Zinc

DJ Zinc’s transition from drum ‘n bass to house has been well received by all heads in the industry, his initial aim to create  a sub genre and develop so called “crack house” completely took off, and he is getting booked up left right and centre as a result.

We caught up with him to talk about his new Crack House EP, and we’ve also included his track ‘Because’ and ‘128 Trek’ for y’all to hear.

Zinc – Because

Zinc- 128 Trek

Your transition from drum and bass to house has been pretty swift, how do you think your previous audience has reacted?

Tbh it took a while.  I stopped making dnb in early 07, stopped playing it late 07, took 2008 off and started playing house in 09.  I didn’t shout about it til I had started doing it! I don’t really know what the previous audience thinks, probably a mixture of ‘what a cunt’ to ‘I really like this new stuff’

What made your decision to play house music rather than drum and bass?

I was finding it really hard to find dnb that was interesting to me – it had always been a scene that moved forward but it seemed to stall from 04 ish

Which takes first priority for you, playing gigs and producing music or running Bingo Beats? Or do the two go hand in hand?

I hate running a label, I only do it cos I don’t know what else to do with my music, and I can run a label. Making tunes and djing defo takes priority!

As music is so easily accesible over the internet these days how has your record label as a business survived whilst others have failed?

I dunno really. I don’t focus on money, more on beats.

Finally what’s your opinion on blogs such as Noiseporn? Do you agree they’re beneficial in promoting good music?

I like blogs – they’re like the magazines for the online generation.  There’s so much music we need filters, and blogs do that job well.  Giving away full quality copies of tracks seems unfair to me. I think it would be better if blogs gave away low q copies, or 3 minute edits, so people can really check the tracks then buy them if they want. But in reality that’s not always gonna work, we’ll get there in the end.

And a few randoms- if you could be one place in the world right now, where would it be?

Right here

How far can you throw a piece of unfolded A4 paper?

About ten foot I’d say.

Three bits of advice to UK’s next Prime Minister, whoever it may be?

Ah man where would you start?  I’d like it if they in some way represented me, even a little bit, but them lot are so far from normality i dunno where to begin.

Maybe ‘employ normal people’ 3 words!

Zinc’s Crack House EP is available now.  You can buy it from iTunes.

These words came from sophie, posted on October 27, 2009 at 4:45 pm, filed under Interviews. Read and leave comments here. Follow any comments here with an RSS feed.