Shockone is heading home to Perth to play at Creamfields. The drum and bass DJ is now based in London and continuing to make hit records in both the D&B and dub-step fields following on from the huge success of his track Polygon. Shockone spoke to OUTinPerth.
Has living in London changed the way you create music?
No not at all. I definitely get inspired living in London and being surrounded by people making similar music to myself. However, as far as the writing process goes it’s still pretty much the same. To be honest I haven’t written as much music while in London as I’d like, moving countries while constantly touring at the same time has taken up a hell of a lot of time. I’ve just finished setting up my London studio up so I’m looking forward to getting stuck in.
What music is exciting you right now?
Dance music wise I’m liking artists that are blurring the lines genre wise. Artists like Dismantle, Kito & Reija Lee, Porter Robinson, Knife party, basically anyone who is more concerned with writing good music than sticking to the boundaries of a genre.
Where have you been playing recently?
I’ve been playing a lot of shows in Europe since moving over Austria, Brussels, Portugal, London, Germany, Poland, France, Finland to name a few as well as shows in Canada and a lot of shows in Australia over the summer with the Stereosonic and Big day out tours.
What the secret to a great set?
Find the middle ground between what you love and what the crowd wants to hear, and communicate with the crowd as much as possible.
You keep telling us the album coming but when.. is it soon?
When it’s finished 😉
Shockone plays Creamfields on Saturday May 5 at Supreme Court Gardens, Find out all the info here. Check out Shockone’s collaboration with Phesta below.
Graeme Watson
