Five Things With Trus’Me

1. Growing Up

The short answer is [nothing about] my parents or childhood got me into music. [It was] pure chance and general interest in music growing up in the UK. I thank the BBC, I really do – it’s the thing I’m most proud of as a British man.

2. Inspirations

Jay Dee, Q-Tip and D’Angelo’s productions got me heavily into jazz, chasing the samples. From there I found Detroit: Juan, Kenny, Craig and Theo. That music was a culmination of all those genres I was listening to back then – that’s how I fell in love with house and techno.

3. Your Crew

The label Prime Numbers, which I set up back in 2007, was primarily set up to be a platform for music that I believed in, and to release material freely without any sort of external pressure. From its beginnings, Prime Numbers pushed new acts such as Linkwood, Fudge Fingas and more if I felt their music fitted the direction of the label. It’s all about discovery and sharing fresh music. Right now we are pushing acts I’m really digging like Nick Sinna, Modini and Vril. The label will always keep evolving and in turn, I guess, that keeps you guessing.

4. The Music You Make

Those who have had the chance to hear me play will know I’ve always bridged the gaps between genres. I’ve never thought about being just a house, techno or electro DJ. I just play what I’m feeling at the time and the music that speaks to me. In my earlier days Detroit and disco were thick with me, and they still are today. Right now the best music around I’m hearing has a more electro to techno tinge and I guess this reflects in my sets. I can adapt my style to any party I play; I’m there to make people dance and hopefully educate along the way.

5. Music, Right Here, Right Now

The UK is booming, let’s face it. They have been doing parties since the infamous HaНienda in Manchester, my hometown, hosting the first house/techno events out of the USA, so the audience – whether they are young or old – are educated in a wealth of electronica. Yes, Europe is hot too with Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin, but you just have to look at an events listing site like Resident Advisor in London and the north of England for your jaw to drop. Manchester alone has every Friday and Saturday night seeing 7,000 people dancing to about ten acts at The Warehouse Project. Really it’s insane how much the scene has grown just since I started back in the mid-’00s.