ONEUPMANSHIP has been lucky enough to bag an interview with up&coming DJ and Producer - Oli Rodigan a.k.a Cadenza
So Oli, first off, tell us about your music and what makes you tick
Well...the dubstep thing for me is a recent development, its not how i got into production at all, i used to chop and sample old soul records from my dad's studio
I have been reading up on you, and i see you started DJing aged 15, that's fairly remarkable, i know most of my mates didn't have the faintest clue about electronic music at that age!
Ha! nah i didn't DJ until i was 18 - i started producing when i was 15
Ah..my bad... still impressive though. The first album that got me interested in electronic music was 'DecksandDrumsandRockandRoll' - Propellerheads, was there a particular song/album/moment for you?
Hmmm...I have never been asked that so i don't really have an answer. My bro was into D&B so he used to play me tunes.
'Barcelona' - DKay & Epsilon was a memorable one
You developed your technique in the nightclubs of London, but right now you are cutting swathes through Edinburgh…how are they liking your noise, hows the scene up there?
When i came up here, i teamed up with a few promotion companies to kick start things. We hosted a night with
Shy FX,
Breakage &
Trolley Snatcha, then
TC and
Jakwob - we had booked
Joker but (unfortunately) he had to be cancelled, instead we have plans to do a
Dub Police Takeover sometime in the coming year!
The Edinburgh scene is quiet compared to Leeds and Manchester etc..., but the Scots like our nights and they really dig some of my first bits of dubstep, this remix i did of
'We Come 1' - Faithless goes off every time.
That's a pretty impressive roll call, are you maintaining contact with any of these artists...is there any interest in reworking Cadenza tracks?
There was some talk of VIP reworks here and there, but nothing came thru in the end, but i should be doing a guest mix for Digital Soundboy on Rinse FM very soon
So tell us about your forthcoming releases...and your relationship with Headlock records
They are bringing out my debut record - i believe its gonna be an AA side
A. Goons and Roses (95% sure)
AA. Either one of my tunes, or one by another artist, but it probs wont be a 140bpm track
Headlock is run by Rob Ayton and my brother Dasha, who are also part of a 4 man reggae soundsystem by the name of
Extra Stout
Are there any plans to re-release some of your old material through Headlock?
Some of the Dubstep i put into the Blogosphere i imagine has been snapped up, so no point in releasing that, but i do want to release more of the Hip Hop instrumentals i make..
Thanks to Cadenza for taking the time to give us an interview, his debut record HLD002 will finished by the end of the month, and will be available at all good London record stores (BM Soho etc...)
Before i sign off i would like to draw attention to some of the musical finery he sent over -
Ain't Nobody (Cadenza Remix) - Chaka Khan (320 kbps) - its a winning formula - pleasant female vocals with a murky undertone...good job
Stranded - Cadenza (320 kbps) - I really really enjoyed this track oddly uplifting, straight out of science fiction - if Doctor Who did dubstep, it would sound like this!
