Computer Music

BLUCK & BLINKIE

James Bluck has been producing music and DJing at some of the biggest venues including Ministry of Sound, XOYO and Fabric, while Blinkie has millions of streams for his tracks including over six million alone for the track Don’t Give Up (On Love). And as well as producing their own music, both Bluck and Blinkie have remixed a huge number of acts between them, including Fleur East, Disciples, Varski, Mabel, Craig David, KSI and Sam Smith. The two producers have even remixed each other’s tracks so it was really only a matter of time before their production worlds collided and they ended up in the studio together, producing one of the house tracks of 2021 , On Your Mind, featuring vocalist Taet. Here they reveal more about their studio setups, give song-starting – and finishing – tips, and some of the best advice we’ve ever featured in these 15 Questions interviews. Well, two heads are always better than one…

1 Tell us how you got into music

James Bluck: “I’m a DJ and producer who specialises in electronic dance music. I got into music at the age of 5. I was really interested in DJs and I’ve always wanted to become one. Throughout my school life I was in various bands and started to make my own music later in college when I learned how to make music in Logic Pro.”

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