Music Talk : Music Industry Interviews, Advice and tips for DJs & Producers

In this interview, I spoke to UK House Producers & Make you move records Label Heads Devstar & Timmy P about music production, running a successful label, how to get progress in the industry, DJ’ing and to listen to demos submitted to their label live! During the A&R session, Devstar & Timmy P dropped some gold knowledge, tips & tricks for House music production & DJ’ing, t...

In this interview I spoke to Edd Thomas the label manager for Axtone about all things Axtone and to listen to demos submitted live on my twitch stream. We chatted in depth about running a successful record label, navigating the music industry & Edd gave some great insights into music production techniques when listening to the demos live, advice on how to submit demos to labels and the broader...

In this interview Slovenian DJ, Producer & Label owner ‘ANEY F’ joined me to chat about 10 years of his label ‘Innocent Music’, the album he created to celebrate the huge milestone, we also chat music production tips for tech house, deep tech , how to run a successful record label, how to cut through the noise in the music industry by being unique, how to work with vocalists and the correct ap...

In this interview, I chatted to Canadian producer & DJ Sydney Blu about her 23by23 campaign which is fighting for equality for the Female, Trans & Non-Binary communities within the Dance Music Industry. She chats about how labels can proactively make changes to support these communities which will ultimately change the way that lineups are organised shifting the balance in the industry. Sh...

In this podcast, I chat to Adam Griffin, co founder of Perfect Havoc The London-based independent record label, Perfect Havoc celebrated its 5th anniversary in 2020. Also a management agency with publishing arm (Organized Chaos), Perfect Havoc has a fast-rising status underlined by five UK Top 10s, platinum certified records and over one billion global streams. Co-founded by Adam Griffin and Rober...

In this podcast I chat to Mark Knight the head honcho of Toolroom Records for an album listen-through, we deep dive into the production and artistry behind the album! Toolroom founder and Grammy-nominated producer Mark Knight reveals his highly anticipated new artist album, 'Untold Business’, with a set of 13 beautifully crafted, positive, life-affirming songs deemed to lift everyone’s spirits...

Nico Perez is a co-founder of Mixcloud .com. He graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters in Engineering and has worked for multinational companies in both the green tech and travel sectors before setting up Mixcloud in the summer of 2008. Today on the podcast, we chat about Mixcloud, Mixcloud Live Streaming, Mixcloud Select and live streaming in general.  He gives me loads of upgrad...

Dub Pistols ‘Addict’ is the eighth studio album from the highly respected group. The record promises a melting pot of dubwise sensibility, junglist riddims and feel-good party anthems. It is already shaping up to be one of this year’s essential releases.   Dub Pistols are an English electronic music group founded by Barry Ashworth. This week on the podcast, I chat to Barry about the new album...

Bjorn Niclas is a seasoned music and music-tech industry veteran with over fifteen years in the music space. His previous ventures include artist and tour management, a record label (Spundae black), and several music-tech start-ups, Vidiam, Grooveo, and Choon. Earlier this year, Bjorn co-founded ROCKI, the world's first hybrid user-centric blockchain-based music streaming ecosystem, aiming to solv...

For the past decade, Andrew Leese has created and executed marketing campaigns with leading artists, labels, news publications and conferences in the electronic music industry.  Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, a city with a huge electronic music heritage, Andrew moved to Ibiza in pursuit of making his first steps into the industry. For four years, Andrew headed up the social media for Ibiza S...

Legendary British label  Champion Records  celebrates its landmark  35th anniversary . They are celebrating with a  limited edition 6×12” vinyl boxset  featuring some of the label’s classic tracks and remixes. Launched in London in 1985 by  Mel Medalie  – who remains at the helm today and still based in the original London office in NW10. Champion Recor...

Superfreq boss, UK legend Mr. C is a veteran of the tech-house scene, (real name Richard West ) has repped some of the scene’s biggest labels, with Wagon Repair, Get Physical, Poker Flat among those he’s repped over the years. Now based in LA, The one-time Shamen frontman has embarked on a rich vein of form of late with new podcast platform, Superfreq releases, live streams and more.  He's be...

This week on the BOOST Podcast, it's a Brighton Music Conference special which happens this week 1st & 2nd October.   This year BMC is a Virtual Conference due to the restrictions on numbers of people that can be together for COVID-19 safety.   Due to the current financial state of the electronic music industry and the ever-changing government guidelines the Brighton Music Confe...

