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Vent interview & mix

16 February 2010

The mighty Vent join us for an exclusive back to back set with Reso at our Braindrop @ Bloc showcase.

This production / dj twosome have been smashing the global underground to bits as of late. They make big, fat, glitchy, thumping bass music that smashes down genre barriers and varies hugely in speed.

Their collaboration with Reso, Rumble, has become a crossover anthem, having gained a-list dj and radio support worldwide. 2009 saw them play storming sets at Glade and Glasto, work with Si Begg, Cursor Miner Tippr, Deekline & Wizard, Ctrl-Z & Stereotype – and enjoy successful releases on Hardcore Beats and Colony Productions.

2010 is going to be a big year for these immensely talented producers. Make sure you check out their Glade 2009 live set – which we’ve put up for download at the bottom of this page.

Enjoy!

BD – Hi guys how are you and what are you doing?

V – We’re taking a quick break, skiing in the French Alps, blue skies, killer powder, and wine.

BD – How would you describe your sound? What are your main influences?

V – Music: dubsteppyglitchyelectrobreaksdnb100bpmpartymayhem

As for our influences: People trying to be different

BD – Where does the name come from?

V – Its a secret!

BD -Any exciting news for 2010? Festival appearances / gigs / tunes / collaborations?

V – 2010 is looking very exciting so far.  Releases due include Deviant Creatures Parts 3 & 4, a collab with Reso, remixes for Si Begg, Meat Katie & Dominant Species, a collab with Ill Gates & Opiuo, and plenty more sneaky stuff! On the gig side of things we have BLOC confirmed for march obviously (!), and we’re currently working out the rest of our UK festival schedule (can’t say too much yet).  We’ve got a load of European and UK dates coming up as well, so its a great time for us.

BD -You’re playing under the Braindrop banner at Bloc Weekend 2010, playing b2b Reso alongside DJ Hype, MJ Cole, Raffertie and Kanji Kinetic. What can we expect from your Bloc set?

V – Basslines and multiple tempos!  Unfortunately we can’t play any Reso tunes, and Reso can’t play any of our tunes, so we’ll have to do some more crate digging or composing before we get there!

BD – The rest of the Bloc line up is silly, including Salt ‘n’ Pepa, Roots Manuva, Ellen Allien, Mixmaster Mike, Surgeon, Autechre, Kode 9, Congo Natty, Flying Lotus etc etc. Who else on the line up are you most looking forward to see?

V – There’s so many good people playing its hard to know where to be.  You mentioned a crazy amount of acts already!!!  Grandmaster Flash, Skream & Benga and Mikey Dread are some serious omissions though…

BD – Who would win in a fight between Reso and Vent?

V – Well there’s two of us, and only one Reso.  Sam would sit on him whilst I (Dan) poked his eyes out….  Then I could steal all his Garageband presets….

BD – What equipment / software do you use to make your music?

V – Logic 9, a very select and small bunch of plugins and softsynths, and some hardware we’d care not to mention

BD – Top studio tip for up and coming producers?

V – Be different, and work hard.

BD – What artists are you feeling at the moment and why?

V – Reso, Akira Kiteshi, Tipper, too many to mention here.  We like people who we feel are bringing new sounds and ideas to existing genres, and making different tempos.

BD – All time top 3 tunes (anything at all??)

V – We can’t answer that question but here are three releases to look out for in the next few weeks: Reso – Technitium, Ill Gates, Opiuo, VENT – Origin of Bass, DC Breaks  – Halo EP

BD – All time top 3 animals?

1. Bears
2. Monkeys
3. Pandas

BD – Favorite Youtube video?

V – The A & R Man (ed – we tried to look for this video but couldn’t figure out what vent were referring to. Braindrop family- if you know please tell us and we’ll link to it!)

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Thanks guys! Download their fantastic Glade live mix (hosted by dnbshare) below:

VENT @ GLADE – LIVE MIX

Check out Vent’s Myspace HERE.