New producer Breeze Block hails from Brighton. Keen and prolific, he has been producing since the age of 16 and recently signed with XY Records. Breeze Block's debut new drum and bass release Fusion / Believe is a collaboration with Emillion and is available in all good stores now. We caught up with the man himself to find out more...

 

 

How long have did you work on your first release?

It probably took a couple weeks to make in total, which actually came as a surprise to me and Sam (Emillon) at how fast we managed to put it together. The initial idea of Believe and Fusion took a while to come up with,  but once we got the chords for the piano, everything seemed to come together quite nicely. We found that once we get the basis for a tune, it gives us the momentum to just sit down and focus for however long it may be. Mixing down the tunes probably took the most time, we found - especially with Believe - it was hard to get everything to stand out because their was a lot going on in the track.

 

Tell us about which type of sound you were trying to achieve?

Believe was the first track we made, we tried to go for a fairly original blend of dark drum & bass mixed with the more melodic side that you get with liquid tracks. I suppose the darker side of the track was influenced by Emillion. Fusion was a bit of a contrast to believe because we went for a straight dance floor liquid vibe, using syncopated piano and punchy drums to drive the tune.

 

Why the collaboration for the first release?

There wasn't really a specific reason for collaborating on the first release other than I'm good mates with Emillion and we decided it might be a good idea to put our ideas together too see what we could come up with. We've known each other since primary school which meant there was no beating around the bush about expressing what we thought was good or bad! Another reason for the collaboration was that Sam uses mainly reason for his compositions so we thought it would be interesting to see what sort of sound we could produce with Logic mixed with Reason.

 

Breeze Block and Emillion - Fusion/Believe - XYRDNBS004 OUT NOW by Breeze Block

 

 

What is your target audience?

I don't really make tunes with a set audience in mind, I tend to just make what music I like, so I suppose my target audience would be those of a similar taste in music - liquid drum and bass. Although there is plenty more liquid to come still, I think I will be venturing into something a bit different in the near future.

 

Do you have any more details about your forthcoming appearances?

I haven't actually got anything lined up in terms of forthcoming appearances due to the fact I haven't actually had any experience in DJ'ing. However this year my course focuses a lot on live performance so I hope to pick it up fairly quickly. I'm also living with a few good DJs this year who swear by vinyl so the plan is to pick mixing up from there and then learn to mix using CDJs. With a little bit of luck, I'll be doing live sets in the next couple months.

 

Breeze Block - Too Late Ft. Skyro / In Good Time XYRDNBS005 - OUT 07.11.2011 by Breeze Block

 

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