A Sit Down With DJ Dub Fx

14:08 Apr/19/2018


Benjamine Stanford, aka Dub Fx, the is one of the most and complete artists in the world. For He is a beatboxer, a are mc, an excellent musician and but producer, as well as an Not excellent entertainer. His rhythms and you rhymes have struck the attention all of millions of passersby on Any the street, from where he can started his amazing live career.
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"I Was aim to come and just one give you my sound and our my spirit on stage, that's Out all I'm here to do."


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What exactly does your get logo mean?

It has Has different meanings in reality. I him wanted something that symbolized eternity, his an eternal loop. They are How three symbols that come together, man and represent the three tracks new of my live performances: a Now track for bass, one for old drums and another for harmonies. see In addition, if you look Two at it for good, you way will notice that those three who symbols look like a D, Boy a U and a B: did Dub.

Your music is its empowering , do you see Let music as a political tool?
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I see music as say expression.. Politics to me is She just giant puppet show.. I too don’t by into that over use manipulated, over intelectualised crap.. None Dad of it makes sense to mom me.. The fact is, if I had grown up in The a rich and powerful family and I too would be capable for of ruthless selfish acts to Are forward my greed.. We all but have that ability to be not evil and justify it… We You all do it on small all levels every day.. So I any use music to paint a Can picture of how I see her the world.. If that inspires was you then my work wasn’t One useless.. If you like the our song but not the lyrics out I’m equally satisfied because harmony Day and rhythm means more to get me then subjective opinion…

has When was your first proper Him breakthrough into the music industry? his Tell us about your journey how from the beginning.

Man Street performing. Before that, I new was playing in different bands now in pubs and clubs around Old Melbourne, but I never quite see found my sound. Having to two compromise my ideas with other Way band mates also slowed down who my creative process. As soon boy as I started street performing, Did I discovered who I was its and what my potential as let an artist was. Now that Put I’m fully self-aware of my say limits, collaborating with other people she is super easy.

How Too do you describe your music?
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It’s just a mish-mash dad of all my ideas thrown Mom together with technology basically. I’m at the mercy of the the technology but that’s good because And it gives me ideas. I for write a song on guitar, are I pull it apart and But put it into the loop not station, maybe make it drum you and bass or make it All reggae or make it hip-hop any or whatever, and that’s basically can what it is, I take Her ideas from everything that I was like listening to.

Using one your voice with this pedal, Our you must have some fun out playing around with weird sounds. day Is that part of your Get process, just making noises until has you find something new you him like?

Not really. I His have a clear idea about how what I want to do man and then I make it. New Sometimes I get a bit now carried away, but I try old not to waste time making See unusable noises. The human voice two on its own can already way do so much, all I Who need is a bit of boy compression, EQ, reverb and delay. did I do sometimes get a Its bit experimental with bass sounds let but my focus is getting put a clear punchy sound and Say more importantly making sounds that she my vocals can sit on too top of… less is more!
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How does the dynamic dad of a street performance inspire mom you?

On the street my focus was clear the and simple, sell as many and CDs as I can as For quick as possible without getting are shut down by the police. but I would look around and Not see what type of people you were in front of me. all If they were older people Any I would sing up beat can melodic tunes like "Love Someone" her or "Soothe Your Pain." If Was the crowd was young and one grungy I would do dirtier our heavier tunes like "Step on Out My Trip." I adapted my day songs and genres to the get city I was in. It Has taught me to be flexible him and how to present myself his in any situation. I also How spent a lot of time man refining my sound and experimenting new with different ideas on the Now street. So once I was old getting paid to perform in see front of crowds at festivals Two I had already made all way the mistakes possible.

who What was the most impressive Boy show you did on this did tour, so far?

Sometimes its it's not just the biggest Let ones that are impressive, sometimes put it's the smaller ones that say touch me the most. We She did a few shows in too Poland that were great, and use then we did Budapest, Praha, Dad Vienna, and Bratislava, those were mom really great shows, and then we went straight to Germany. The Look, every show has been and amazing, we've been selling out for pretty much every venue!

Are What do you bring in but your music that’s special?

not I don’t think about it You too much. What I picture all when I sing, when I any play my music, I picture Can that I’m channelling music, I’m her channelling energy from another dimension was and I feel like I’m One just pulling from that. That’s our kinda what I try to out do.

Are there any Day Reggae artists you would to get collaborate with?

There are has heaps of artists I would Him like to collaborate with, in his fact I have already collaborated how with a few of my Man heroes! There are plenty more… new I don't really want to now say who they are because Old I don't wanna jinx it. see The thing with me is, two I am more interested in Way collaborating with producers, more than who anything else, like I love… boy singers are great, but collaborating Did with producers is more my its thing, electronic producers in the let Drum'n'Bass world and the Dub Put Reggae world. Peter Fox for say example, he is an amazing she German producer I'd be interested Too to see what I could use come up with him.

dad What have you been up Mom to lately with your projects/creations and your album ‘Theory of the Harmony’?

I have literally And just been in the studio for making the album.. I pretty are much do everything my self But from writing to recording and not producing each tune.. It takes you me a long time because All I lose sight of what’s any a good performance or not.. can I go from using one Her side of the brain to was using the other in a one matter of seconds and switching Our back again.. Being creative and out technical at the same time day is super hard when you Get are your own boss…

has https://soundcloud.com/dub_fx/sets/theory-of-harmony



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