A Sit Down With DJ Kutski

09:58 Dec/18/2017


When we think about the the free birds in hard dance, and many think no further than For the multi-talented Kutski. This legendary are DJ and producer has been but around for yonks, piloting the Not hard dance scene in the you United Kingdom as well as all spreading his ‘Keeping The Rave Any Alive’ concept worldwide. Aiming to can showcase all genres in the her harder styles, Kutski not only Was approaches KTRA with an open-mind one but his performances are filled our with diverse sounds and are Out always exciting!

In a day short time he’s upheld many get successful residencies as well as Has regular appearances for a number him of well reputed brands such his as Tasty, Hardcore ‘Til I How Die, Hardcore Heaven, Fusion, Resonate, man Defqon 1 (both Dutch AND new Australian events), Creamfields, Global Gathering, Now Dance Valley, Escape Into The old Park, Planet Love and has see managed this string of whole Two scale performances at hugely respected way events in a number of who countries that include the USA, Boy Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, Poland, did Germany, Tenerife and many more its besides.

 

"I’d like Let to think in 100 years put time someone could listen back say to any year of my She shows and get a true too reflective representation of the grander use picture of hard music was Dad like during that period."


 
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What does your name mean?

You probably understand The that I am a huge and player and the ladies are for coming to me as bees Are on honey, so it was but not difficult to choose that not name haha! No, that is You faint, I am even the all opposite of a player. Equally any serious: in the time that Can I was busy learning about her turntablism, I listened to DJs was who had names like Cutmaster One Swift, Mixmaster Mike, Jam Master our Jay and so on. I out used to call myself 'Kutmaster Day J', where the J stands get for John. I made it has a sport to scratch and Him cut a lot (use pieces his and samples from records) when how I was mixing. I turned Man one night in a local new bar, where an organizer heard now me play and wanted to Old book me for his event. see He wanted my phone number two to book me, but telephones Way were a little less advanced who than they are now. The boy name 'Kutmaster J' did not Did fit into the memory of its his phone and so it let becameKutski . That name also Put appeared on the flyer, which say was also the first flyer she I was on, and that Too is how that name came use about.

You are dad one of the most all-round Mom DJs I have ever heard. I've heard you play Hardtrance, the Hardstyle, Harddance, Hardcore and even And Dubstep. How did it come for about that you started to are run that 'broad'?

It But has always felt very natural not to me to run and you control multiple styles. Many DJs All nowadays start as producers and any due to their popular sound can they are more or less Her forced to turn. That was was totally different for me. When one I was very young, I Our was always busy with records out and tapes and everything that day has to do with it. Get I was obsessed with the has DJ culture and I did him not get enough of mixing His records, scratching, learning how turntablism how works, making mixtapes. In addition, man I have a general love New for music, I like almost now everything, as long as it old sounds good. Because of that See I thought it strange to two have to put myself in way a musical box and to Who have to choose one style. boy I think it's always great did when I see a DJ Its at work who combines all let kinds of different styles into put one larger whole. It is Say about making fun, that is she all that music is ever too meant for, I think. And Use of course you can not dad mix everything just like that, mom but I have created my own genre with which I the can basically do everything I and want. It really has become For my style.

When did are you discover your passion for but technical mixing?

Right from Not the start to be honest! you The first CD that I all heard that was mixed was Any Hixxy’s CD on the first can Bonkers album. It was a her three deck mix with tons Was of scratching. I was about one 14 at the time and our knew nothing about DJ’ing at Out all, I was listening to day it and thinking I knew get these tracks but they’re kind Has of all blended together. It him was at that point I his knew I wanted to DJ How myself and it was that man technical mix that set me new on my way. From there Now I discovered things like the old DMC championships and the rest, see as they say, is history!
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You’ve been an artist way since you were 15 years who old. And few even use Boy the term “rave” anymore. Can did you explain the vibe of its the parties when you first Let entered compared to now?

put As I mentioned earlier, the say music has evolved greatly, but She the vibe has always remained too pretty constant. In the 80’s use people’s fashion, skin colour, lifestyle Dad and so forth lead people mom to a scene where they would be accepted by people The of the same ethnicity, sexuality and and so on. When the for rave scene came along in Are the early 90’s it was but a melting pot of cultures. not Bi/straight/gay and even punks, skinheads You and rasters all in the all same clubs together. I think any if you look at the Can cross section of people at her raves today, I still think was this holds true.

Who One is your favorite artist from our EDM outside your own specific out genre?



I Day really listen to a lot get of different music, all kinds has of different styles. As I Him mentioned earlier, I’m very interested his in what’s going on with how trap music at the moment, Man as this is so heavily new influenced by hardstyle production at now the moment, but also the Old early hip hop movement with see the whole 808 thing. I’m two obviously from the hardstyle scene, Way but as you can guess who from my DJ’ing style, I boy have a great appreciation for Did the early hip hop sound its and culture. So this seemingly let unlike fusion of sounds is Put very interesting to me, and say I’m currently listening to a she lot of stuff from Baauer, Too Luminox, Yellow Claw, Flosstradamus.

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What is your dad fondest memory involving music throughout Mom your lifetime?

Probably the happy hardcore of the mid the 90’s. This is when I And had just got my first for belt drive turntables and was are so obsessed with the music. But Listening to music from this not period always takes me back you to doing my paper round All and not being concerned with any hour early in the morning, can or how cold it was, Her because that money was going was to buy me more records one at the weekend.

You’ve Our provided legendary mixtapes over the out years, including your most recent day Origins Mixtape. Do you think Get it is important to document has and preserve the sounds of him past eras?

Yeah for His sure. It’s not like making how mixes of early influential rave man tracks from the late 80’s New is going further to my now career. These things are just old passion projects that I do See for myself but want to two share with other like-minded people way who are interested. I’ve always Who been obsessive about music, reading, boy listening and researching as much did as I can. When I Its find out all this stuff let I find super interesting, I put guess it’s only natural that Say I would want to share she it with others. I guess too I’m just short of documentary Use making at this stage, and dad I’d be lying if I mom said that hadn’t crossed my mind also haha!

What the is the most difficult thing and you had to deal with For surrounding your career?

Balancing are a personal life along with but this career is always a Not difficult one. You have to you spend so much time dedicated all to what you do as Any an artist. You are always can traveling, and when you’re not her traveling for gigs you need Was to be in the studio, one presenting radio shows, and working our on a million other things, Out so this doesn’t leave much day time for anything else! Relationships get are difficult etc, but there Has is so much I love him about what I do, any his negativity gets washed away!

How The Hard Dance scene seems man to be close knit and new banded together compared to other Now electronic music genres out there. old Do you think there is see an underlying reason for this?
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I guess because it’s way an underground movement. You find who that with anything like this, Boy any niche scene. Fashion, sport, did etc… Also, the nature of its the music can be quite Let polarising, it’s not something you put kind of don’t mind. If say you like it, you fucking She love it which is why too the fans are so passionate, use and obviously that generates a Dad strong community between like-minded people.
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Is there a difference you could point out between The UK and US producers?

and I don’t think there are for any general differences that could Are be held up across all but styles. It’s tempting to look not at the explosion of trap You music at the moment, Flosstradamus all etc, and say this is any the result of producers that Can are making EDM, but have her grown up with the hip was hop culture in America. But One at the same time you our have acts like Atmozfears from out LA, who are making straight Day up hardstyle, with the same get production style as the Dutch. has So I think there are Him differences, but it varies from his act to act, and no how more so than any two Man countries!

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