Age 27 and already a tech entrepreneur (as you know, he built live DJ streaming service,  Chew.tv , into a 500k community and sold it to BandLab), Ben Bowler built the SendMusic app from scratch while also undertaking an incredible 2-year solo bike ride around the world. Armed only with a laptop and mobile phone for testing, he cycled 23,000km alone across the world, experiencing different cu...

In 2019, Ardalan released his ‘Mr. Good’ LP, via DIRTYBIRD, who to Ardalan is more of a second family than it is his label home. As a nascent raver living sans parents in San Francisco, the teenage artist began his relationship with the brand at its very first BBQ event in 2007; by 2010 his career set sail with his Justin Martin collaboration “Mr. Spock,” and two years later he found himself livin...

The team behind 1001Tracklists announces the launch of Songstats, a cross-platform music analytics service for artists, labels, and industry professionals. Songstats is a mobile-first data solution that delivers important insights in real-time. Currently tracking data from Spotify, Apple Music, Shazam, Beatport, Traxsource, iTunes, SoundCloud and 1001Tracklists , Songstats offers a comprehensive p...

Bristol and Way Out West legend Jody Wisternoff's new studio album, 'Nightwhisper' (his first in eight years) was released May 1 on Anjunadeep. It was recorded at his home studio in Bristol. His history is pretty incredible in the 80's he was a part of the Tru Funk Posse (with his brother Sam) and was mentored by the legends Smith & Mighty who opened up their studio to the brothers. Their trac...

Standing as one of Ukraine's biggest techno exports, Codex Recordings & IAMT label boss Spartaque has seen great acclaim as a producer, DJ and industry figure over the years. Alongside his production output and busy touring schedule, Spartaque maintains momentum by way of his award-winning Supreme podcast, in addition to numerous guest mixes on other podcasts and radio shows. In this...

Following a successful career as an artist, writer and producer with Warner/679 signed electro act Heads We Dance, Pete Bott gained a master’s degree in law and qualified as a solicitor in 2012. Starting his legal career as a media and company/commercial lawyer at Blacks Solicitors in Leeds, Pete was shortlisted by the Yorkshire Legal Awards in 2014 as a “Rising Star” and recommended by the Legal...

Marbs, Desert Hearts co-founder. Marbs has reached a new peak in his career over the past year, which culminated in him launching Desert Hearts subsidiary, Desert Hearts Black, with Evan Casey. The heavier, melodic-leaning imprint and club series launch was a smash success, with its debut EP Torus reaching Beatport's Overall #1 spot and its inaugural warehouse party selling out. Tim Engelhard...

Brazilian DJ and producer Wehbba’s creative aspirations seem to grow day by day and following a series of globally impactful single and EP releases on the circuit’s leading label, Drumcode, he now unveils his long-awaited first album Straight Lines and Sharp Corners on the label. This expertly configured montage of instrumental offerings not only showcase Wehbba’s refined skill set...

The Everyday Agency (TEA)  are a global music and events marketing and branding agency who have recently developed a new easy to digest model for businesses in the modern world by taking the opportunity to turn the disruption on its head. This is to help those who have been, and are being affected by a range of recent global challenges such as Brexit, Coronavirus, disastrous bushfires, climat...

Now entering his 20th Year as a DJ & Music Producer, Doorly has established an untouchable reputation in the industry with releases across the Cajual & Relief Labels, Dirtybird, Hot Creations, Get Physical, Crosstown Rebels and Southern Fried Records and collaborations with Green Velvet, Marshall Jefferson, Switch, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Pierre, Todd Terry, DJ Sneak, and Mike Skinner. In ad...

Alexis Raphael came to prominence in 2011 with his seminal track ‘Spaceship’ & 'I Know' and followed with a series of lush, sexy and warm house records that gained universal praise and put Alexis’ sound all around the world. As the music and scene evolved, so too did Alexis’ sound becoming somewhat harder whilst still retaining some of his signature elements; references to acid house, hardcore...

In only one year, Jorge Meehan and Brian Murphy’s JBM Events have established themselves as one of the country's foremost party promoters and draw on over 20 years of experience of hosting events. Last year alone they booked 328 artists, hosted 64 events, had 53,298 attendees, held music shows and festivals in seven different UK cities and was nominated as ‘Best Large Club Promoter’ in Skiddle’s 1...