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We've had a quick catch up with Rough Cut and Tebah to talk about their remix of Matt Fear's "Absolute Terrace"...
You’ve worked together previously, so how
did you work on this remix for Absolute Terrace?
ROUGH CUT– Tebah (Max) is a good friend of
ours and he has been doing our mastering for the label since we started. We’ve always like working with Max, in fact we
just had another release with him before Christmas on Dog Records under his
other Alias NoShame. For this remix I
sent to Max an idea and we just played around with it and got it done.
TEBAH – Yeah, I’ve worked with Adam for a
few years, mastering and we’ve done some songs in partnership. I was very happy with the invitation to work
on this particular song because I’ve always liked Matt Fear's releases. It was very satisfying!
Did you always plan for the remix to come
out sounding uplifting?
RC – Yes this was the idea, we just played
with that and went for it. Very happy with the end result…
TEBAH – Yes, I really love make music in
this way!
What benefits do you find of working with
others on productions?
RC – It’s always good doing collabs with
other artists. You think you have a
sound in mind and once you both have worked on the track, it will normally go
off in a completely different direction. Working with people with different sounds has
this effect and pushes you as an artist.
TEBAH – For each new song, it raises new
ideas and learnings.It’s always a good
idea to unite the best qualities of each one.
Do you have anything else planned together
coming up in the future and what else can we expect from you separately in
2018?
RC – Not currently, but it’s always fun
working with Tebah or on his other project NoShame. But no doubt there will be something new
started very soon.At moment myself and Bren
are both dads and this does not give us as much time as we are used to in the
studio.
We’re finishing up an EP for Runnin Wild –
Bubba’s label. So really can’t wait for
this, been following this label from the beginning, so really excited now to be
working on an EP for them.
TEBAH – Every year we release something
together, so there will certainly be more musical collaboration between us. This year I reactivated my project called
"Tebah" that was stopped in 2017, next to that, I will become a
father and certainly new energies will bring a lot of inspiration to new songs
and I intend to make this year one of the best I have ever had in all aspects.
Finally, where are your absolute best
terrace venues for partying or DJing?
RC – Well DC10 sticks out, but always love
partying in Amnesia!
This duo have been on fire recently and we were super happy to get them involved in the Matt Fear - Absolute Terrace release by providing a big house remix!
Please introduce yourselves…
Hi we are K&K, DJ and production duo
from the London & Kent areas - Robin and Dan. We've been DJing together in
different guises for around 20 years now. We began DJing in local clubs and bars in
Kent in the late 90's, then moved up to Hertfordshire where we ran a club night for
just over 5 years. We've been lucky enough to play at many
iconic venues including Ministry of Sound, Egg, the old Pacha and many more.
I think our music style takes into account
our 20yr journey spanning many genres... It's a solid mix of bouncy tech house
with a definite old school influence and in the last 5 years we have had humbling
success with our productions, original tracks, remixes and edits. Again our
love for the house classics is heavily noticeable in everything we do.
Your top track on Beatport is Peaceful
Crowd, released on Sleazy Deep. Tell us
how that track come about and what was it like seeing it played by so many of
the big house DJs?
Peaceful Crowd literally came out of
nowhere. The vocal sample was already part of a track but it just needed
something else. So a chill out in Ibiza listening to house classics around the
pool became the eureka moment just as that famous piano kicked in.
The amount of play it’s got over the past
year and a half has been ridiculous and nothing like what we expected. Everyone from Annie Mac to Hodor has played
it and every time we see a video or get a message saying it’s been played, it
still doesn’t quite sink in!
You also did a great edit of Double 99 –
RIP Groove… were you guys into the UK
garage sound?
As previously mentioned, we were DJing at
the height of the UK garage phenomenon and loved it (still do), so yes most of
what comes from the K&K camp has an element of this sound in it. We try and constantly look for old club favourites to rework and edit so we can
get them into modern day club sets. That particular edit received crazy support
and is still getting hammered now!
What are your thoughts on the London club
scene at present?
It's in a strong place, there is a lot of
exciting investment and clubs are bringing some massive names to the capital! It's not just London either; venues across the UK are really putting out strong
line ups, Maidstone is firmly on the map right now!
The buzz is definitely there again in the
clubbing world, it's often we will end up on the dance floor before, after and
sometimes even during a gig partying. Another amazing thing at the moment is it's
such a diverse crowd in every way, you have 18yr olds alongside 50yr olds all
just loving the music.
When you got the parts for Absolute
Terrace, how did you approach your remix?
It’s a great track so we wanted to keep the
feeling of the original but move more towards a percussive roller. We were
really pleased how the remix turned out!
Finally, what are your plans for 2018 and have you set yourselves any goals or targets on the production/DJ front?
We have some massive gigs lined up early 2018 including House Of Silk at GSS, supporting Fatboy Slim at Source Bar, supporting Mark Knight at 33hz and continuing our residency with Habitat supporting Latmun b2b with Detlef at Source!
Lots of releases lined up including a collab with Vanilla Ace and our track “I Can Do It” on Daylight Robbery this has been getting massive support.
We obviously have dream gigs we’d love to play and dream labels we’d love to sign tracks to but don’t set goals as such. We just want to carry on doing what we do and hopefully next year will be just as successful as the last!
