Interviews⁶⁵

Interview4 Mar 2017

Interview with Encode — 7Q

Ahead of Saturday’s party in Nizhny Novgorod, MIB Crew interviewed one of the headliners, Encode. Thank you, Viktor, for the interesting…

Interview14 Feb 2017

Interview with Merikan - 7Q

1. How did your journey into the world of drum and bass begin? It actually began with the Italian hardcore rave scene, where I first…

Interview8 Feb 2017

Interview with Chris.SU - 7Q

Ahead of Saturday’s party, Chris.SU gave an exclusive interview to MIB Crew. Read on below! How did your journey into the world of drum…

Interview28 Sept 2016

Who Are You, Hidden Turn?

No, seriously, who the hell is this guy? Here’s what we know about him… His album came out on Doc Scott’s legendary label, and it is the…

Interview15 Sept 2016

Organic interview with Akinsa (UK)

The producer known as Akinsa never stops surprising the drum and bass community with his series of redubs and original tracks. It is time…

Interview25 Aug 2016

Interview with Presha (19.08.2016)

Presha is none other than the owner of one of the most interesting labels in the world of contemporary electronic music, together with its…

Interview7 Jul 2016

Shiny Radio Interview for Overlooker

An interview with the Shiny Radio project (Ilya Shiny and vocalist La Kos) for the online magazine Overlooker. How and when did you manage…

Interview8 Dec 2015

Interview with Ruffhouse and Gremlinz on the Launch of UVB-76 Music

The news that a new label called UVB-76 Music was being launched made us incredibly happy and excited, as it did many others who cannot…

Interview29 Oct 2015

ASC: Out of Sync (2015 RA Interview)

A master of futuristic, enveloping sound with a fondness for the speed of 170 beats per minute, James Clements always does things his own…

Interview14 Oct 2015

Interview with Alena Avenax: Female Beatmaker and Drum and Bass Vocalist

Hi, Alena! Hearing pleasant female vocals in Russian drum and bass tracks is genuinely unusual and great. We also know that, besides…

Interview8 Oct 2015

Module Eight: Instructions for Use

If you continue to follow the exploits of key figures on the drum and bass scene, you may well have noticed that lately these guys have…

Interview1 Aug 2015

Interview with Andy C

Another interview in the DROPTHEBASS.RU Innovation Report series. This time with a person who needs no introduction — Andy C. One of the…

Interview1 Aug 2015

Interview with DJ Phantasy

Continuing the DROPTHEBASS.RU Innovation Report series — an interview with DJ Phantasy. A renowned drum and bass pioneer, DJ Phantasy is a…

Interview1 Aug 2015

Interview with DJ GUV

Last summer, our special correspondent DJ Step attended the drum and bass festival Innovation In The Sun. This is the summer edition of…

Interview28 May 2015

Overlook Interview for Samurai

Watching the creative growth of Overlook (Jason Luxton) has been a great pleasure for all of us. In a short space of time, he has become a…

Interview27 Mar 2015

Aeph

One of the most modest and charming artists on the drum and bass scene, Italian Simone Vallecorsa, whom fans know as Aeph, is now a…

Interview30 Oct 2014

KOVEN

The talented UK duo KOVEN, who recently released an EP on the British label VIPER Recordings, are currently one of the most promising…

Interview25 Jul 2014

Technimatic

Technicolour and Komatic, who emerged several years ago, joined forces as the duo Technimatic, signed an exclusive contract with Shogun…

Interview13 Jul 2014

Find out everything about... Ray “Rampage” Smith

Undoubtedly one of the most respected people on the British drum and bass scene, Ray Smith is the third most important person at the cult…

Interview25 Jun 2014

Memtrix

A rising star of the legendary Lifted Music and one of the youngest producers on the drum and bass scene, Memtrix is now one of the most…

Interview24 Apr 2014

Interview with State of Mind

We present a translated interview with State of Mind, originally given to the respected publication Knowledge Magazine. State of Mind have…

Interview21 Apr 2014

Interview with DC Breaks

We managed to interview the headliner of the #WELOVEDNB festival, DC Breaks. A little about the project, the new album and drum and bass…

