Well, it’s like… my beat patterns always come from myself, but I do listen to the old tracks and I do try to take those old patterns into a different place. But just so you understand this: It is not copycatting to take those ideas and go somewhere else with them. It comes from this whole jack thing, spelled j-a-c-k. It’s an idea that’s made from the house music concept, but not in a way to rehash what we already know. And the thing is it’s not like I’ve been producing for like 20 years. I started in 2000, and I’ll be completely honest with you—I’m not a pro. But I do know enough to know what I don’t want things to sound like.
Overproduced?
Yes, and you get a thousand claps for that. I’m not sure how to say this, but… I’m taking from inside of the machine, and working from the inside backwards. I don’t know if you know what I mean. But I’m not going by the laws of physical gravity. I’m going by the alternative.
More from that last XLR8R interview:
Do people need to hear some of the past again?
Well, it’s like… my beat patterns always come from myself, but I do listen to the old tracks and I do try to take those old patterns into a different place. But just so you understand this: It is not copycatting to take those ideas and go somewhere else with them. It comes from this whole jack thing, spelled j-a-c-k. It’s an idea that’s made from the house music concept, but not in a way to rehash what we already know. And the thing is it’s not like I’ve been producing for like 20 years. I started in 2000, and I’ll be completely honest with you—I’m not a pro. But I do know enough to know what I don’t want things to sound like.
Overproduced?
Yes, and you get a thousand claps for that. I’m not sure how to say this, but… I’m taking from inside of the machine, and working from the inside backwards. I don’t know if you know what I mean. But I’m not going by the laws of physical gravity. I’m going by the alternative.