Please introduce yourself
Hi Guys. I’m Tom Laidlaw, 21 year old DJ/producer from Southend,
Essex.
Who have been your big
influences musically growing up and now?
Growing up in a family where music is a massive thing
for us with my dad being a mod into Northern Soul from the 80s really
influenced me into music and always gave me a great music taste from disco to rock
music. Music generally has been a massive thing for me growing up.
I’d like to describe my sound as very punchy with heavy
baselines and kicks and always with a little bit of groove. I like to try and make my tracks different to
a lot of house stuff released today but with only 3 years production experience
I’m still trying to mould my own sound.
Tell us a bit about how Jungle Move and Junkin came
about? What was the inspiration behind
those tracks?
There wasn’t really any inspiration behind jungle move… I started it aiming for a groovy punchy tech
house track with weird perc fills and noises but didn’t want to fall into the
generic tech house category. The jungle
idea came about when I was thinking of ideas how to make this track different,
so I sampled a load of wild animal noises and put them behind the track and it worked
really well. Junkin is a darker track and works really well in a EP together.
Tell us more about KLIK in Southend? And do you have a
preference between DJing or producing?
KLIK Southend is a house and techno event that has been
running for 6 years now. It’s a big
event in Southend and has been for years, we aim to bring something different
to our nights with music deep from the underground scene, with headliners like
“Dungeon meat”, Fuse residents and Paranoid London.
I have been DJing for 5 years now and only started
producing 3 years ago. I do not prefer
either, I absolutely love them both and it’s a massive passion of mine, from
selecting music for a killer set to jumping in the studio and starting new
projects – it’s a massive joy for me!
What have been your 2017
highlights and what can we expect from you in 2018?
2017 has been a really good year for me with the KLIK
parties growing and having my first EP released, there is a lot planned for
2018 and you can expect more music from me early into the new year!
Finally, assuming you are on Santa’s good
list, what would be the ultimate present this year?
I am always looking to improve my home studio so some Roland
equipment would be nice… maybe a TR-09.
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