If you like deep house, then you’ll know veteran English DJ/producer Charles Webster. A man of many musical aliases (Presence, Furry Phreaks, Love from San Francisco, Remote), his two-disc Coast2Coast compilation drops later this month. Big Shot met up with the maestro before his gig at Spiegelworld in New York City and got the lowdown on the new disc. Look for a full interview in Issue 24.
There’s a little more than four months left in 2008, but it’s safe to predict Booka Shade’s The Sun & The Neon Light will be on nearly everyone’s year-end list of best albums. Big Shot talked with Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier backstage at The Fillmore in New York City earlier this month. Walter and Arno chatted about playing huge festivals like Glastonbury and Benicàssim, and told us how touring inspired the songs on their latest album. (Oh, and they also dropped a hint about a new soundtrack project they’re itching to begin working on!)
The Virgin Mobile Festival took place this weekend in Baltimore and featured a star-studded bill starring some acts you may have heard of such as Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Stone Temple Pilots, and Nine Inch Nails. But the DJ tent wasn’t too shabby either. Armed with her camera, Big Shot reporter Mary Ishimoto Morris caught up with Moby, Armin van Buuren, P-Thugg from Chromeo, Rabbit in the Moon, Steve Lawler, Donald Glaude, DJ Dan, and various other jocks and asked them to pay homage to Sir Richard Branson.
In between running Expansion Team (who are readying the release of the Men Without Pants collaboration between Dan the Automator and Russell Simins of John Spencer Blues Explosion fame) and working on a slew of projects, New York based DJ/producer/filmmaker Alex Moulton found time to produce Exodus, his awesome sci-fi/fantasy dance music concept album. The album features appearances by Groove Collective’s Jonathan Maron and Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and album artwork painted by legendary fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Big Shot caught up with Moulton at his studio and interviewed him for Issue 23. In these two video snippets, Moulton describes Exodus and Expansion Team’s modus operandi.
Alex Moulton On His New Album, Exodus
Alex Moulton Talks About Expansion Team