THAT man
Jacksonville might as well take up residence
on this site. He is without doubt one of the most
played producers round these parts and if not extolling the virtues of a
new release, then you can often find us waxing
lyrical over a remix he’s knocked out or pining for more material from the
Edinburgh-based artist.
Apart
from genuinely being one of our favourite deep
house dons, he’s also a friend of ours and a top lad too. So what has
the man known also as Chris Lyth been up to this time?
Doing what he probably does best and that’s putting together a brand spanking
new set, this time for a live show in his hometown.
Bringdownthewalls caught up with Lyth for a wee word about
preparations for Animal Hospital at La Belle Angèle
in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town this Friday [November 27th].
How is work on the new live set coming along then
Chris?
Yeah, it's coming
along great thanks. I’m almost deaf from rinsing out the monitors all weekend.
It’s all good fun, plus having a deadline is a great motivator to work my arse
off.
Is it a difficult process putting it together?
I’d be lying if I
said it was easy. It’s a fair undertaking to write an hour of music that is
club focused and engineer it to sound good on a club system, all using fairly
limited tools. I like to build scaffolding that gives me lots of room to move
about and respond to the crowd dynamic.
Your live set in Zurich [check it out at the bottom of this post] from a couple of years back stills
sounds fresh as a daisy. The gig you did earlier this year in Geneva was ace
too. So what can those coming along to the gig this Friday expect from the new
live set?
Cheers, yeah both
of those sets were good fun. Every set is different and I’ve never played the
same set twice. The one I’m working on at the moment is a fair bit techier than
the Zurich one. I’ll still keep plenty of groove and atmosphere in there, but
the whole thing is a lot punchier.
Another producer asked
me a few days ago if I change the style of my set when I play abroad. I’d say I
pretty much stick to my guns. There’s no Tower of Babel-esque confusion of
tongues with house and techno. The 808 always translates.
Is any of the set likely to find a release?
Every time I write
a live set I tend to find something that makes it to plastic. It’s a great
place to find out if an arrangement works in a club environment. Both Tokyo [Atmospheric
Existence] and Seberg [Inner Shift] came from parts of my live set.
So how did the La Belle Angèle
gig come about and what do you know about the night there?
It’s with the guys at Animal Hospital [check it here]. I headlined at their New
Year’s Eve party at Studio 24 a couple of years ago, which was an amazing
night. They have just moved to La Belle Angèle, which recently
re-opened after being burned down about 10 years ago. They’re really meticulous
about the way they organise their events and always get in a great crowd.
And what’s forthcoming for Jacksonville?
More live sets and
some 12s in the New Year. I’m also hatching plans to put out a few EPs on a new
label of my own. I’ve got an interesting concept in mind so all being well that
will drop soon.
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