KANTYZE
DOA: You guys have been putting out tunes steadily over the last six years. Any favorites from your catalog, in particular?
Kantyze: I think "Metallic Taste" is really the first track that we've put a lot of effort into back in 2004, and the fact that it came out on our label on vinyl meant a lot for us. It definitely opened lots of closed doors. Aside from this one, we really like the output of our collaboration tracks with our friends Morebeat, our teamwork works really well. Ultimately, we like all of our tunes!
DOA: You guys recently had a release drop on Freak. How does it feel to get that proper recognition from DnB luminaries like Dylan?
Igor: I met Dylan at the Therapy Sessions when I was living in London in 2000; he's always been an influence for us when we write our harder stuff, especially for Fred, who used to cane his tracks in the Biotic and early Cylon days when he was DJing before. Then we eventually played together in France, and started to send over our stuff and the outcome came on Freak 034, and there will be more soon from ourselves on the Freak camp.
DOA: You guys also run m-Atome, a label that's put out consistent heat on the low for a while. What’s in the pipeline for your imprint?
Kantyze: It's been hard to focus a lot on the label in 2010 with writing tracks, family life and so on, like some labels lately we have slowed down the release pace for the vinyl front as sales have been quiet, but we have m-Atome 016 coming out very soon, with an old n' epic Kemal & Dresden Codex remix on the A-side, and a Morebeat and Kantyze tune on the flip. As for the next releases spread out until the end of the year, we have Dose, Rregula on 017, Jade, Chris SU, Rido, Morebeat, The Sect, Thought and ourselves for the coming ones, a lot of good people and a batch of sick tunes!
DOA: What else do you guys have sorted out for yourselves, release-wise?
Kantyze: We have tunes that have just come out on Sinuous, Fokuz, m-Atome and Mindtech, we also have things planned for Freak, Obscene, Melting Pot, Perkussiv, Trust In Music, RTDLTD, Necroid and obviously our homebrewed imprint m-Atome, for which we have started to write solo and collaboration tracks for an album that will see the light in 2011. We're also busy writing some funk breaks with our friend Prosper from Lab-Rok and Expresillon.
DOA: Which do you guys prefer – running your label or producing tracks?
Kantyze: These are very different. Running a label is putting out tunes you are 100% into and for which you will fight out to put them out because you believe in them and you are true to the artists you sign. But sometimes it's hard to keep the pace as many factors can slow you down easily. Writing your own tunes is one of these factors, but we like it best. It's very rewarding when they get played and signed to great labels. We write a lot of different styles and it's always good to do something else aside than DnB as it allows you to get back to it better somehow.
DOA: You guys represent Tours, France – what's the DnB scene like out there? Any artists or DJs we should be on the look out for?
Kantyze: Well, I think we are the only "recognized" DnB artists in Tours lol, as it's a small city, but there are a lot of great bands or artists here in various styles (Rubin Steiner, BBB, Ezekiel, Nineeleven, Emergency Broadcast System, Loo & Placido, DragonPunch, Mc Am'n...); unfortunately our city politics don't push our music and it’s really hard to do regular nights to promote "underground" electronic music, although this might change soon as we got a big venue opening next spring, very excited about this!
DOA: Good luck with that! Can we get a top 10 from you guys?
Kantyze:
Prolix - Freeze Frame
Kantyze & Disphonia – 1987 Demons
Kantyze – Hot Cold
The Sect – Equinox
Jade & SOM – Here we go
Future Signal – Dr Strangelove
Jade & Chris SU – Digital Mind
Axiom – the damage done
Kodo – Rough Trade
Optiv & Maztek – Quarks
DOA: Any shouts or final thoughts before we get into the mix?
Kantyze: We've sorted for the Dogs a free LP composed of some of our old tunes that we managed to grab of from our derelict hard drives,hence called Digging The Western Digital; enjoy the freebie and keep checking here as there will be a new free tune every 500 downloads!
Kantyze - Digging the western digital LP m-Atome_FREE by Digging the western
Big thanks to everyone supporting us and the label as well! And keep your eyes peeled for the 2011 sickness!
Tracklist:
Kantyze – Hot Cold – Fokuz dub
Linden, Blocks & Escher – Light over IO – Dub
Ulterior Motive – Glued – Subtitles UK
Kantyze & Disphonia – 1987 Demons – TRIM dub
Psidream and Concord Dawn – Got Me Down – Uprising
Rregula - Crab Station – Dub
Dose – Time Strain – Fokuz LTD dub
Klute - Traffico (C4C Rmx) – Free
Zeal & Litta – Clash – Outta London Dub
Jade – Shift VIP – C2D dub
Kantyze - Memories of Tomorrow – Melting Pot dub
Rascal & Klone – History – NTBR
Aeph – Burning Shadows (Prolix Remix) – C2D dub
Chook – Sculptured (Vicious Circle Remix) – Full Force Dub
Kantyze – Warden – Mindtech
Dj E - Me Myself and I – Dub
The Sect – Equinox – m-Atome LTD dub
Kantyze - Hell Can Wait – Dub
Kantyze – Breathe Again – Dub
Thought, D-struct and Kantyze - Midnight Dogs – Vampire Dub
Dj hidden – The Outsider Looking In –Tantrum Dub
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