Music Producer and DJ Danny Briottet gives a fascinating insight into his formative years, including the global musical influences of Hip-Hop and House that shaped his career, being part of Rhythm Riders and organising warehouse parties across West London.
Show Notes
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Rhythm Riders
03:15 - London Sound Systems
06:02 - Getting Into Music And Visiting Berlin
12:33 - DJing In New York
17:05 - Renegade Soundwave
22:28 - Warehouse Parties
24:20 - The First Singles On Mute
26:59 - Equipment Used In Early Recordings
30:03 - Creating A Unique Sound
35:50 - Releasing 'In Dub'
39:35 - Favourite Equipment And Workflow
Danny Briottet - Biog
Musician, DJ and producer. Founder member of Renegade Soundwave, UK electronic music pioneers at the forefront of the original dance / electronica explosion of the late 1980s/ 90s with seminal tracks such as 'The Phantom', 'Women Respond To Bass' and 'Probably A Robbery'. RSW have been name-checked as a primary influence on artists such as The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers, whilst the 1988 release 'Ozone Breakdown' is often cited as the first Jungle tune.
Danny’s production and remix credits include Depeche Mode, Cypress Hill, Grace Jones, Aswad, Radiohead, Moby and Orbital, together with a wealth of World Music artists such as Esma Redzepova (Macedonia), Amina Anabi (Tunisia) and Cheick Tidiane (Mali).
Danny Briottet continues to DJ globally playing his unique mix of dub-influenced sounds from bass and breaks, through dubbed-out deep house and downtempo electronica, and hosts The ElectroScope Show on London’s Soho Radio, mashing up electronic music from the 1970s to the present.
Danny’s new full-length artist album is due for release next year.
Interviewer: Kevin Paul - Biog
Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.
After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s 'Felt Mountain', David Bowie’s 'Hours' and Nick Cave’s 'No More Shall We Part'. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s 'Hotel', Goldfrapp’s 'Black Cherry' and more for DVD.
In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more.
He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University, and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the international-selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of Denmark’s 'Dúné' with the first single premiering at the Danish Music Awards, plus the latest iTunes Music Festival.
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