Its Fresh Filth Friday and were bringing you something special today. I got to catch up with John Taylor from the dynamic duo Punx Soundcheck and ask him a few questions about zombies, Global Bass,food, and of course the upcoming album.
Also, check their latest mix tape which is full of exclusive Punx re-edits of artists ranging from Munchi, MIA, Skrillex and DJ David Heartbreak and Mc’d by the one and only Feral Is Kinky.
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Punx Soundcheck Mixtape 2 Moombahton
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Download the Mixtape here , Read the interview below
—- Who are some of your influences?
If you listen to our back catalogue you’ll hear everything from Electro pop, Hip Hop, Rave/ Acid and Jungle/ Drum and Bass… So if I had to name a few it would be artists like M.I.A., Diplo, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Marley Marl, Human League, DJ Hype and more, I think every year someone manages to influence us for sure.
—-How would you describe your musical style?
Now I would just call it Global Bass as we do everything from Moombahton, Moombacore, Drumstep, Dubstep, and Kuderu… Bass is definitely the man factor for sure.
—-Punx Soundcheck seems to always be busy doing something, want to highlight what your working on lately/ projects your involved in?
At the moment we are working on the album and several releases for different labels, running our label Arcade Pony, I’m also working with Sarah Young who is big on the global bass scene and we’ve just released a great EP with Adidas and working on her next single too, loads of gigs and too many remixs… so yes were busy at the moment.
—-Whats your favorite piece of work to date, and why?
That’s another hard question, I’d have to say this album we are working on at the moment as I really feel we have found our sound with this album. With the last album “From the Roots” you can hear where we were gonna go with our sound and this album is it.
—-Can you talk about the upcoming album? its theme? Also the format, which is pretty unique?
This album is called “I Feel Zombie” and it’s the soundtrack to the best ever zombie film never made. We’ve had a comic done for this so its not just a album but music to a story. The comic basically is about Punx Soundcheck and a load of zombies so we decided to split the album, which will be released separately, the first part is basically the music for the club scenes in the comic strip and the second half is going to be very cinematic in sound.
Also there will be lots of promo bits to go with the album, like the comic, desktop backgrounds and posters. I’m sure you guys will be the first to offer the comic as a free download.
—-When is the release?
The first part of the album should be out in time for Halloween and I’m not sure when the second part will be out as its going to take time to do it as we are using real church organs and drums on this one, def not a dance album.
—-If you had to pick 1 thing to have during the zombie apocalypse, what would it be?
I have nightmares about this stuff which makes me laugh but if I had to bring one thing with me in a zombie takeover it would probably be a maxed out ipod so I can listen to music while holed up in my fortress.. oh and loads of food for sure.
—-If you could change 1 thing about life what would it be?
If I had to change one thing about me it would probably be leave the food alone. What’s not good for me is long studio sessions, you tend to eat at the wrong time and not move for long periods, but Arif is one of these guys who can eat what he wants and just doesn’t put anything on.
—–What artists should we pay attention to?
Running my label I do find some really good unkown artists such as Fitzo who’s going to be releasing on the label soon, also look for JTB, Krucy Darkstar, Twiggy & Trufix, and my favorite at the moment Ngunzungunzu who are M.I.A.’s tour DJ’s too.
—–What sites/ channels should we pay attention to in order to stay up to date with your work and your labels?
For the latest updates on Punx Soundcheck and Arcade Pony you can go to www.punxsoundcheck.com , also we have Facebook pages for us and the label, we also have a Tumblr (http://arcadeponyrecords.tumblr.com/) which is always updated with the latest news and things.
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-Tennis
