Please introduce yourselves...
Hi, we are Arkane, a production & DJ duo from
Birmingham, UK!
You're up-and-coming on the Birmingham scene... What are the best clubs and events to get
your underground house and techno fix?
Being up & coming we’ve been really lucky... we’ve been
asked to play some real nice parties in Birmingham. We actually formed as a duo
when we were put as a B2B at our residency party ‘District’. This event is one of the best brands to be involved in if you’re up &
coming or even established. It’s gone from strength to strength. There’s no
rules... as long as the BPMs rising & the dance floors popping, everyone
involved is happy.
Another event is ‘The Acid Experiment’. A good mate of ours
Ben Price actually got featured on Dance Trippin TV with a set at this event.
‘The Acid Experiment’ was born in Birmingham & is now a major part in the
rave scene here.
An after party called ‘Afta Dark’, started up by the
best promoters & events organisers in 0121 has taken the city by storm.
Again, we’ve been lucky enough to play this. 3:30am - 9:00am, Brum turns into
Ibiza, seeing the sun rise up through the green house ceiling.
All of these
events are held at the HUB of Birmingham’s rave scene... Lab 11, our favourite
venue.
Who have been your biggest influences production wise?
It’s hard to point out biggest influences because there’s
literally that many! If we had to pick we would say, Micheal Bibi, Hector
Couto, Archie Hamilton, Klangkuenstler. The vibe these guys' tracks create when you drop one is
insane & that’s exactly what kind of effect we wanted to have on people.
What do you have lined up for 2018?
It’s been a good year so far for us being up & coming.
We’ve played some mad parties & we’ve got some more coming up! 12th May
we were involved in a DJ soundclash at Starworks in Wolverhampton. This was fun, all the local DJs battling it out to see who’s the champion
underground selector.
19th May we took over Lab11 with District once again,
then into June. And on the 15th June we play Basement 77, an underground house
& techno night at Suki 10c Birmingham. Then the big one... we’re playing a
7 day tour of Gran Canaria with Dimensions. Playing 5 bars & 2 clubs.
Tom – I’d take 50 Cent ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. I love my
house & tech but I love my hip hop just as much & when it comes to finding
a go to album to whack on without skipping any tunes, it’s got to be this!
Arron - For my album. Chase & Status - Brand New
Machine. There’s something about this album that just makes me realise how
great it is to be alive. My go to album would make me wana live for the moment
& that’s what it’s all about!
Are you boys heading to any festivals or Ibiza over the
summer. Who are you looking forward to seeing?
We’re actually off to Music On in Amsterdam in a couple of
weeks time, we’re buzzing for that! Hector Couto, Marco Carola, The Martinez
Brothers, Claude VonStroke, Loco Dice. they’re just a few that we’re buzzing to
see!
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