This weeks interview & mix comes from Fake Blood
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Introduce yourself and tell us about the part of the UK you’re from?
My name is Fake Blood, and I’m from London. Born there and never wanted to move!
Can you tell us a bit about what you’ve been working on recently?
I’ve been working on a load of new music, for autumn and winter release. I’ve taken it easy this year, but have been stockpiling ideas for a burst in 2015.
And can you talk us through the mix?
I wanted to show a selection of tunes that were current, or reasonably so, and also represented music I would play out AND listen to. A DJ mix isn’t the same as a club set – it allows scope to show a wider spectrum of styles, being that it’s a listening experience rather than being geared for one specific dancefloor on one specific night. So there are some slightly odder and more laid back tracks in there too.
Nice, give us a taste of some of your favourite British artists at the moment?
The mix features a lot of British artists – 13 of the 24 tracks in fact. Mostly newer names, but also a couple of older masters too, such as Zinc. There’s so much talent around now. Cool, tell us about some of your British DJ Heroes and influences in general? As a kid I really looked up to all the guys I’d listen to on pirate radio – Kiss FM especially – as they were the conduit to all the best tunes. They weren’t heroes as such, but we all had a lot of respect for them. Guys like Colin Faver, Jay Strongman, Norman Jay, Tim Westwood, Colin Dale etc. But even when I started going to clubs, nobody was a hero really. We had amazing nights, and heard great sets, but never put any one particular DJ on a pedestal. It was all about the records rather then the DJ – and still is to this day.
And what’s on the cards in the immediate future?
Some Autumn gigs, a new EP or two, more releases on Blood Music, and a US / Canada tour in December. Plus a couple of alter-egos might surface, I think.
And finally, where is the best place in the world you have DJ’d and why?
It’s impossible to single out one particular gig or night, as there have been so many memorable ones – for different reasons! But as far as somewhere that is consistently good, I’d have to say London every time. You can be exactly who you want and take risks, and the crowd go with you. You never have to take precautions or worry that they might not get it. They get it. And they let you know.