampton

Vent headlining the Badger's Nuts room with local boys Beat3, Shamanic Technology and Pesticide plus Uppercut residents Your Niece and Sweet Jesus. In the other room you've got ghetto funk, hip hop and swing'n'bass courtesy of Dub Mafia, JFB, Benji Boko, Dutty Moonshine and Dizraeli's Small Gods. MASSIVE night for the South Coast!

Friday 20 April

Audio Donughts and Ninja Tune present: Slugabed Time Team album launch

Crucifix Lane, London

Debut album launch for the man of the moment, Slugabed. Plus Fatty DL and Lazer-fucking-Sword all the way from LA. Not to be missed.

Thursday 26 April

Riddim Fruit Records Party

Bristol, Venue tbc

Mouldy Soul is playing, more details soon!

Saturday 28 April

The Drop presents We are Skint

Timbuk2, Bristol

Kursa in the house!

Inaudible interview

When Corporate Propaganda came out on Muti Music in early 2010, I was delighted to see that it'd been made by someone from the UK. Now, although he's currently lounging around on a beach somewhere in Thailand, Inaudible has found the time to give us an interview and a guest mix for UK Glitch Hop on Glitch.fm this Wednesday 28 March, 10pm-12am GMT. 

Here's the Facebook event: Morbidly Obese Midget + Inaudible guest mix on Glitch.fm

Or you can listen to the UK Glitch Hop archive here
 

How would you describe your particular style of glitch? 

Bass driven electronic music. I like to think that the bass/lead are creating the groove rather than the drums (obviously they work together too). I try to change up what I’m doing as much as possible so that it isn’t too pigeonholable. I like to make music as slow and heavy as possible but still with enough groove to dance too, lately I’ve really enjoyed making half time stuff at 100-110.


When I play out I play stuff a bit wonkier than what I produce, I love awkward swung slow grooves, anything which is difficult to put a genre tag on. Which is why I guess I like Glitch-Hop so much, it’s very difficult to pigeonhole as a genre.

What first turned you onto glitch hop and mid tempo?

I was getting quite into the more glitched end of breaks / prog / techno (NuBreed, Luisine, Andy Page, Habersham etc…) when I stumbled across a couple of SOTEG tracks. I think it may have been his track Ebeneezer which first cracked it for me. From there I discovered Kraddy, I remember the illegal album getting a silly amount of listens early on which obviously led me onto the Glitch Mob, Bassnectar, Vibesquad… then BOOM!

A few big tracks for me early on were:
Son Of The Electric Ghost – Ebeneezer
Kraddy and Bassnectar – Snake Charmer
Bassnectar – Zealots Slowed Down

Your had early releases through Muti Music and Car Crash Set, two of the major glitch hop labels in San Francisco. How did they come about? 

Other than 2 early tracks, the Corporate Propaganda and Game Theory EPs were my first productions. I sent the Corporate Propaganda EP around a bunch of my favourite labels to try my luck, and Dov from Muti said he’d release it. Which I couldn’t have been more stoked about, Muti Music being my favourite Glitch Hop label. Similarly Cosby at Car Crash Set said he would pick up the Game Theory and Black Swan, which was wicked. Car Crash Set have had some amazing releases.



Since then other than a few remixes I’ve been doing my own thing. I don’t seem to be able to make anything resembling a cohesive EP. I just make whatever I feel like at the time and end up with a collection of tracks varying quite a bit in style, so I’ve been putting them out myself. Maybe if I was a bit more patient and held onto tracks for longer they would have more cohesion, however I just sort of want to get tracks out there as soon as they are finished.

You've been featured on both the recent Beta Birmingham comps, what's the scene like there? 

Obviously Dubstep is pretty big here, as it is everywhere else at the moment, a few nights cater for the deeper stuff and a decent amount of electronica passes through town. There’s a reasonable amount of Glitch Hop being played at the moment, mainly at the Hare and Hounds where sometimes a bit of Glitch Hop will be played, just not as the main attraction. However The Beta Birmingham crew have just started putting on Bi-Monthly events in Brum, at which Glitch Hop is heavily supported. Last month they had William Breakspear down and next (13th April) they have Mouldy Soul coming to town. So big things be afoot.

Where are you now? 

I moved to Bangkok where I am teaching English for the year, don’t worry, I’ll be coming back in the UK

You manging to play or produce much out there? 

Zero at the moment. For the first time in 3 months I have something resembling a studio. Now I’m a little more settled here (had a crazy first 2 months) I’ll start hitting the bass nights and try get involved in the scene here. There’s a LOT less electronic music here than in the UK.

Have you got the gasmask with you? Is it a pain to play in? 

