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My Nu Leng on bigging up Bristol and playing before EZ at this year's EE
Drum and Bass | Thursday 20th August 2015 | Osh
The Bristol-based bass duo have become a core part of the Black Butter family, releasing a series of rolling remixes as well as bangers of their own. They’ve toured the world over and have been a fixture on the festival circuit this summer. We grabbed Tommy for a chat before their set ahead of DJ EZ on the Black Butter stage at EE to find out why next year is the one for My Nu Leng.
Ok what’s happening? Here at Eastern Electrics 2015, hanging out with My Nu Leng, what’s going on boss? You good?
Yeah, sweet as mate, sweet as.
You’re up next is that right?
Yeah, yeah. Just got here and had a look at the stage, it’s looking pretty naughty.
Vibes looking quite good round here right?
Yeah it looks like everyone’s having fun, I’ve had a quick look about the whole rest of the festival and it looks pretty decent.
Could you sum it up in a couple of words, what you’ve seen out there?
I don’t know, it’s quite intimate to be honest, it’s smaller than a lot of festivals that I’ve done so far but it looks like they’re kinda compressing the fun, you know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah it’s tight, it’s niche too. You’ve been doing some big places, have you got any highlights of the stuff you’ve been doing recently?
Yeah played a lot of fun stuff lately, Glastonbury was obviously sick, Ibiza last week, yeah it’s been quite a bubble.
Would you say that this is your year right now?
Nah next year. It’s been a good year but not our year. We’re working on that.
So you recently hooked up with Chase & Status is that right? What’s going on?
Yeah we put our latest release on their label MTA. It was a big thing for us, we’ve looked up to them for years when we we’re growing up, drum and bass DJs and that, so it was an absolute honour to release on their label.
Nice. Has drum and bass got an influence on the horizon then?
Yeah massive. Everything we’ve ever done has been like so hugely influenced by it because obviously we grew up doing rubbish little pirate radios and collecting vinyl and playing jump up house parties and stuff, so it’s inbuilt in us. We try and make what we feel is like drum and bass-y but slower if you know what I mean.
So next year is gonna be your year, what have you got lined up for that?
We’re keeping it under wraps at the moment but we’re going a bit more song-y, so we’re not just gonna release banger after banger, we’re gonna release songs [laughs]. We’re working with sick vocalists, we’re releasing on an amazing label, obviously we’re still gonna make the bangers but we’re looking to go more to our roots like listening to Massive Attack and Portishead and things like that, and make songs.
I’m flipping it out there now but what do you think will be your ultimate achievement in life? What are you going for?
I don’t know, I just wanna release a sick album at one point. At the moment we’ve just put out EPs and it would be nice to have an album that’s like timeless.
Like Massive Attack? Number one?
Not even number one but it just has that vibe to it where like years down the line you can listen to it and go “rah, that’s sick!”, that kind of thing.
Like Roni Size? I’m just saying Bristol has got this thing popping off and there’s seminal albums coming from the area.
Yeah the culture behind Bristol and the whole background, there’s so many sick people that have come from there. The music scene there is so nice, it’s a community, you’ll go on a night out and you’ll see people that make completely different music but you all come together as a community, so it’s amazing.
You still living up there?
Yeah man, I moved there a couple of years ago, just to get away from London really and it’s so much nicer.
And you’re from London?
I’m from Kent but then I lived in London, and then I lived in Bristol.
Next year’s gonna be Ibiza right?
[laughs] I don’t think I could handle it, there’s too many vests and that.
Yeah a long stint in Ibiza is hard for anyone right?
Yeah, literally I barely last two days and I’m like “I need to go home”, I can’t handle it.
So you’re about to play, what’s the vibe?
I’m just gonna go in man. I’m playing before EZ, and from experience it’s a lot easier than playing after him [laughs].
That happened before?
I’ve played after him before and I’ve played before him before, and after is definitely worse.
That’s hard for any DJ, any of my favourite DJs would have a hard time playing after EZ!
Yeah but I’m gonna have a little fun and play some bangers.
Thank you for you time, I look forward to seeing you on the road. Watch out next year, My Nu Leng!
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