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Studio Talk with Organ Donors Reported by Tom Cypher / Submitted 06-06-11 20:56 The harder edge double act Organ Donors (http://www.organdonors.dj), have fast become the most prominent force in the UK harder music scene. From their glory days on Nukleuz Records writing some of the biggest anthems of that era, including '99.9' & '4 Tribes', to 'Tear Drop', 'Super Mario' & 'Turntablism' on Tidy Trax, to modern day marvels such as 'moogerfoogin' and 'Throw A Diva', to now remixing on the biggest trance labels in the World, Armada & Reset! No other UK harder act boasts such modern musical credentials and this is why the Organ Donors are now the hottest property hailing from the UK! Can we start with a bit of background about you and how Organ Donors came to be? When we were 13 our mum bought us some disco lights & portable HiFi and we took our first show on the road doing youth clubs & ice cream & jelly parties, it was really from here our future was set in motion, moving one step further each year to take this passion for music into a full professional career. Kutski’s has some nice things to say about you both, with regard to raising the bar in the scene. Do you feel more pressure with statements like that? It's a great honour to have comments made about us like this, in the past it has been difficult for us to achieve the high standards we set for ourselves in the studio, we always wanted the highest professional results, but unfortunately lacked the professional skills, we had to work so hard to yield good results, consequently scrapping a lot of material that wasn't up to par and generally getting frustrated a lot of the time, today however after many years hard graft we feel we are in a whole new place with our production skills, it seems the only thing holding us back today is the lack of time. How would you say your sound has changed & do you still call your music hard dance? Hmmm, what is hard dance? it's dance music on the harder side I think, we have always been into & drawn to the harder side of dance music since we got into the scene, so yes our music definitely is hard dance, and no matter where we lay our hand, our music will have that tough pumping hard edge to it! We just wanted to try new sounds & ideas to move things forward and offer up something fresh, a lot of dance music still sounds like it could have been made 8 years ago, still using the same arrangements, sounds & techniques. Maybe new clubbers just getting into the scene don’t notice, but when you have spent the best part of 10 years sat in a studio making music, for us anyway, there is a need to progress the music and try new fresh things, evolving the music and in return stimulating the scene. It’s fair to say, you have a lot of influence in the scene, but who and what influences your music? We have always been into everything music wise, literally all forms of music, I’m sure everyone agrees that a good tune is a good tune, no matter what style it is, I think in today's scene, especially in dance music, that this approach to music tastes has never been so apparent - everyone is into a bit of everything - and that’s why our new music policy seems to be going down so well. If we are into all forms of dance music, then why not take inspiration from all forms of dance music and mash that shit up! Congratulations on your sample pack for Loopmasters. How did it come about? Loopmaster is at the forefront of musical trends, and with our new Hard Edge sound beginning to take hold in the dance scene it seemed fitting for them to make us an offer. Originally we were quite protective of the sound we had created, but as we started receiving more & more tracks from fellow producers taking influences from our music we realised it was an unstoppable force, and embracing it was the only way forward. Being a producer is one thing, but to be a producer who influences others is a rare achievement and a great honour for us, after 15 years trying to make our mark it’s something we are very humbled over. Were you scared to let some of your samples go? Did you hold any back for yourselves? We are hearing more & more tunes with influences & ideas taken from our songs, and to think that our music is inspiring other producers is the highest possible compliment & accolade! We are on a mission to shake up & change the face of hard dance music so we welcome anyone who shares this same passion. Do you get to spend as much time in the studio as you would like? What are you guys working on at the moment? No there can never be enough time. In the past before the high workload of the modern DJ we would spend five 7 to 14 hour days in the studio working only on our productions, but today you have to balance your time between many different fields, from podcasts, online PR, organising press, liaising with management, carefully balancing a well-oiled machine of which has come together from a lifetime in dance music. We are getting a lot of remix & track requests at the moment from artists like Lange, Randy Katana, Gary McGuire & Simon Patterson - we are snowed under & loving it! What’s the biggest technological change in you studio from when you started out? We started in the early midi & analogue era when it was very difficult & expensive to get a studio up & running, we had an Atari ST computer with Qbase first revision, our samplers were the size of VHS players and could only return 4 mono samples at a time, you would need racks & racks of equipment to achieve the most basic of music composition! We would tweak & build our tracks up on 64 channels of analogue mixing desk and master to DAT machine. There was no automation or recall of parameters, if you ever had to come back to a track after starting a new project, you could never ever get it sounding the same! With today's modern computer power your entire studio can reside inside the computer and you can total recall any project no matter how complicated with a click of the mouse! What plugins do you find yourself going back to time and time again? The standard Logic Audio plugins are fantastic, really CPU friendly and can achieve great results, the Logic Compressor side-chain is obviously a favourite and the reverbs are very creative. Festival season is almost upon us, are you going to / playing @ any? Which are your favourites? We are doing a lot of good festivals this summer, Dance Valley, Creamfields, Escape in the Park, Summit Festival, Defqon and Northern Lights Festival and it’s difficult to pick a favourite. What’s left in store for 2011? Our Audio Surgery Event has really kicked off, launching the event brand was a natural progression for us after spending so many years on the DJ circuit, we look to bigger & bolder ventures this year with the next event being held at the prestigious Opera House in our home town of Bournemouth, also our 3rd artist album is on the horizon and will be called Ultrasounds. Forthcoming remixes for Lange, Randy Kattana & working on a new production for Simon Patterson’s new label, and we have some monster hard edge releases set for our Audio Surgery label before the year is out. Anything else you’d like to add / promote? Peace, love & please visit our new website www.organdonors.dj Future Hard Dance Vol.1 is out now, for more info head to: http://www.loopmasters.com/product/details/835/Organ_Donors_-_Future_Hard_Dance Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By Tom Cypher: Perfect Stranger Takes a Leap of Faith With His New Album Marco Scherer's Patchwork 17 Lee Mortimer goes Loopy. My Digital Enemy Essential Hardcore with Sy & Unknown The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments:

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