No I’ve not brought one over to BKK with me (I have 3 of them) however I will get one shipped over soon. It’s an absolute arse to play in, if it’s hot as it steams up, I need to sort some ventilation out inside of it so that my panting doesn’t steam it up so much.

What's the craziest gig you've ever played? 

Have played in a venue a few times in fancy dress because I was barred from the place, and at another gig some idiots started throwing rocks through all the venues windows it was like a warzone in there, however I’ve not played out to any silly large numbers of people. I played to more people when I was playing breakbeat before I got into production than under the inaudible pseudonym, this needs to change.

What's your favourite track at the moment? 

heRobust – Facebook Lift, heRobust is on fire at the moment, he just put out a double album on the Saturate! Label which is fire, I’m completely blown away by how future it is.

Who's inspiring you at the moment? 

Robert Glasper, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, Lapux, Robot Kotch, Tipper, Swarms, Nicolas Jaar, Flako, James Blake, Rumpistol, Eskmo, Spoonbill, heRobust.

Who are you looking out for in 2012? 

On the UKGH Tip: Breakspear, Mouldy Soul, Beat3. General Glitch Hop: Freddy Todd, Love and Light, Blunt Instrument. On the Wonkier tip: Dolor, Moa Pillar, Baconhead, Squeaky Lobster, +Verb, Coco Bryce, Swede:Art

You've recently remixed +Verb, Splatinum and Freddy Todd? What have you got in the pipeline?

Nothing at the moment I’m afraid. I haven’t touched Ableton for nearly 5 months now, life has been getting in the way. However as of this week, for the first time since December, I have something resembling a studio (desk, laptop, decent headphones and a controller) so as of now I’m back in the studio, if you can call it that. Which makes me immensely happy, I’ve missed making music so much.

When's the next beach party? 

It’s Songkran festival in a few weeks so there could well be a week long water-fight / party planned on the cards.

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UK Glitch Hop #5: Mike Wallis (Colony Productions) interview

Mike Wallis went to school with Dave Tipper. Sharing a love of electronic dance music and IDM they started producing together as Crunch, with their first release in 2000. By 2001 Mike had co-founded Colony Productions, the label he still runs today with Sam Ashwell from Vent. Tune into Glitch.fm from 10pm-12am Wednesday 21 March to catch Mike's first UK Glitch Hop radio show or catch up on our archive here.

Introduce yourself... 
Mike Wallis aka Psi Spy, one half of Crunch with Tipper and one half of Abstrakt Knights with Sam Ashwell.
 


How would you describe your particular style of glitch?
More IDM than anything else.



When you first started making music as Crunch, glitch hop didn't exist. What did you start out doing?
Just chilling in the studio experimenting for the fun of it.

What first turned you onto glitchy music? Any particular artists or tunes?
Autechre specifically for the glitchiness but old school Rephlex techno releases
for the mood and most of the Warp back catalogue along with years of buying
Jungle, D&B, Dub, Trip Hop 12"s



We're using a label, glitch hop, to describe quite a wide range of music. When did you first hear music being described in this way?
Only recently really. We had coined the term Bit Hop previously (UKGH -back in about 2003!), but I like the sound of Glitch Hop.



Your own label Colony Productions, which you run with Sam from Vent, has been going since 2001. How have you seen the UK music scene change in this time?
The digital revolution is now in full effect.


How about the rest of the world?
It's getting smaller and smaller.

Where do you like to play the most?
Wherever the best party is..

What's the craziest gig you've ever played?
Miami with the Schematic crew.

What's your favourite track at the moment?
The whole of Broken Soul Jamboree from Tipper.



Who's inspiring you at the moment?
Zakir Hussain and the masters of percussion, saw them live a few months ago and it blew me away.

 

Who are you looking out for in 2012?
Vent, new material on the way and Mouldy Soul.



What new releases have you got in the pipeline?
Bran (Richards) is up next and has just been sent out on Promo.

Where can we see you playing next and over the summer?
April 13th for Beta Birmingham and Glade.

What have you got lined up for your first show on Glitch FM?
Some classic Colony back catalogue and a guest mix from KrossBow. See ya there!!

 colonyproductions.net

Review - Uppercut: Bareknucle Bass, Hackney Wick, 10 March 2012

UK Glitch Hop editor Morbidly Obese Midget reviews Uppercut: Bareknucle Bass for Spoonfed, one of the few media outlets in the country with a dedicated interest in glitch hop, thanks largely to the efforts Editor-in-Chief Lowri Clarke. Check the links throughout!

Your Niece coming in your ears with sonic lazers

Glitch hop pretty much originated in the UK, so I’ve always been a bit puzzled as to why it’s never really taken off here. Uppercut is one of a number of nights burgeoning around the country that has set out not only to remedy this situation, but to raise the bar. With underfloor speakers. 

