1.Growing Up
My main childhood memory is being misunderstood at school and having a really hard time communicating my vision. At the same time I was a popular guy, a rather prominent figure. I think I owe my very eclectic discography and unpredictable musical output to this personality contradiction, this glitch in the matrix.
2.Inspirations
Apart from my grandpa blasting Glenn Miller and his big bad jazz, my first contact with music was MTV. I remember that I really loved Erykah Badu, Maxwell and all that neo-soul stuff for some reason. The first electronic things that caught my ear were early nu-jazz and dubby, downtempo electronica.
3.Your Crew
I am pleased to say that my crew has nothing to do with music! They are all lawyers, doctors, designers or shopkeepers. My friends really ground me and that’s why they are so important to me. I love it when someone names a very popular DJ name around them and they have no clue who that is.
4.The Music You Make And Play
I have no rescue tracks to call on! If everything failed then you are in the wrong place. It very rarely happens, if ever, really. I can’t imagine a techno set without a Robert Hood track or a house set without some Kerri Chandler in it.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
In a way, people who aspire to make music are in a very democratic and fair position, because they can start a career with a borrowed laptop. You can change your life and others’ in a matter of minutes. There will always be abusers around the corner. In regards to new music that I’m really into, I was just listening to the new Anohni album; I was actually in a NY studio while she was recording parts of it, and it sounded great!
Get along to the Greenwood Hotel on Saturday June 25 for Argy’s set.
