Describe your sound.

Abstract, indecisive, deep and very surprising. I try to take people through all the genres. My strategy is to draw them in, I try to work out what they are here for and slowly introduce them to new sounds.

By educating the crowd that way, next time, the next time round, they simply won't have it if someone plays crap music

How was your KL gig last night?

It was very good actually. The crowd tonight was a little bit younger though. It was almost like two different sets, really.

In KL, I felt like i could go really deep if I wanted to, but tonight I felt like I had to watch it a little bit more.

I enjoyed it a little bit more to be honest, it was more personal, because the crowd is right up at the booth. The sound was comparable as well, maybe a little bit warmer here.

The crowd here is a little bit more energetic as well, it's a much nicer atmosphere. Zouk is so established you know, I mean everyone goes to Zouk, but Centro is alot younger, it's more exciting.

Speaking of Zouk, what happened between you and Aldrin a few months back?

Well, at first, Aldrin seemed like a nice enough guy. I tried to help him out, gave him some of my sounds, including tracks from my album Sounds From Another Room.

One day, I was in London, and one of my friends called me up, and he said, have you listened to the new Muzik CD (The Singapore Tribal covermount mixed by Zouk resident Aldrin)? So I took a listen to whatever track it was, and the riff on that track was exactly the same as the one on my album.

The first thing I thought of was that it was a mistake, so I checked the liner notes, but I didn' t see my name on the credits. Then I thought he was trying to pull a fast one.

So I called him up and asked what was going on. He apologised and told me it was completely unintentional, that I was one of his heroes, so I told him that the only way to resolve this was if he wrote in to Muzik, and that's the letter everyone read.

Is breakbeat the next big thing?

It's never really kicked off has it? Well, to be honest, prog is kind of dying out, so it could well be the next big thing.

Things have changed in the dance music scene. In the past, a good reputation would have been enough to sell records, but the younger generation these days don't have a sense of the history behind labels and producers, so the record really has to be good on it's own.

A good record these days will sell, and by a good record, I mean a record that shows people how you feel.

They've been at it for awhile haven't they? Well I think if you stick at something you love, it will pay off eventually.

Dance music is like a big race, everyone's running. Things get so fashionable so quickly that they kill themselves at the same time. Eventually, producers who make really good music, will stick around.

Tell us more about your new project.

The label is called SEXONWAX, and the first release is by Mr. C and Tom Parris.

Basically, me and Desyn (Masiello) are best friends. We hunt down tracks 9 to 5 every day, so one day, we thought why are we doing this? Why not just release this stuff on our own?

So SEXONWAX is really about picking up tracks that are amazing before anyone else does. To make sure the tracks are really high-quality, we will only be releasing six singles a year.

-much thanx to Omid and the nice people at Centro!

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