How does that work in a Hackney Wick warehouse?! Well apparently the answer is to build a two tier pyramid-come-boxing ring that takes up most of the main room and stuff it with bass bins. As we arrive, Atomic Drop are demonstrating the Funktion-One system in full effect with their energetic dancehall, electro house and dubstep. You could feel your legs tremble the minute you set foot on the first tier, which turned into full shakes on the dance platform. There‘s no option but to dance, especially with these boys at the controls. 

SixAM gets 'em bouncing

The first glitch hop DJ on the bill is SixAM, co-founder of Liverpool's Skanky Panky Records. For a brief moment at the start of his set, I wonder whether the audience is ready for mid-tempo in the main room at 2am, but as Buddha pulls out remixes of DJ Fresh, DJ Hype and Ray Charles the party really got going. Pretty soon the pyramid is packed with bodies popping and bumping to the jacking beats, with fresh dubs from Skanky Panky and big tunes from the likes of The Glitch Mob. The dancefloor is a melee of fur, animal tails and incredible patterned onesises. Secret Garden Party goers would feel quite at home. 

L-Biz on the ones and twos (in a pimped-out 1960s spaceship)

Being Hackney Wick, I’d been expecting a rather grimier warehouse, but the Autumn Street Studios are a surprisingly nice conversion with friendly bouncers, affordable drinks and plenty of space to dance. The second room, hosted by Tell Tails, resembles a graffiti jam disguised as a festival tent - the perfect setting for an old skool scratch set from L-Biz of Beat3. It’s further enhanced by some rather talented girls with hoop that looks like it’s been forged from pure rainbows. 

Escaped rainbows sighted in Hackney

Back in the main room, the ceiling sweat showers have already started, whilst Head of State breaks out of filthy d'n'b into a particularly fat remix of Jump Around. As if we have any choice. Outside, in the shadow of the Olympic Park, smokers lounge on bare-spring sofas and crouch on fire escape steps. 

Your Niece paints with his face

UK Glitch Hop and Uppercut resident, Your Niece has been pioneering crunk in the UK for years and his opening set for Bassnectar at Secret Garden Party last year completely blew me away, so I’m really looking forward to seeing him. He doesn't disappoint, carrying the ever-energetic crowd on a bass odyssey into the morning, from popping glitch to carpet bombing bass. Psymbionic's Intergalactic remix has the whole floor bouncing like mad, as do fresh tunes from Akira Kiteshi, Ben Samples and Bassnectar, and the odd snatches of familiar riff form the likes of Muse. Lazer noises in the music are sketched out by real ones, strafing the smoke-filled air with coloured shapes and beams. 

Beat3 "I can hear Britney"

By the time Bournemouth producers Beat3 take the stage, dawn’s already filtering through the skylights. On laptops, pads and decks, playing lots of original tunes as well as recent releases from Koan Sound, DCarls and Adapted Records, their bouncy funk hop is the perfect end to the night. As party goers drop into cuddle puddles at the back of the vibrating stack, a spilled drink on the stage at the front dances in ripples and spikes with every thump of the bass. 

Free back massage

The Uppercut crew recently announced a ridiculous glitch hop line-up for The Meteor Stage at Glade Festival, hosted by themselves, Skanky Panky, Donky Pitch, Jump Music and Colony Productions, with headliners including Ben Samples, VENT, Akira Kiteshi, Slugabed, Zen Death Squad, Memory 9 and Koan Sound. If this is just a small taste things to come, I'm going to have to get in training." 

*Tune into Glitch.FM every Wednesday from 10pm-12am for UK Glitch Hop with Morbidly Obese Midget, Your Niece, Skanky Panky Records, Mouldy Soul and Colony Productions.*

UK Glitch Hop on Glitch.FM #4: Mouldy Soul interview

With a series of releases on Colony Productions and BroKEn Records in the last few months, Mouldy Soul has already become a producer to watch in 2012. For his UK Glitch Hop debut he's going to be previewing an hour long live set and much, much more. Tune in 10pm-12am Wednesday 14 March or catch up on our archive here: http://soundcloud.com/ukglitchhop

Introduce yourself...

My name is Richard Carrigan and my stage name is Mouldy Soul

How would you describe your particular style of glitch?

The best description I've heard is: "This isn't dubstep; this is Marks and Spencer's dubstep." I'd say it was optimistic wobble funk with the occasional helping of self loathing step! I've also been described as a "Digital Hendrix"... but that was by me, just then.


