Since its inception in 1999, John Digweed’s Bedrock Data has grown to turn out to be one of the crucial famend labels in underground digital music. From its beginnings as a membership evening in London, Bedrock’s pure evolution has seen it play an instrumental function in supporting taste-making music and artists alike. In celebration of the label’s milestone 2 hundredth digital launch, Digweed and studio associate Nick Muir have chosen to place out one thing that honours Bedrock’s roots. Bedrock 200 options two tracks from the duo’s again catalogue, reworked by Germany’s Jonathan Kasper. We chatted with John Digweed concerning the journey of Bedrock, and why that is the proper 2 hundredth launch for the enduring label.
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Hello John! It’s nice to talk with you. Firstly, congratulations on the 2 hundredth digital launch on Bedrock. Have you ever received something particular deliberate to mark this milestone?
Likewise and thanks a lot. We’ve been very fortunate to get the tremendous gifted Jonathan Kaspar to do a remix EP for us. Myself and Nick teamed up with Darren Emerson for the a hundredth launch ’Tracer’ and the a hundred and fiftieth launch by Knives Out had a wonderful Sasha remix on it so we wished to do one thing particular for the 2 hundredth launch as nicely.
You’ve tapped Jonathan Kaspar to remix two of your and Nick Muir’s previous tracks for this launch. What made him the precise alternative for this?
My ‘Reside in London’ recorded at Cloth launch from February this yr featured a few his tracks so we reached out to him and have been thrilled that he wished to remix some tracks from Nick Muir and myself, together with one of many tracks taken from ‘The Traveler’ album Nick and I did with John Twelve Hawks.
Each of you’ve quite intensive again catalogues. What made you select these tracks for this launch, respectively?
After we approached Jonathan, we requested if there was something from {the catalogue} that he’d prefer to remix and his first alternative was ‘Reside Off The Grid’ from ’The Traveler’ album, which we launched in 2014. ’Stand Nonetheless’ is a way more latest launch however it was nice to have him remix two tracks that he actually wished to work on and remix.
Over time, the Bedrock identify has developed from a membership evening and now to a report label. Was this at all times the imaginative and prescient if you set out on this journey all these years in the past, or did it organically discover its means right here?
It’s at all times been natural the way in which issues have began and developed, and that’s primarily been from being a DJ. The membership evening and the label have at all times been entwined actually. Having an everyday membership evening in London made it a good way to showcase artists and music from the label. Additionally getting despatched wonderful unsigned music to play out, it was only a logical development to arrange the report label to log off this music in addition to having your personal imprint to launch my productions with Nick Muir and different artists.
Inform us about these unique membership nights in London. What made Heaven the precise venue for these occasions?
These nights have been simply wonderful, every thing about them from the membership setting to the vibe and vitality on the dance ground via to the wonderful friends and artists we have been in a position to become involved through the years. Even in any case of those years I meet individuals at gigs who nonetheless reminisce about how nice the nights at Heaven have been. I’m at all times in awe that individuals used to fly in specifically for these nights from everywhere in the world. That at all times helped construct up the anticipation and was the catalyst for a tremendous evening.
How do you are feeling concerning the information that Heaven might probably have to shut its doorways?
It actually could be an enormous loss to the London membership scene. Had some many wonderful nights and moments in there, I’d be very unhappy to see it shut. It has been on the forefront of dance music since opening in addition to being one of many fundamental golf equipment for the LGBTQ group in Europe. This venue wants to remain open.
Submit-lockdown, what do you assume individuals can do to assist the scene and shield venues and artists alike?
I believe the perfect factor to do is simply hold supporting your favorite venues or because the saying goes “use it or lose it”. The UK has had such a vibrant nightlife and is a breeding floor for brand new expertise. It’s so essential for brand new artists in addition to established artists that the UK’s nightlife stays robust.
Apart from your personal music, you’ve launched work from some main gamers equivalent to Pig&Dan, Monkey Safari, and Stelios Vassiloudis. What do you look out for in rising artists, and the way do you develop this issue as soon as they’re part of the Bedrock household?
Basically it’s at all times concerning the music however it’s nice to work with artists and see them develop over a number of releases on the label. The likes of Pig&Dan, Man J and Stelios Vassiloudis have all accomplished quite a few singles/EP releases with us and this has developed into us engaged on a number of album initiatives with these artists, which is at all times nice to be part of.
Has your personal expertise of constructing a profession as a DJ/producer knowledgeable the way you strategy constructing these of your artists?
Once more that is one other natural factor as each DJ or artist is completely different and has completely different concepts/targets of the place they need to be and the way they need to do it. Over time I’ve been very lucky to work with some wonderful expertise and have at all times aired my ideas and experiences, in the event that they’ve requested for some path or recommendation.
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Are there any new artists in your radar proper now, who we must always find out about?
I’m consistently being despatched new music by artists for gigs, to signal for Bedrock and for the Transitions present. There are at all times new artists I’m blown away by and it’s additionally nice when extra established artists blow your thoughts with new music, so there’s at all times new music and new artists on my radar. Hardest half is discovering the time to pay attention via all the music I get despatched.
Whereas Bedrock is a label that has historically targeted on prog home, techno, and trance, you’re not afraid to diversify. Pig&Dan’s Vacation spot Unknown venture involves thoughts, for instance. How would you describe the label’s strategy to bounce music?
To be trustworthy we’ve at all times had a really open music coverage on the label. 20 years in the past we have been releasing every thing from breaks and downtempo via to fundamental room dance ground tracks and that’s one thing we’re nonetheless doing now.
What can we anticipate from the label within the last half of the yr? Are you allowed to share the information?
Now we have some very thrilling singles arising with a few basic tracks getting some new remixes together with a few album initiatives we’re simply finalising for the top of the yr.
Hearken to Jonathan Kaspar’s remix of Reside Off The Grid by John Digweed & Nick Muir, Ft. Twelve Hawks beneath.
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