Interview15 Oct 2013

Chris.SU Interview: “There are genuinely talented guys in Ukraine”

The fifth event in the series Cybernetic Event, consistently dedicated to broken beats, will take place on October 19 at the club Cinema.…

Interview4 Oct 2013

Indidjinous Interview (The What)

It would be fair to say that Indidjinous is one of the modern producers pushing the boundaries of drum and bass as a style. In his work,…

Interview4 Oct 2013

Artist Spotlight: Dom & Roland

In the current situation, we should respect those who paved the way for the music we have today. Young people can access it easily…

Interview1 Oct 2013

Interview with Neurofunk Guru Jade

On 15 June, as part of the Cybernetic Event party series, a landmark party for all fans of neurofunk will take place at The Most Open Air,…

Interview1 Oct 2013

Interview with Data: “Music Must Have Soul and Integrity”

Nick Burne aka Data – a DJ and producer from London, one of the strongest players on the dark and minimalist drum and bass scene. His…

Interview1 Oct 2013

Interview with Throttler [Freak, Independenza, Alphacut...]

Ahead of the release of a new two-track EP on Tech Cycle Recordings, we have prepared an exclusive interview with one of the most unique…

Interview13 Feb 2013

Interview with BTK for Kmag [10.01.2013]

You were very busy in 2012. What have you been working on in the studio recently? I can definitely say that last year was a very good one…

Interview15 Mar 2012

Interview with Thought (Tyhh) for DOGSONACID.COM [Translation]

DOA: There must be many people who are unaware of what happened throughout Bulgaria’s history and what influence those events may have had…

Interview24 Feb 2012

Exclusive interview with Deep Blue about the history of the Partisan label

An exclusive interview with Deep Blue about the history of the Partisan label. Partisan is considered one of the first drum & bass labels…

Interview29 Jun 2009

Interview with Enei for ATM Magazine

Issue 83 of ATM Magazine, one of the leading drum and bass magazines, features an interview with the Russian producer and DJ Enei in its…

Interview14 May 2009

Gridlok

An exclusive interview with Gridlok (Project 51, RAM, Violence, Renegade Hardware), conducted by Implex. Implex: First question: what are…

Interview4 Feb 2008

Mav

DROP THE BASS presents the next part of its interview series with artists, featuring the well-known MAV. With releases on his own label…

Interview10 Dec 2007

NPhonix

Having started writing drum and bass in 2000, by 2005 Fedor Stepanenko had signed his first track to the renowned Luxembourg label Full…

Interview24 Sept 2007

Black Sun Empire: On the Edge

Black Sun Empire spoke to the drum & bass website Dogs On Acid (DOA). We published a Russian translation of the interview at the time.…

Interview3 Jun 2007

Flame

Tell us how you first discovered drum and bass music? I first heard drum and bass on the long-defunct St. Petersburg FM station Port FM,…

Interview29 May 2007

Future Engineers

We present an interview with the members of the project Future Engineers, which appeared here thanks to Mr Re:Soul—for which we are hugely…

Interview16 Apr 2007

BTK (Identity)

Vinicius Honorio aka BTK, who represents the much-talked-about IDENTITY project on the international drum & bass scene, answered a few…

Interview29 Jan 2007

Bes (2)

It took me a while to meet this person. To put it plainly, he seemed to be deliberately avoiding meeting me: his phone was constantly…

Interview28 Jan 2007

Pyro

One of the most influential figures on today's technoid drum & bass scene, with releases on many well-known labels and a share in the…

Interview29 Aug 2006

Concord Dawn

The name Concord Dawn is now known to practically every drum and bass fan. In August the New Zealand duo released a new album, Chaos By…

Interview22 Feb 2006

Sunchase

Moscow, 4 January, Infinity club, Christmas Battlefield. The presence of superstar Adam F at the club is shrouded in mystery, and no one…

Interview8 Feb 2006

DJ Art (aka Art D.Jay)

At the end of 2005 the St Petersburg musician and DJ DJ Art (aka Art D.Jay) released his debut album as a producer. Artyom agreed to…