What first turned you onto glitch hop and mid tempo? Any particular artists or tunes?
Basically the answer is Glade Festival fed me an Omelette and I liked it! A few years ago they had Spoonbill on the line up. Never heard his tunes before, found his myspace and fell in love with his sound almost instantly. I say almost as the first track I listened to was Woodenspoon and I didn't really know how to interpret it at the time, but after listening to a few more tunes like Mangle Boogie Bangle and Bunkerfunk, I quickly became familiar with his releases because everything he touches is gold!

Here's a few tunes that have given me so much joy:



From Spoonbill we found Opiuo and others like the Mollusk, Mr Bill and basically just fell in love with the musical output of Australia from then on! Their music was a breath of fresh air after being so heavily exposed to the dark and sinister sounds coming from the UK at the time.

Your first few releases were all through Colony Productions, the London label run by Crunch and Vent, which has some serious glitch pedigree. How did that come about?

I made Wine and Shine, sent it to a DJ mate (Dave Quextal) who is renowned for horribly criticising tracks, ended up getting some surprisingly nice feedback and he suggested a few labels to send it to. Sent it to a couple of labels, one of them was Colony, got some great feedback from them and they decided to release it.


You were sitting at the top of the Addictech charts for quite a while at the end of last year, how did that feel?
Almost as good as seeing a double rainbow :) I was really happy with the way the Hypersquelch ep went down, it was definitely a confidence booster as I doubted my own abilities way too much, also the feedback I receive from my awesome followers on Soundcloud has given me a great deal of confidence to be able to continue to push myself to achieve ever greater things. So here's a massive thank all of you!

What's the scene like where you are?

Idyllic countryside, sweet pastures and the smell of cow manure.

Where do you like to play the most?

Probably on the swings, or the roundabouts! On a decent sound system, preferably Opus or Funktion One's and definitely outdoors when it's sunny, but I haven't had the combined experience. I've had one of each, but not yet clasped the holy trinity!!!

What's the craziest gig you've ever played?

Latvia, I loved it there so much. It was an experimental mishmash of about twenty audio and visual artists from all over the world from Berlin to Bogota, we got together for a week of drunken partying and pulled off a magical collaborative party at the end. We had a giant thirty foot screen, loads of video projectors and 3D mapping awesomeness and hooked the visuals up to the Xbox kinnect so people could interact in real time with the visuals, that a was pretty wicked party to be a part of. It was crazy because it was the most disorganised chaotic event I've ever been a part of, but some how we managed to pull some order from the chaos and put on a really enjoyable party.

What's your favourite track at the moment?

Probably bubble control or lumpy haggis by Tipper, the guys sound design is out of this world, absolutely love everything he made previous but Bubble Control is next level stuff!

Who's inspiring you at the moment?

Too many to mention them all! Spoonbill, Ott, Opiuo, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Curtis Mayfield, Herbie Hancock, Shpongle, Tipper, Squarepusher, AFX, Hedflux, Bad Tango, Mr Bill, AMB.

Who are you looking out for in 2012?

AMB definitely, this guys production seems to get better every track, and great to hear someone grow into a sound.


Tipper's Puzzle Dust is gonna be awesome, Hedflux's full length album, Opiuo's Butternut Slap series, the glitch hop on Adapted Records; which is now the home of Mr Bill and some really cool newcomers like Mustard tiger, Lucky Hz and Goosebumpz who are all making amazingly cool stuff. Also looking forward to the new Hypnagog album, as his first one Dreaming in pieces was absolutely epic and free so go get it!!!

What new releases have you got in the pipeline?

Too many!! I'm really excited about a few remixes I'm doing for Mr Bill and AMB.


I've also got a few collabos brewing with the likes of Hedflux, Vent and K+Lab. Plus I've got an Ep 'The Harangu' that'll be on Colony, getting some really cool artwork done from this dude: http://ayalien.deviantart.com/

And I've also got a full length album planned called "One point make sense" that I'm pretty excited about, but I don't wanna give away too much just yet!!

Where can we see you playing next and over the summer?

I'm playing in Exeter at the Dark Knights Mega Rave at the end of this month. Headlining the bar area, which is being hosted by Riddim Fruit Records, then getting flown out to Italy, Bass invaders in Southampton, Bristol, and a couple of festivals such as the legendary Glade!

What have you got lined up for your first show on Glitch FM?

Something pretty special, an hour long live Mouldy Soul set, with a jazz guitarist, featuring some exclusive never heard before material, a guest mix from UK artist Eurythmy who makes some wicked Glitch/IDM music, some super hot promos from the UK underground and some fresh squelch from Bran Richards, Mustard Tiger and the elusive Swingesthesia. Should be worth tuning in for :)

 
Catch Mouldy Soul on Glitch.FM from 10pm-12am GMT Wednesday 7 March 2012.

Listen to the first three shows hosted by the Morbidly Obese Midget, Your Niece and William Breakspear at: http://soundcloud.com/ukglitchhop