01. Parson - Dead Awake
02. Parson - Sick Little Games
03. Parson & Innerlign - Outlawz
04. Parson - Night of the Hunter [Creative Space]
05. Parson feat. Kam - Dolls
06. Parson - White Cups Up [Insectmind]
07. Parson - Showdown
08. Parson - Still Trill
09. Parson - Reckless
10. Parson - Invasion [Creative Space]
11. Parson & Skint - Money In My Socks
12. Parson - Ghostliner (Distance Remix) [Dubline]
13. Parson - Empty Houses [Dubline]
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here's the interview:
NU-URBAN MUSIC INTERVIEWS LA DUBSTEP NOSTRA
As the release date of LA DUBSTEP NOSTRA'S 2nd release come close Nu-urban is interested in finding out a little bit about each of the artists that show their skills on this mighty 12".
So for all that don't know, this 12" come with 3 huge tracks from the like of PARSON, ULTRABLACK & MONSTA. We plan to sit down with each of them and ask them a few questions. Lets speak with PARSON first
NU – hello Mr Parson, for all that don't know who you are, can you let us know what is your name and where you are from?
CP -I'm Chris Parson, representing Austin, Texas. Although I grew up down at the southern tip of Texas till I moved here about 12 years ago.
NU – can you tell us a little bit about your background and what made you start making music?
CP - Making music has always been something I wanted to do, but never found an outlet for (aside from playing percussion in the school band for a couple years) until I started DJing when I got to college. Then I started taking some college courses in stuff like Audio Production and Synthesis. I didn't really get started seriously working on beats until I linked up with my friend Alec, aka Skint. He got me working with him in Logic. We spent several years making mostly dnb beats with different software over time before dubstep came along.
NU – so how did you get into Dubstep and what inspired you to get into this sub heavy genre?
CP - I'd pretty much given up on making music for a couple years because i'd become so fed up with the whole mindset of the dnb scene. Then Alec showed up at my house with a PC and some software, and was like "Get to work." I'd always been about bass and space and I was really inspired by this different pace, so I just dove in and started trying to do it my own way. That was back in mid 2006. Been grindin' ever since then, and things have been coming along nicely.
NU - you have had a number of releases out over the past few years, what's been your biggest release so far? And what inspired you to make this track?
CP - I guess the most well known is Throw Some D's that Planet Mu put out last year. It got a lot of support from people like Mary Anne Hobbs, and Hatcha, and others. That tune actually came about as a suggestion by Dave Q from Dubwar NYC. He wanted to have an unofficial Throw Some D's remix competition. It was the kinda thing i'd been working out in my head for a while, so it just kinda came right out. A lot of times tunes just flow right out because I've got them constructed in my head already.
NU – what is your biggest influence when making your music?
CP - That's hard to say. I draw influence from all aspects of my life. I listen to all kinds of music from like folk and countryish stuff to all kinds of metal to rap to whatever. I watch all kinds of movies and read all kinds of books and look up all kinds of stuff on the internet. Everything in my life plays into where I'm at when I'm making music. In a way, the tunes are like a personal journal for me. Each one reminds me of where I was at that time in my life.
NU- every producer has a certain sound that they pursue, do you have your own sound and if so can you describe it?
CP - I love to mix up influences. Juxtaposing things that might not have seemed like the obvious thing to do. I also try not to repeat myself too much. Somehow that results in all kinds of styles and approaches to building tunes, but I feel they do somehow sound like I'm the one who made them. For better or for worse, they are honest.
NU – what do you use to make your music? And do you have any handy production tips / secrets you could tell the world?
CP - I use my macbook and standard software everybody else is using. My production tip is to spend more time listening to the music in your head, rather than the loops coming out of the monitors. See if there is a way to reconcile that disparity in a way which works. Throw out your formulas and listen for what's coming from inside. We've all got it, and everybody's song is unique. It's just a matter of translating it.
NU – what music do you enjoy listening to when you are not making it?
CP - I listen to tons of Neil Young, The Beta Band, Black Sabbath, Songs: Ohia, Earth, Gang Starr, all kinds of stuff really, but these are definitely some of the albums that never leave rotation.
NU – who is your favourite producer at the moment?
CP - Burial probably. Or Mick Harris.
NU – this is a bit of a random question but I ask everyone I interview. If you were stuck on a desert island and could only have 3 things, what would they be?
CP - someone to love,somewhere to live, source of food
NU - What can we expect to see from you this year and the years to come?
CP - well there's this next vinyl release on LADN, then there's another one coming up on Creative Space out of Athens. Releases on Insectmind outta Seattle, and my friend John, aka Lemiwinks' label Middle Skool Recordings are lined up. Other stuff in the works, but there always is.
NU – finally, what did you have for breakfast today?
CP - Smoothie with banana, blueberries, mango, whey protein, and green nutrient powder.
NU - Where can people find out about you? Can you give us any links or sites to check out?
CP -
http://www.virb.com/parson
http://www.myspace.com/parsondub
