CLASSIC ALBUM
Steve Bug The Other Day
Poker Flat Recordings, 2000
Steve Bugg’s third album, was definitely a tale of two cities. Work began in Hamburg, where he was living at the time, before he took the plunge and relocated to the dark lights of Berlin.
“Tracks like Loverboy and Soulin’ Deep were done before the move,” he says. “They have more of that deep house Hamburg kinda vibe. But, when I got to Berlin, I got more into being techy and minimal and much more experimental.”
Digging deep into the underground scenes of the German capital, Bug’s music started to soak up a new kind of atmosphere.
“Before, I was making this classic, soulful and jazzy stuff,” he says. “Hamburg was clean, and had space – I lived near a park! And there were old people walking around [laughs].
“But, if you looked at Berlin at the time, in the mid-’90s, you had houses that were grey and dark, with bullet holes in the walls. It could be depressing. Especially in the winter. And that vibe influenced the sound of the album.”
Hunkering down with his samplers and record collection,
