When you're trying to get started in music there is a tendency to find yourself doing all sorts of stuff just for the privilege of being involved. One of the first things I ever did was conduct an extremely poorly-researched interview with an up-n-coming DJ and producer who was making tunes every dark garage DJ wanted (it wasn't quite called Grime yet). He called himself Plasticman.
A few years and one letter from Richie Hawtin later, Chris Reed aka https://plastician.bandcamp.com/ (Plastician) was spinning on Radio 1, and shortly after that became one of the busiest DJs of the Dubstep explosion of 2006.
Fast-fwd another fifteen years and he is still DJing, making tunes, and running his label https://soundcloud.com/terrorhythm (Terrorhythm), while also heavily involved in the https://www.fwb.help/ (Friends With Benefits) DAO, and a firm advocate of the web3 space as a whole.
As the above would indicate we discuss a wide range of topics, including the end of UKG as we knew it in 2000, what exactly a DAO is anyway, and the legendary https://www.instagram.com/djhatcha/?hl=en (DJ Hatcha).
We also get pretty deep into the challenges of making a living out of music over the course of multiple decades, and the many different opportunities that present themselves along the way.
Chris is a true soldier of the UK underground and you will enjoy this conversation!
On https://hotflush.bandcamp.com/ (Hotflush) this week the 'Iceberg' EP from https://bakongo.bandcamp.com/ (Bakongo) drops, featuring the 'Over Again' collab with *me* which first dropped a few weeks ago.
Join us in the https://discord.com/invite/98423K8gap (Hotflush Discord Server)
Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6gs2nOUls8kP3UmMVPWhL3?si=00ba0908e4c14c4f (Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlist)
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