EQTV breaks out of cyberspace and into the real world on December 9 with the first in a series of special parties. And we’re kicking things off with a bang as we welcome Hot Flush label boss Scuba to Chambre 69 in Glasgow.
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For the past five years, EQTV has been breaking new ground, bringing music fans exclusive video interviews with the biggest names in house and techno. Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, Sven Vath, Laurent Garnier, Andrew Weatherall, Loco Dice, Josh Wink, Dave Clarke, Underworld… we’ve covered them all, mixing footage of their sets into the interviews to give you the full picture.
Now, with a wave of websites catching up on the video revolution, EQTV is moving out of the virtual world. And, of course, our cameras will be there covering the parties, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into making a club night work, as well as footage and chat from the headliner. First up, Scuba…
The timing couldn’t be better. Scuba is on a massive roll at the moment, with his new EP Adrenalin shaking dancefloors all over the world and his addition to the DJ Kicks compilation series about to drop. Hot Flush, meanwhile, is busy with an album from Sepalcure and a collaboration between Paul Woolford & Psycatron. Scuba also has his third artist album in the pipeline…
Originally from London, Scuba – aka Paul Rose – relocated to Berlin in 2007, a move which influenced his critically acclaimed debut album, A Mutual Antipathy. The stylistic synergy of the album cemented his position as one of the most forward-thinking producers around. The project was subsequently completed with a series of remixes by Surgeon, Substance, Jamie Vex’d, Martyn, Marcel Dettmann and Paul himself under his SCB guise.
His second album, Triangulation, was released on Hot Flush in March 2010 to universal plaudits. An amalgamation of disparate styles, from house to experimental drum and bass, the album has been noted as a landmark in the genre-blurring trend of contemporary dance music.
He also runs the massively successful Sub:Stance night at the legendary Berlin club Berghain.
As for the DJ Kicks comp, here’s Scuba himself with a few words about it. “It’s loosely based around the last couple of sets I’ve played at my club night, Sub:Stance. It’s the last set of the night. It’s longer than the other sets. We tend to have lots of people playing for 90 minutes. But the last set is at least three hours or more, so you have more freedom. It’s really varied. You can play more or less anything and people will stay with you. That’s so special. A key thing I’ve been doing in those sets is starting off faster, say 138, and slowing down. It’s really gradual, slowing each tune down a little bit. The idea was to condense that three hour set into an hour. It drops about 12 bpm over the hour, from 136 to 124. Each tune is a little bit slower. I don’t like mixes that jump around, I prefer things to flow.
“As a DJ one of my primary aims and motivations is bridging the gap between what I guess people call the ‘urban’ or ‘post-dubstep’ scenes in London, although I hate both of those terms, and the more straight house/techno mainland European sound which obviously resonates most from Berlin. So much great music comes out of both of those two places and actually I find them very compatible sonically. As a producer I wouldn’t say I fit into either particularly well though.
“It’s been a while since I felt part of the dubstep thing. I’m still friendly with a lot of the guys in London who were around it from the start, but it’s moved on so much since I was really involved as a producer or a DJ. I guess I would fit better into the techno thing, but I wouldn’t say that’s a perfect match either – both in terms of what I’m doing as a producer and a DJ, I just flit around too many styles really. I guess you could see that as a positive or a negative…”
For us, it’s a definite plus, which is why it’s such an honour to have Scuba launching our EQTV Presents parties. Rest assured, our cameras will be there to capture the highlights…
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