Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Mr Beatnick. I make sounds.

Where are you currently based?
London, United Kingdom.

When did you first get involved with music and what were you doing?
Hmm thats a tough one. I guess I would have to say my dad playing Blackbird by The Beatles, whilst I was sleeping in my cot. I have murky recollections of those days of course but for some reason, Blackbird always makes me react like pavlovs dog, hungry for a teet. (The Dick Hyman version makes me feel ill though, in a good way.) My dad used to play a lot of Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant too. And Yes, and Sky for a treat if we were all well behaved. And Lindisfarne.

How has the music industry changed since you first got involved? In your opinion, has the online revolution has a positive effect on what you do and the music industry?
The online thing is pretty cool, i preferred it before, bumping into people in places, having to agree to meet at a certain place at a certain time before there were even mobile phones. It made connecting with people feel more important and predestined, it made “underground” seem, well actually that way. Whereas nowadays we all know instantly when something great emerges and what it is. And we debate what new movements are called or what old strains are being combined. And we LOL incessantly, although we clearly don’t, laughing that you’d probably die. It’s strange how rude we are to strangers on the internet without knowing them, specially in those debates on bulletin boards. Postmodernism eats itself, whereas pop once was going to. Hmm fuck the internet lets switch it off and go back to square one and not have this conversation. See what i mean?

Do you find there to be a prejudice against DJ’s who use MP3′s and is software like Ableton Live bridging the gap?
Yes, its a terrible prejudice to have and i have it, its a bit like dj racism and i feel like an ex KKK member. Although i say that but I am mellowing in my old age, thank god. I used to think it was all shite, nowadays I’ve heard and met people who have mastered it. Sadly it is officially the choice of the most terrible djs in the world, like listening to the very worst of an ipod on rabid shuttle mode with a mdma’d up lunatic spinning the tiny wheel. But the real truth is the few geniuses who go on to master these tools are maybe the best djs of all. End of the day, if the music choice is on point and it sounds ok, the dj is doing their job. Those guys can carry, select and play way more music in an evening so there is real power there. I prefer records probably because i don’t know how to do otherwise.

What can we expect form MR BeatNick in 2010?
Well we’re in July, erm not a whole lot. I am remixing Architeq on Tirk records and have a new 12″ coming on Don’t Be Afraid. I’m making a new vanity record label as well for some fun little stuff. 2011 should be a bit more active, there are some things afoot.

If your career in music was to end tomorrow, what would you do instead?
Fishing, cycling, reading a book, watch David Cronenberg’s entire filmography. Study physics, become a matador. Have children, watch them grow old and have children, teach their children to become matadors, teach them physics and show them David Cronenberg’s entire filmography. Sleep like a lamb under the stars in a tent. Think up ways to destroy civilisation, whilst also thinking of ways to improve civilisation. Begin collecting vintage porn.

Who should we be watching in 2010?
Not the television. You should be watching a fish tank full of piranhas. Artists to check out – i recommend Throwing Snow, Pedestrian, Oriol, new Ahu 12″ on One Handed, Svetlana Industries, 8bitch. Bullion hopefully should make a record at some point, he hasn’t put one out in ages.

And finally, please complete the following sentence…
GET SOME… free beats by me here – Loose Joints 2000 – 2010 – its a bootleg anthology of my old tunes!

Heres the link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/02w8j3

Tracklist
1. A Tribute To Diamond D
2. Arthur Verocai Reconstruction
3. Beats And The Beauty
4. Dancing On Ice
5. Disco Round
6. Daytime TV
7. Fallin Apples
8. First Newborn
9. Fog On The Runway Instrumental
10. Fog On The Runway Vocal feat Hey Zeus
11. Green Is The Colour Of Hope feat. Fatima
12. Groundhog Day
13. Hundred Strong feat Amp Fiddler – Stylin Free (Mr Beatnick remix)
14. I Miss Weldon
15. Semtek – Idiotopolis (Mr Beatnick Remix)
16. Let Me Tell You (Smiling Faces)
17. Me And My Angels
18. Parting The Red Sea
19. Phat Kat – Lovely – (Mr Beatnick Re-edit)
20. Reflections
21. Spaceball Kats Drowning In The Sky
22. Sun Is Rising
23. Syrkles
24. Turkish Delight
25. The Galaxy Is Endless
26. Terror Danjah – Air Bubbles – (Mr Beatnick refix)
27. Vero 1
28. Marvin Gaye – Whats Going On – Mr Beatnick Reconstruction
29. Jungle Drums feat Ahu – Walk – Mr Beatnick Concrete Remix
30. Wotchagonnado

The Guardian have said it is more addictive than Eastenders and after a few days of listening / watching him in his Liverpool home, I am HOOKED! Wiley is either insane or a genius, don’t know which it is but it’s TV gold. We love Wiley, end of.

Check it out: http://w9.ustream.tv/channel/the-wiley-elusive-show

Katy B has taken the UK by storm with her new release, ‘Louder‘, so it is only fair that we say well done to Katy, Geeneus and the whole Rinse family, you SMASHED IT! I like ‘Louder’ as a track, not so keen on the Roska remix, but it is the flip side to this record that does it for me ‘Katy On A Mission‘ (as posted by J Money in July) but the strongest of the Katy B arsenal has to be the Geeneus record, ‘As I‘. Big riddim last year, still one of the strongest funky records about in my opinion. You have probably heard all of these tunes before (definitely in fact) but I personally wanted to pay my respects to the people we have watched come up finally blow! BIG UP.

The outstanding Pariah has followed up his debut single with a double vinyl EP entitled Safehouses on R&S Records. You can listen to a twelve minute preview mix of the tracks over on his myspace. Here is one track, Slump, featured on MAH’s Radio 1 show. Say No More.

Now this is a distinctive track if ever there were one. I’m not too hot about the vocal version but the dub totally sums up the direction in some early house productions that spawned the garage sound. You gotta love those spooky synths and swinging drums. It was produced by a chap named Miles Morgan who also had some success in the early 90′s with his efforts under the Mount Rushmore moniker. Check it, it’s worth a bump.

New Unreleased Roska download here, PLAY GAMEZ! Enjoy…

Roska – Play Gamez by fabric

Adam over at Things I’ve Seen asked us to do a little interview, and we think it came out alright! You can read / listen here: GET SOME DROP THE TRUTH. Cheers Adam.

OUZO @ RESET 4 – CARNIVAL SPECIAL (28 08 2010) by OUZO

Manchester MC, Skittles looks to build on his début album Two Pints of Brandy and a Packet of Skittles with his follow up effort Poor With £100 Trainers and has released this free EP to get the buzz going. His strength is painting a picture with words and that’s why I think his style works better over hip hop than dubstep, which gives him a platform to flow over without drowning out what he’s saying. Definitely worth a listen.

Not a lot needs to be said about this really, two legends in the UK dance scene have teamed up in Wiley and MJ Cole and here is a clip of their work, a VERY good look if you ask me. Check it out.

PEACE&OUZO

From the Drop – WIley and MJ Cole [clip] by MJ Cole

With over 75,000 plays in under 12 hours (and counting) this is something worthy of a listen. It’s trippy. Quiet beautiful and apparently it’s Justin Beiber at negative warp speed. That’s right. According to the label it’s the teeny boppers track “U Smile” slowed down by 800% to an epic 35 minute Sigur Ros-esque soundscape. You have to sample it to get the full effect of the hype.

J. BIEBZ – U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis