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It’s created out of that and my getting lost in the excitement of sampling.ĭo you read reviews of your work-and how does criticism affect you? So was really just born out of the routine of hanging out after raves and listening to these loops. It wasn’t really a thing because raving culture was just in its infancy. And that was all part of the early rave days so chill out had only really just started to surface. I used to just put lots of loops together on cassette and we used to listen to these cassettes after we DJed at raves when my friends and I were hanging out at the after-hours. I was listening to the KLF Chill Out album while tripping on acid (which I’m still blown away by, not just because I was tripping!) and it just gave me the idea to make a hip-hop chill-out album that would be a trip and journey. How did you make Smokers Delight? Absolute classic “I was listening to the KLF Chill Out album while tripping on acid (which I’m still blown away by, not just because I was tripping) and it just gave me the idea to make a hip-hop chill-out album that would be a trip and journey.” And there were live musicians including bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards, all recorded on a reel to reel tape machine. And a lot of the sample sounds that we used on that record were created by me and Robin Taylor-Firth, my keyboard player at the time, which were actual real samples of string sections, etc. I used an Akai S1000 sampler, a bunch of samples, a bunch of records. What gear did you produce Carboot Soul with? But yeah, I always sample first and clear after. Quincy Jones is a massive mentor and big part of my life.
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So with Smokers Delight, and “Nights Introlude,” we had to clear the sample and I remember Steve or Rob from Warp actually saying, “So look, the publisher is saying that they need to know why you wanted to sample “Summer in the City,” Quincy wants to find out why you want to sample it.” So I literally had to write a two-page letter to Quincy Jones to get the sample cleared. That’s a funny one because with A Word of Science we didn’t clear any samples. Did you talk to him first or did you produce the song before talking to him? I want to know about your approach with Quincy Jones for the fantastic “Nights Interlude” and how it worked out. In support of the album, Evelyn has read all the questions you submitted and answered his favourite ones.
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The LP includes the shamanistic vocals of recent single “ Back To Nature,” and in particular the arresting voices of Mozez alongside Kanye West collaborator Allan Kingdom, as featured on the brand new cut “ Citizen Kane.” His most recent release, Shape the Future, NOW’s long-anticipated return-an eighth full-length-landed last week, and is said to capture the marriage of soul, hip-hop, dub, and timeless club sounds that N.O.W. It was followed by 1999’s Carboot Soul, which saw Evelyn incorporate more live musicians, and there have since been various EPs and four more LPs-the last of which had landed in 2013 in the shape of Feelin’ Good. As one person comments on Discogs: “He’s delivering one masterpiece after another.” Smokers Delight landed in 1995, thrusting him into the limelight and establishing N.O.W’s work on the other side of the Atlantic. Under Evelyn’s guidance, Nightmares on Wax has gone on to become one of the most iconic names on Warp’s roster-releasing some of the finest downtempo, trip-hop material of the last few decades. The 11-track release followed “ Aftermath,” an iconic British chart hit, and was lauded for its blend of hip-hop, soul, and funk.
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Having seen Halnon remove himself from the project, Harper and Evelyn went on to release their first album, 1991’s A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter, via Warp Records. Iconic Warp mainstay George “DJ E.A.S.E.” Evelyn (a.k.a Nightmares on Wax) has answered your questions this month.Įvelyn, who originates from Leeds, England, formed the N.O.W project in 1988 alongside John Halnon and Kevin “Boywonder” Harper.