What is the first thing you do when you get back to your hotel room after a show?ġ4. The thing that has always excited me: The constant change, bew genres and sounds, evolving subcultures, independent artists…ġ3. What’s the most exciting aspect of the dance scene for you, right now? It was around that time I started really getting into electronic music.ġ2. I was already producing music before then, but mainly just hip-hop & R&B. Probably the first time I saw Trentemøller play in London when I was a teenager. What was the first dance music show that really blew your mind? London, particularly Kilburn/Camden, definitely played a big part in shaping me and my music.ġ1. I was always meeting other artists, collaborating with rappers and singers from as young as 15.
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There was always so much going on creatively in my area, and having regular free access to community groups and charity-based music studios played a vital role in my teen years. What’s distinctive about the place you grew up, and how did it shape you? Top three is difficult as that can totally change depending on my mood and depending on what kind style of hip-hop! But, right now I’d say Jean Grae, Attack of the Attacking Things, GZA & RZA, Liquid Swords and Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.ġ0. You’ve said that your first musical love is hip-hop. What’s a song you’re obsessed with right now?ĩ. It was definitely a nice feeling not worrying about rent and bills for the first time!ħ. Well…I started paying off my debts before I made any big purchases. What’s the first thing you bought for yourself when you started making money as a DJ? The Orb, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.Ħ. If you had to recommend one album for someone looking to get into dance music, what would you give them? I used to play my music to everyone and always got a really good response from friends and peers, which I guess massively encouraged me to carry on and take it further.ĥ. A lot of it was just guitar and drum loops that I would record and then my friends and I would rap and sing over them. I don’t quite remember what my first ever track was as there were so many bits and pieces I put together when I was first learning to make music. What was the first song you ever made? Did you play it for anyone and if so, what was the reaction? I know if my mum was still here today she’d be even prouder and my dad is still always the first to be asking for my new releasesĢ0 Questions With Pete Tong: The Dance Icon on Chilling Out, Finding Hits & Why DJs Need to Become…Ĥ.
Being huge music lovers, they were both always so proud and supportive of what I did. My dad was, and still is, a graphic designer/visual artist and my mum was full time mum for a while but then went on to being a special needs assistant at my old primary school. What did your parents do for a living when you were a kid, and what do they think of what you do for a living now? I persistently asked my parents for the track, luckily they knew what it was and bought the 7” so I would finally shut up about it! It was SL2, “ On A Ragga Tip.”ģ. I think I was five and heard this track at the fairground by our house playing on one of the rides. I remember the first record I ever asked my parents to buy me. What is the first album or piece of music you bought for yourselves, and what was the medium? Right now, I’m in the Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 lounge, eating a Pret sandwich. Where are you in the world right now, and what’s the setting like? Here, Coles discusses growing up in London, her career high points, her current hair color and more.ġ. Paak & the Free Nationals, Sofi Tukker, Kaytranada, Q-Tip and Mark Ronson and more. This weekend, Coles plays the 4xFAR Festival in Coachella Valley, California, on a lineup that also includes Anderson. In November, Coles released her second Nocturnal Sunshine LP, Full Circle, with sets in Ibiza and across Europe also populating her recent schedule.
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