Saturday 3 April sees Braindrop make our debut at Slammin Vinyl’s Tranz-mission @ Alexandra Palace. And we’ve drafted in man of the moment Doorly to headline alongside Congo Natty, Loefah, The McMash Clan and Broken Note.
If you don’t know about Doorly by now then . . . well . . . we’ll tell you about him! Doorly is a hugely talented and prolific dj, producer and promoter who’s career has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last couple of years. In fact after looking at his recent CV I had to restrain myself from poking my eyes out with a fork out of jealousy.
His DJ sets fuse dubstep, electro and techno in an old skool block party style, mashing up an eclectic and bass heavy selection using 3 CDJs, 2 turntables, an EFX unit and Pioneer DJM 800 mixe
Doorly’s first big break came in April 2008, when he was invited by a certain Pete Tong to record a live Essential Mix for Radio 1. This led to many good things – some huge international bookings, as well as residencies at Wax:On, Metropolis, Ibiza Rocks, Ibiza’s Reclaim the Dancefloor, Annie Mac Presents and Zane Lowe’s “DJ Hero’ tour
His productions have been getting a lot of airplay as of late, most noteably his MASSIVE remixes for Dizzee Rascal, Basement Jaxx, The Prodigy and Groove Armada (to name a few). And his solo productions are banging – check out “Toys / Horse Step” which is out now.
We caught up with Mr Doorly whilst he was on his Austrailia tour to ask him some questions about some very important stuff. And the lovely guy gave us a brand new Annie Mac mix for download. Link is at the bottom of the interview. Enjoy!
BD – Hello mate – how are you and what are you doing at the moment?
D – Just got back a few hours ago from a 2 week Australia & Newzealand tour which was absolutely amazing and massively inspiring, just trying to stay awake to beat the jetlag of doom!!!
BD – How would you describe Doorly? What are your main influences?
D – Basically i’m a DJ first and kind of learnt how to make records along the way – The most important thing to know about me is that i’m genreless and dont want to be pigeon holed into one sound, my influences are drawn from Techno, Dub, Hip hop, drum & bass … well basically anything cool really!
BD – Any exciting news? Releases / remixes / collaborations / festival appearances etc etc?
D – I’ve just deliverd my remix on Groove Armada’s Latest Single “Paper Romanc” due out 22nd Feb, which is the best thing ive ever done i reckon! I’m currently working on the next Marina & The Diamonds Singe “I am not a robot” which is wicked. After that i’m going to hold off on the remixes (I’ve done over 30 this year!!) and concentrate on some strong original tracks. I have about 10 ready to go so for the next few months i will be collaborating with loads of amazing vocalists so watch this space…… Ultimatley i’m working towards an artist album.
Gigwise i’ve got 2 USA tours line up before the summer including loads of hype parties at the Miami WMC, I’m doing Snowbombing in april and returning to Ibiza for the summer in June to continue my weekly residencies for Ibiza Rocks & Recliam the Dancefloor. I will also be hitting most of the major UK festivals and a few of the big Eurpoean ones too but theyre all just being confirmed now.
BD – Your first big break came from your Radio One Essential Mix back in 2008. How did that come about and how did that change things for you?
D – Yep that was definitly a big catalyst in what has happened since, I just got an email one day from Radio 1 asking me if i’d be up for it and i was, it was that easy!! Things have just snowballed from there. The biggest thing that did for me was to give me the kick up the ass to get stuck into production, because at that stage i was only known as a DJ so i made a big effort to get some tracks finished for the Essential mix and then realised how much fun it was ond continued from there!
BD – What equipment / software do you use to make your music? And what do you use to play out live?
D – Ableton all the way for Production. For Djing i Use 3 CDJs & a mixer, i love the visual aspect of performing as a DJ so will never use a computer as part of my setup
BD – Top production tip?
D – If you’re starting out, Just get Ableton, its so user friendly, why over complicate things!!! and don’t wait about expecting for people to give you remix parts, just take a track you like, chop it up and use those parts to make a remix then get it out there for people to hear!
BD – Which artists are you really rating at the moment and why?
D – Sbtrkt is blowing my mind at the moment – His music is so “Future”
BD – What can we expect from your Tranz-mission set?
D – Expect a blend of loads of differnet sounds and lots of energy!
BD – All time 3 animals?
BD – Favorite Youtube video?
D – That A&R Guy clip becuase its exactly what i go through every day! I also always enjoy a little bit of Chav gets owned by wall
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Thanks Doorly! Grab his Radio 1 mix from the link below.
Doorly Radio 1 mix for Annie Mac
Check out Doorly’s Myspace. And catch him at Tranz-misison, Braindrop arena on Saturday 3 April alongside Congo Natty aka Rebel MC, Loefah, The McMash Clan Broken Note, DJ Disowned & MC Cutter, Skinny & Clarkie, Silly Pundit and Bass6.
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