13 may be unlucky for some but definitely not for you guys!! This is the 13th episode of the East Project Podcast and it's an absolute belter from the superb London based, Swedish talent that is known as LUKAS LYRESTAM...
Turn it up and enjoy!!
Tracklisting:
JETS - Midas Touch (Machinedrum Remix)
Soul Clap - Cuttin n Scratchin
Ali Love - Emperor (Lukas Lyrestam remix)
Leon Vynehall – Butterflies
Genius of Time - Juno Jam
Seven Davis Jr. – Friends
INTERVIEW...
You are from Sweden, what made you move to London?
Originally my parents jobs dragged me here against my will,
but I quickly discovered dance music and got completely sucked in. I love
Sweden and would happily go back one day but currently East London is just so
buzzing. There's an entrepreneurial spirit in the air and it's really
refreshing to see people all around you giving whatever they believe in a
chance. The fact that underground dance music which I completely believe in, is
something that pretty much your average person is into, is also a bit of a
unique situation when you come from a smaller country. There's a community of
creative, passionate and discerning people here who make it easy to become
inspired.
How does the music scene here compare to back home?
Stockholm in particular is for me the most advanced clubbing
destination in Sweden. Similarly to here there's a community centered around
clubs, record stores and "openair" forest raves which really is thriving
at the moment. Labels like Studio Barnhus, Local Talk, Oh! Records etc. are
pushing what I think is a distinctively Swedish deep house sound and clubs in
the city such as the Tradgarden, Under Bron and Berns regularly put on cutting
edge international and local DJ's. The largest difference between London and
Stockholm I think is the number of people who are interested in this stuff.
Over the summer I was playing in Stockholm and ended up going to a party
featuring Genius of Time, Moodyman, Baba Stiltz and a few others and 50% of
that crowd was made up of Stockholm's most recognised and talented DJ's. In
London the diversity, spread and regularity of this stuff is much larger and in
turn creates an environment where nuances of dance music can easily exist and
cross-pollinate with each other.
Tell us what you are up to at the moment?
I've just wrapped up another E.P for Oh Records! and looking
forward to hearing back some remixes of that. Two of these tracks I've featured
in the mix I've done here. There's loads of production stuff happening at the
moment with remixes for various artists (hush hush) and yet another 3 track E.P
to wrap up before 2014 is over. Keep your eyes pealed for a music video for my
track All I Think About (Monitor 66 remix) which came out earlier this year
too.
What track for you has stood out the most this year and why?
I'm really into Leon Vynehall at the moment, the guy is on a roll at the moment and this ticks all the boxes for me.
If you could pick any producer current or past who would you
most like to work with?
Over the last two years I've been deeply interested in the
music of J.Dilla. It's no coincidence that a lot of producers site his music as
influential and for me personally he had a strong effect in terms of how I
approach creating dance music. I largely dis-regarded hip-hop before I got into
Fantastic Vol 2 (Slum Village prod by Dilla) but the raw, sparse funk of those
tracks is so original and moving and really something I'd like to translate
into the dance domain.
Thank you.
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