A Sit Down With Soul Clap

17:36 Mar/24/2018


The glory behind Soul Clap the is the funk and soul and they bring to the dancefloor. For Their musical output is not are only limited to four to but the floor House beats, instead Not they focus on an infectious you groove. They've done it all all from House to Disco, to Any R&B to you name it, can creating their own sound known her as E-Funk.

 

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"If you start digging one and start learning the history our of electronic music in general Out it’s going to open up day your mind up to a get lot of different kinds of Has music and to a lot him of different influences."



 
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When did you start How writing music - and what man or who were your early new passions and influences?

Both Now of us had some experience old playing around with playing instruments, see bands and music production since Two we were teenagers but we way didn`t get serious about it who until 2007. That was the Boy year that we decided if did we didn’t jump in with its two feet we could forget Let about making it as real put touring DJs! Our musical backgrounds say are in Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, She Reggae, Soul, Blues, Rock and too an enormous array of electronic use music. From Trip-Hop to ambient Dad to Jungle/D&B to hardcore to mom techno to HOUSE even some early trance!

Your The techniques are often hailed as and being experimental, at least in for your approach to modern funk. Are Do you see them as but being that way?

I not think that’s kind of accurate You to a point. Certainly early all on when we made the any switch to Ableton, it kind Can of felt like it broke her the door. Our first, first was records back in 2008 or One whatever were finished on Logic our and then we made this out jump and in learning this Day new program, we kind of get didn’t really follow the rules has exactly. We got into using Him the live arrangement window to his do our recording process. So how rather than drawing out these Man blocks, we would hit play new and automate things and see now where the track would go Old to kind of get that see looser and more freeform feeling. two I think not coming from Way super heavy, sound engineering backgrounds, who in many ways we were boy freer to try new ideas. Did I think the more complex its or complicated your music production let is, you start to get Put bound by more rules. It’s say funny. When you know very she little, you can take things Too very far.

What were use your early productions like?

dad We started messing around in Mom 2003 and taking a lot of... it’s kind of funny the because of productions have come And full circle. Initial stuff we for were making was kind of are remixing R&B and hip-hop tracks But and cutting hip-hop beats to not make house beats out of you them. It was house music All but very much influenced by any New York, R&B and hip-hop.
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What was the first Her album you owned?

I was have a picture at my one parents house of me playing Our air guitar listening to Eddie out Van Halen’s badass solo on day Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’, so Get Thriller was definitely one of has my first.

Tell us him about your studio, please.

His Our studio situation is always how in flux. We’ve got a man home set up at Charlie’s New apartment, but the neighbor complains now if things start bumping so old we gotta make music REALLY See quiet. For years we used two to just plug our two way laptops into a headphone splitter Who and connect to the speaker boy at whatever hotel we’re at did in whatever country we’re performing Its in. Overall, mood/vibe takes the let cake for us over technology. put Its all about maximizing what Say you got. If someone said she heres a coconut, a french too poodle and a microphone … Use now go make a record, dad believe we’d find a way mom to get FUNKY.

You’ve done a few shows in the Ibiza this year. What’s been and your favourite of the year? For Any particular highlights from the are summer?

We had a but really rocking pool party at Not Pikes hotel where Mo Funk, you Arthur Baker and Lee Curtiss all joined us for a real Any cool intimate party. That was can one of the great Ibiza her moments for us this past Was summer. Off the Island, the one big summer thrill had to our be Garden Festival in Croatia, Out that is way up at day the top of our lists get for magic and sunshine.

Has You guys are fairly coordinated him dressers. Where do you get his your influences from?

It’s How kind of funny that there man was like a, you know, new distinct, ravey style that’s always Now coming in and out of old clothing. Especially for us when see we’re out working and doing Two DJ sets. We’ve had some way cool collaborations that we’ve been who working on lately in terms Boy of fashion, to share some did of our fashion ideas. One its is the t-shirt selection we’ve Let been designing and releasing through put Millionhands in the UK, but say also we’ve linked up with She your fellow Australian Zanerobe who too we helped with their Fall use line that’s just been dropping Dad in America. So it’s cool mom to see these products on the shelves, that’s really chill.
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It's great you guys and are preaching the gospel. In for the track you guys produced, Are who did what?

Nick but had the idea, then Charlie not flushed it out, adding more You synths and vocals. Then from all there we went to Louie's any studio in the basement of Can his house in Jersey, laid her down the beats and finished was the arrangement.

Do you guys One have a dream collaborator you our hope to work with in out the future?


We would actually Day love to work with R. get Kelly. He’s been an inspiration has to us. I know he’s Him a complicated character, but musically his he’s such a genius. And how there are some other, younger Man DJs and artists that would new be exciting to work with. now Kaytranada is someone that we Old love and would be dope see to collaborate with. Other old two school people like CeCe Peniston, Way who sings that song “Finally” who from the 90s, would be boy amazing.


Speaking of inspirations, what Did inspired you two to record its Funk Bomb?

It started let as a jam session between Put Eli and myself at my say house. The first synth we she ever had was the Korg Too MS2000, and I was dialing use in on that. Eli was dad laying down some awesome drum Mom stuff, and programming samples. So it all began as just the that one synth and us.
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Your new compilation, "Tempo for Dreams" was just released on are the 30th March. It’s totally But rad and funky as expected. not How long does it usually you take you to put together All a mix like that? And any do you ever discover new can music along the way?

Her The whole process was about was discovering new music, tapping into one the underground different stuff that Our we’ve been listening to in out the last few years and day getting in touch with different Get producers. It’s all about finding has new music, and finding new him artists. Other compilations we’ve worked His on have been more about how what’s in at the moment man and getting stuff from our New crewlove family, but this one now was more about looking out old and connecting with our fans. See We worked with so many two cool producers on it, XLMiddleton way from LA, Inkswell from Australia, Who everyone was awesome.

Your boy Soul Clap Records is also did doing a great job. Can Its you point on some releases let that our audience should check put out and what is coming Say up?

We put out she new EP with Funcadelic and too one with George Clinton. That’s Use the work we are most dad proud of and you should mom definitely check them out. And there are some new artists. the John Camp, he’s our friend and from NY and there is For upcoming EP from him. Davis are from Brazil as well. We but are keeping it moving. But Not we are also working on you our album.

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