Hotly tipped London producer Duke Dumont, who won Diesel Music's Award for Best UK
Electronic act at a plush ceremony in Shoreditch Town Hall last week, chatted to
Skrufff this week and revealed he remains outraged at the reaction his victory
performance provoked.
"It seems as though the mainstream music media are having a field day ripping me
apart at the moment, after the Diesel show because I wore a 17 century costume and a
wig, and the sound engineers screwed up my show," Duke told Skrufff.
"And to quote the Sun, "if this is the state of unsigned music, then the future
isn't bright"; what a bunch of c+nts," he raged.
The 24 year old Londoner had to reboot his computer for 2 minutes after sound
engineers turned off his equipment without telling him before he walked on stage,
then play without working monitors, though was still selected as the winner by
judges including Mylo and 2 Many DJs.
In a follow up email, the clearly still cross Brit said he's seriously contemplating
refusing to talk to the mainstream media 'because I'm not trying to convert
middleclass housewives into dance music' though admitted his own class-consciousness
is sometimes ambiguous.
"When I'm around people who I feel are middleclass for some reason, I act like I am
proud to be working class, but when I am with people who I think are working class,
I tend to act all middle-class," he confessed.
"I think the term is "working class snob", and almost serves as an analogy to my
Duke alter-ego," he laughed.
The ultra-talented Londoner (real name Adam Dwyer) made his first production just
seven months ago, delivering the standout mix on Mekon's already excellent thumping
electro-growler Yes Yes Y'all and more recently remixed Missy Elliot's We Run This,
though is most excited about his own as yet untitled debut release.
"I played a sneak preview of one of the songs last week at a gig for the first time,
and the reaction was massive...this is a bold claim, but that particular song in
question possibly has the biggest bassline since Oizo's-Flat Eric," he laughed.
Mekon's Yes Yes Y'all featuring Roxanne Shante (including remixes by Duke as well as
the Glimmers) is out shortly on Wall Of Sound (and is highly recommended).
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