GOTH-TRAD
Interview by D-Program
You’ve done so much in dubstep already, traveling world, doing remixes for Distance and Skream… Do you feel successful as an artist?
No. (long pause). I don’t think so. I’ve done so many kinds of music. Now I am doing dubstep, but dubstep is something that you draw from those other influences. I am passing through this phase in music right now. The fun thing about dubstep is, the connection sideways is really strong.
What do you mean by the connection sideways?
I mean like the artists in each scene. It doesn’t matter what age you are. It doesn’t matter who you are. You are all somehow connected by dubstep as artists. Like digital magnetics. Even for a teenager who just started to make dubstep, there is no hierarchy. Every relationship is parallel or on the same level. It is so amazing because it so global. I think this level playing field is what makes dubstep so interesting. I am expecting that something will be born from this, something more, something better. That is the fun part about dubstep. I think that everyone is looking at something down the road, into the future. Everyone is wondering where it will go and what will come of it. Looking at good dubstep producers, I don’t think they are trying to make dubstep. They are already looking beyond this, and trying to make something new. They are thinking on another level. That’s the fun part!
Besides, I don’t really understand what success means in music. I am satisfied with music, but I don’t feel as though I have “succeeded” at anything. I don’t really understand success under those terms. You have to be hungry as a musician. You have to experiment, you have to develop, you have to move forward, but you have to be hungry. That is how it is supposed to be. I won’t say that I haven’t been successful but I will say that I want to be better than this. I enjoy the expectation of it. You must develop as an artist. Everyone is expecting this from you.
