He is constantly appearing on the bills with London’s rising future music stars, and holds residencies at some of the hottest spots in town, including Fabric and Plan B’s ‘Hyp! Hyp! Hyp!’ . Watch him spin an eclectic mix of garage, techno and funky with a load of heyday 2-step 12″s you wished you had, he always manages to bridge the gaps effectively.
I caught up with Mackaveli to talk about sonic influences and things to come…
Has growing up in London caused your music taste to span a wide spectrum of club sounds?
I would say definitely so. Growing up in such a vibrant and creative city as this one its hard not to really! From my perspective my youth was mainly spent growing up listening to and playing UK Garage. Obsessive is probably an apt word to describe myself and everyone i know about this scene. Running home from school to catch DJ Goodfella on Upfront Fm whilst me and all my friends would text in stupid soap star names and hoping he would read them out on air. Religiously listening to DJ EZ every Friday night. Recording all our favourite pirate radio sets and passing and swapping them on tape about in school and listening to them at the back of class, playground, whatever.
Your sets often vary between the sounds of house and 2-step – do you have a preference? Or are both as lucrative as the other?
To be honest I’d say I’m fascinated about each scene equally, and hope that in my mixes and soon to be productions that this reflects and you can combine both to good affect.
Where you next making an appearance on the DJ front?
Come check me out on the 17th of April at The Big Chill Bar in London.
Who’s on Mackaveli’s player right now? Any gems set to kick off in 2010?
Cor that’s a tough one, too many bit tracks right now! Hot City, Julio Bashmore, Roska, Jamie Vex’d, new Starkey albums insane, as always loads of old UK Garage, some old Deeon, new Cobblestone Jazz album, this chap called Clueless, loving his tracks at the mo and hope to see more of him in 2010.
What’s your opinion on the ever growing blogosphere? Many disapprove of it’s disregard to the artist and shameless throw away attitude to music in general. Do you think it’s a useful tool for the industry?
Definitely. I’ve been a fan of the blogosphere for many a year now. You can probably tell that in the mix-tapes i do! For a new artist starting off i think its one or if not the key ways to get your music out there and heard. There can be a lot of throwaway blogs out there, they come and go, putting out shit quality ripped mp3s, for real fans of blogs and the good ones, they stay and have higher stats than many editorial sites out there and much more of a worldwide reach. You get peeps following all over the world.
Cheers Mackaveli, be hearing you soon.
Check out Mackaveli’s latest mix here for Get The Curse.
1. Julio Bashmore – Um Bongo’s Revenge
2. Xxxy – Sing With Us
3. Kenton Slash Demon – Khattabi
4. Sascha Braemer – Go Loco
5. James Fox – Put It Back
6. Krikor – 1968 (Ark Remix)
7. DJ Ali – You Dont Know (Ruff Cut)
8. Mosca – Square One (Julio Bashmore Remix)
9. Matthew Dear – Dog Days
10. DJ Koze – Malaria – Kaltes Klares Wasser (DJ Koze & The Tease Rmx)
11. Ellen Allien & Apparat – Floating Points
12. Mike Shannon – Under the radar (Deadbeat Remix)
13. Martyn feat Spaceape – Is This Insanity (Ben Klock Remix)
14. Four Tet – Sing
15. Modeselektor – Art & Cash (Sbtrkt Go For Broke Remix ft Sampha)
Bonus Beats:
Legobeat – Gun, Whistle, Bird (Cocotaxi Remix)
Fever Ray – I’m Not Done (R/D Remix)
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