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Is global fire your own label?
Yep, Global Fire’s a new label that I’ve started from scratch which
will be releasing a bunch of different club styles, with releases from
various artists including my own shit.
Where does the name global fire come from?
I want to be doing big things with the label, and doing them well, so
that’s where the name’s coming from. Plus I wanted a name that sounded
really pompous ;) I’m doing the artwork for the label myself but thankfully
the Global Fire logo was designed by Dickride.com’s Jizmatron as I think he
did a wicked job of it which pisses all over the piece of shit that I’d come up with..
Are there other releases planned? what artists can we expect?
I’m hoping to get into a regular schedule of releases. Dates and order for
the next releases aren’t set yet but expect releases from big names that
haven’t been on wax for a while, and hopefully stuff from new faces too -
If anyone’s got tracks that they think I might like to put out then I want
to hear them.
Going solo from now?
Never say never, but Non Stop DJs has been put on the shelf, for now at least.
How do you go about making a track?
I start in loads of different ways to keep things interesting for myself - sometimes
I might have a vocal that I want to do something with, sometimes I’ll assemble
a kit of drum hits that work well together and build things up from there, or I might
have spent some time fiddling on a synth and then want to make something with the
sounds I’ve come up with. I generally make tracks as 8 or 16 bar loops, add more
and more sounds to them, and then eventually arrange the whole lot, but I normally
find that I’ve lost interest and moved on to new tracks by the time I come to arranging,
which is a pain in the arse.
What gear do you use?
I’ve got a Nord synth which is my main source of hardware sounds, but I keep most
stuff in software as it’s a lot more flexible and I can keep control of tracks much easier.
I sequence all my tracks in Cubase, chain in Reason a lot of the time (principally for
its samplers and drum machine) and do most of my engineering and mastering in Cubase.
What advice would you give a beginning ghetto-tech artist?
The same as I’d give to anyone making any electronic style or picking up any instrument -
practice by copying your favourite tracks and getting as close to them as possible just like
all bedroom guitar wannabees do when they’re learning, listen carefully to the sounds in your favourite
tracks, figure what they are and why you like them, listen to shit tracks and identify exactly why they’re crap,
and know your equipment really well so that you don’t waste time fiddling when you’re supposed to be
making music - read the manuals, read music production magazines etc.
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