
Topaz Jones “Toothache”
Mayer Hawthorne “Henny & Gingerale”Roc Marciano “Power”
Noname “Don’t Forget About Me”
Kadhja Bonet “Mother Maybe”
Mr Twin Sister “Echo Arms”
Melat & Jansport J “Push”
Asal Hazel “UTMT”
Like “Graceful”
Benny Sings “Passionfruit” / Beat Tape
What’s your favourite tv show, film, audio book or other reel based media right now and why?
Boots Riley’s “Sorry To Bother You!”
I don’t know where to start. It confronts you with so much relating to modern day society and capitalism and sort of wipes the sleep from your eyes, just like The Coup’s music.
Same as above but of all time and why?
I watch quite a lot of films and there are a ton I love. But if I have to narrow it down I’d say my all-time favourites are :
Ghost Dog : The Way of the Samurai by Jim Jarmusch – this film gets me so high every time I watch it. So cool and so funny. I love all the characters and all the samurai philosophy peppered throughout the story. Then RZA’s soundtrack is the cherry on top.
Dr. Zhivago by David Lean – epic in every way. Lara is my favourite heroine and “Lara’s Theme,” composed by Maurice Jarre, is too beautiful.
Blade Runner by Ridley Scott – another sublime soundtrack, this time by Vangelis (“Memories of Green,” oh my!). At the risk of sounding pretentious, to me this film just perfectly captures what it is to be human, and in such a cool beautiful way. Objectively I think it is the greatest film ever made.
Is there any skate-based art, music or film or brand that you like and want to mention?
Yeah, shout out Odilon the skate shop around the corner from my studio! They’re next to my favourite bakery and always have dope beats playing out. The smell of fresh bread mixed with Premo on blast is like heaven.
What do you think about the No Comply Network since you’ve been a member?
I’m a big fan of No Comply and am bummed I’ve not been able to make any of the events yet…
No Comply is like a nifty little rolodex of sound creative folks.
Any plans for the future or projects you’re working on that you want people out there to know about?
Earlier this year I shot and edited my first narrative short film, which I’m currently submitting to competitions and festivals.
It’s called MoMA with Mami and I originally wrote it as a short story. It’s pretty close to my heart. I’m excited to hopefully get it out there and start working on the next! I have a couple of scripts ready, and am also writing my first novella.
Other than that a few DJ gigs lined up in Paris – playing at Le Mansart (which is always fun) this Friday 14th December, and Le Tres Particulier (which is always sexy and chic) on New Year’s Eve!