HHV interviews John Roberts
4 November 2010
Fast 4 Wochen dürfen slash müssen wir uns noch gedulden, bis das neue Mag den Weg in die Briefkästen finden wird. Als kleinen Teaser gibt's hier schon das Interview, das ich hierfür mit John Roberts geführt habe. Im O-Ton und in voller Länge versteht sich:
Your music has a strangely fascinating, introverted aura to it. How do you feel about being dissected by critics?
Thank you, thats nice to hear. I have to say that so far the response from critics has been so unexpectedly kind that the dissection hasn't been too tough to handle. I think whenever you make something that is sort of personal you always feel like you could be ripped to pieces at any minute, so i'm thankful that that hasn't really happened!
I’ve been recommending your music to friends that are more into Hip Hop by saying that this dude sounds like Blockhead or Shadow making House music – which usually did the trick to get them to listen. I remember you mentioning that you dabbled in Downtempo/Instrumental Hip Hop before really finding your current sound. In hindsight, do you think those production techniques (lots of layers) have helped you to find this unique sound?
I think paying attention to hip-hop producers and playing around with that type of production definitely helped me to get to where i am now, sound wise. I remember watching this video over and over again at one point of Madlib in a hotel room using a Boss Dr. Sample and a children's record player and recording some tracks to tape with that and then having to permanently delete them from the Dr. Sample to make the next couple of tracks. So I guess maybe more influential than hip-hop itself was just the notion that you could create something with some old records and cheap equipment
Speaking of Hip Hop: it’s always fascinating to see that American house producers tend to be way more open to Hip Hop because Hip Hop is so ubiquitous in the States, while Germany had this rather rigid dividing line between ravers and Hip Hoppers in the 90s. What albums or musicians were the driving forces that got you into producing?
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Posted by: Florian | Tags: dial, interviews, jon roberts, laid, Music
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