Knowing Is Half The Battle :: Starkey

I found Starkey threw Drop the Lime and Trouble and Bass. After checking out the remix he did of "Wamp,Wamp" I knew that I had to get ahold of this guy...He and his guys are wrecking things right now.

Seclusiasis Crew makes music aimed directly at the dancefloor while incorperating some more left field influences like dubstep, ghettotech, baltimore club, break core, grime, and dnb, just to name a few.

I recenctly had the chance to do a little Q&A with dude and this is what he had to say about Philly, NYC, Bass music, and the sounds he's currently working....

WHO ARE YOU AND WHO IS IN YOUR CREW?
I'm Starkey from Philly. I'm part of the Seclusiasis (www.seclusiasis.com) crew headed up by Dev79. Arkive, Generic Man, Stumble and Saint B are also part of the crew. I'm also a part of NYC's Trouble and Bass crew with Drop the Lime, Mathhead, Zach Shadetek and Star Eyes.

WHAT'S POPPIN IN PHILLY RIGHT NOW?
Philly's a rough town, you really have to promo your ass off to make anything happen. The night I'm focusing on right now is called "Open Fire". We play a mix of street bass urban underground sounds: dubstep, grime, electro, hiphop, bmore.... just street bass. I'm also involved with the underground electronic scene here, but there's no regular nights going on currently.

WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON?
Starkey is my main thing.... really trying to make dj friendlier music right now, while still keeping it a bit leftfield. Really into what's going on in the dubstep scene right now, as well as France's electro scene. So my music is definitely focused in that direction. But we've now got this street bass thing brewing in philly which is really our own club music. I guess it's like a philly-centric take on the current club sound.

I also do concert music under my real name, Paul J. Geissinger, which has been occupying much of my time lately. I'm currently working on a couple of pieces. It's also no longer a secret that I'm doing electro-like/4x4 stuff under the name MOVES!!!. There should be a MOVES!!! remix coming out on a single for Metropolis Records' Cesium 137 when their new record drops later this year. I also did a group called Aunt Jessica for a while, we are one of the groups launching Ropeadope's new digital label on February 6th. We've got a full-length called "Knowing Someone's There". It's a bit older... more downtempo, singer/songwriter type electronica with 2 vocalists (1 male, 1 female).

WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 RECORDS YOU ARE PLAYING/ LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Wow...that's hard. Right now, my top 5 tracks/record I'm playing would probably be.... (in no particular order)

Trouble & Bass "Bass Bandits EP" (flamin hotz)
Radioclit "Mature Macho Machine EP" (counterfeet)
Loefah "Voodoo" (six6six)
Mrk1 "Copyright Laws" (planet mu)
Para One "Dudun-dun" remix 12" (institubes)

WHAT DO YOU HAVE LINED UP FOR THIS YEAR?
1-Sided 12" of my track "Dementia" on LoDubs, should be out by March.

My track "Instant Response" is going to be on the Trouble & Bass "Turbo Charged EP" which will be available digitally.

I've got a remix on Cardopusher's "Down to the Wire EP" which should be out this summer on Terminal Dusk -- "Knock Yuh Out (Starkey Left Hook Mix)"

I'm doing a remix for Nonclassical 3 of Gabriel Prokofiev's "String Quartet 2" performed by the Elysian Quartet. That will be available on CD and digitally.

I'm also doing a 12" for Terminal Dusk which should be out late in 2007.

+ the label I co-own with Dev79 & El Carnicero Slit Jockey Records, will be dropping some stuff in 2007 as well.

WHERE CAN WE PURCHASE YOUR MUSIC?
Forced Exposure (US), Boomkat (UK), Slit Jockey Records (US), Seclusiasis.com (US), Switchrec (France) + other random spots

additional links:
Starkey-Music
MOVES!!!
Seclusiasis

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