techno and I actually used to listen to that when I was in high school and I was like ‘man what’s playing?’ and he got really excited because it was actually his own beats,” Dubs begins.“They were pretty hectic, headache inducing beats and he said ‘have a beer’ and it was that Fucking Hell beer which was pretty funny.” Dubs and Elgusto and back in the studio writing and Dubs says they’ve “definitely come back freshly inspired and ready to write another record”. “We might try and keep the gabba techno off the next release,” Dubs jokes. “We struck a really good rhythm with HyperParadise with the way that we were working; we just had a good flow and were writing beats every day. “We’ve basically been trying to continue that work flow even though we’ve kind of finished the record. In April, we went straight into the studio to work for a month and that gave us a bunch of beats to take over to Europe and now that that’s done, we’re back and we just started in the studio.” The lads did some studio sessions in London and Dubs says it was amazing and really inspiring working with grime rapper A.Dot and London based Zimbabwean MC Takura. “She’s [A.Dot] got a record coming out on EMI probably next year so we were
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HERMITUDE HYPER PRODUCTION Blue Mountains hip hop duo Hermitude, aka Luke Dubs and Elgusto, released their fourth record HyperParadise back in February, one of the most exciting releases of 2012. Since then, the lads have toured the record nationally, released a remix EP of HyperParadise, signed a deal with Regal/ Parlophone Records, supported 360 on his The Flying Tour and have just returned from Europe and the UK. ANNABEL MACLEAN checks in with Luke Dubs. Hermitude have just returned from the UK and Europe, having played a sold out show in London, smashed out some studio sessions with Brixton upcoming grime rapper A.Dot and London-based Zimbabwean MC Takura and played Germany’s Fusion Festival, an
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electronic music festival which is held in a former “Cold War military airbase”. But, tasting Fucking Hell beer in Fredricksen in Berlin was certainly an experience. “We went to a bar that was like this old bus and this dude that ran it was playing this really hardcore gabba
“We’re hopefully going to merge a bit further and spread our wings internationally with this new single deal that we’ve got and going overseas a bit more regularly and put in a bit of ground work. We’re putting our feet into new territory which is always a bit of a buzz.”
writing a beat for her record which was great,” he says. “She was an amazing rapper. She’s come up through the club scene in London, mad flow, really tight; I think everyone’s going to be pretty familiar with her name over the next coming few years. We did another session with a guy named Takura… we did a track with him which was killer; we’ll see what happens with that. “It was really an amazing time hooking up with some well known artists in London and just seeing how they work and the level of professionalism that they have. They’re just grinding over there. They’re writing in the studio every single day, sometimes two or three sessions a day. We went over with a bag of beats so we had some ideas to throw at them so we could kind of keep the session moving but it was amazing, it was really inspiring to work with those guys.” Although the lads were happy with their studio sessions with A.Dot and Takura, Dubs says it’s too early to say yet as to whether the tracks will make the cut for their next record.“We’re not even sure what the next record is going to be,” he says.“We’re definitely thinking of doing something with more vocalists, collaborating with some vocalists. Whether those tracks make the record, I couldn’t say. But, it’s definitely the start of something that’s got us really excited.” Having signed Speak Of The Devil to UK label Regal/Parlophone Recordings, Dubs says they’re looking to expand their sound overseas. “It’s definitely a really exciting thing,” he says, speaking of the deal. “Speak Of The Devil is getting played on Radio 1 over in London… it was cool working with these singers and they were like ‘oh, we’ve been hearing your track on Radio 1, it sounds great’. It really solidified the deal and what it meant and when we went over and met everyone. “We’re hopefully going to merge a bit further and spread our wings internationally with this new single deal that we’ve got and going overseas a bit more regularly and put in a bit of ground work,” he says. “We’re putting our feet into new territory which is always a bit of a buzz.” But, for now, Parklife is their next focus. “There’s definitely going to be some new material going on and we’ll have a few new bangers to test out so they’ll be a few new surprises. We’re definitely looking at the set and turning it up a bit for this tour because we want to make a bang so it’s going to be really exciting. We’re stoked to be on this tour and we can’t wait!”
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