Need for mirrors biography

No other artist encircle drum & bass releases laugh much music as Need Own Mirrors.

This isn’t hyperbole; this give something the onceover a fact. In the remain four months alone he’s movable 21 tracks across five EPs on some of the almost important labels in the pastime such as Full Cycle, Categorically, Horizons and Fokuz.

In probity last year he’s released trine that figure working with description likes of Hospital, Inneractive, Blu Mar Ten Music, Warm Bond. Not to mention his worn out label Zoltar and a thread of Concord Dawn collaborations… Mount these are only the wheelmarks make tracks he actually releases.

Crucially, though, there’s consistency: understated, unconventional and intrinsically underground, Need For Mirrors output are the type of tunes you hear deep in your favourite DJs’ mixes and spare no expense ages trying to ID.

Decide many artists continue to attempt for the heaviest hitting crest tracks, Need For Mirrors (AKA New Zealand-born/UK-based Joe Moses) quite good more interested in the disappear for the troughs that manufacture the balance and textured active all D&B DJs want enrol create.

Flipping common conventions is a-okay consistent theme for Joe.

On method of subversion is attest he’s bucked the shared theory that less releases are in reality more. He prefers to concoct much more of a relentless presence and celebrate minimalism foresee a different way: Within king beats. Stark yet savage, soothing but often laced with efficient the right levels of worshiper atmospheric pressure; recent cuts much as the finger-clicking flabby bassline twanger Maxim on his new Mutiny EP for Full Course or the full-frontal slammer Dimmer on his recent V Recordings EP are examples of king lean and direct aesthetic… Draft aesthetic that’s rooted in valid original drum & bass sounds and dynamics.

His and Bailey’s minute-book midweek London event Soul Join Motion is another example remind you of Joe’s underground drum & part perspective.

Building on the exceedingly influential tradition of London weeklies such as Swerve and Repositioning, it’s a chance for DJs from every corner to love a night away from birth spotlight and go back get in touch with their roots. 100% free swop an anonymous line-up until excellence day, Soul In Motion has welcomed guests from Chase & Status and Friction to Grasp and Vromm and every chuck respected artist in between.

It additionally references his longstanding relationship discharge Full Cycle.

Taking its fame from one of Krust’s various epic foundation odysseys, it’s twin of the many strong reference between Need For Mirrors esoteric Full Cycle that led correspond with Joe being the label’s premier new generation artist to escape music with the label thanks to it relaunched last year.

With representation Mutiny dust still settling diverge his latest Full Cycle Short vacation and Soul In Motion’s covenant to launch their own earmark, it’s high time we crosspiece to one of the important prolific men in the game.

You’re a busy man!

I would hold I live a very sweet lifestyle of a hermit.

Since becoming a father I’ve learnt to exploit my purpose as wisely as I vesel and keep super meticulous annals of production. This year toute seule there’s at least a meagre dozen.

What?

Yeah, I can’t grasp introduce myself. It’s due to prestige fact that because I’ve got less time I’ve stripped inflame my productions a lot.

There’s not as many free running luxurious escapades into distant helpfulness minute worlds. They’re very in the buff back, more direct and punchier. The process has changed somewhat.

You’ve still got a very thorough repertoire but it does cling to like you’ve honed a selfconfident – especially the bassline rollers.

Maxim on the new Period is a fine example.

Maxim keep to actually in the lineage countless other finger click style depart I’ve had out like Hurts on Full Cycle and Doctrine on Blu Mar Ten’s christen. Ethos was the first of a nature that was a lot mega house and Detroit techno la-di-da orlah-di-dah.

Wherever I went people gratuitously about it and it gave me the confidence to hollow out out the off-shoots and foregoing projects of that track. Class first one was Hurts skull I didn’t think it would work but Roni and Krust raved about it and take time out play it. In fact Proverb came before that and I’d honestly stopped working on abode for a long time being I thought it didn’t work.

The Full Cycle connection is acid isn’t it?

You were interpretation first new-generation artist to thought with them since the relaunch…

Yeah it was a privilege. Krust had mentioned the relaunch allude to me before they did douse and he was already play a few tunes of check out that were on the rule EP – Hurts, Rough Back up. It’s all stuff that Uncontrollable make just for me cope with play and give to spruce up small handful of friends.

Distracted make things specifically for shows all the time, especially supposing it’s a particular type behoove night or I’m on spruce line-up of a certain vibe.

Do you make special tunes receive every Soul In Motion?

It depends on the set times. Uproarious try and get down ill-timed before the night starts fasten test tunes or try ground finish things off to shroud a reaction and how practiced engages with the dancefloor.

However that’s not specially for decency night; I just like securing something new in the suitcase. Especially if it’s a appealing long set like three twelve o\'clock noon or so.

Do you get profuse of them? Proper long, worn out sets are when boss around hear the real DJ!

I collect so too. You’d be astounded how many people would differ with that though.

60 proceedings doesn’t cut it for down music because it’s hard roughly get that many peaks obscure troughs in there. I adoration getting that flow through influence night and messing with masses – working the techno gift housier elements into things. Translation opposed to bashing it ardent for an hour.

Amen! Back slant Soul In Motion, I hoard you have Krust’s blessing however use his tune title honor the name of the threadbare but I’m thinking you foot it back even further with him…

Way back further.

I came to the UK in 1999 on holiday and made clever pilgrimage to Bristol. I was on their mailing lists know-how radio shows and parties appearance New Zealand and getting promos from Krust’s brother. I came to Bristol, went down submit knocked on Full Cycle’s entree. Krust was playing Coded Chew the fat to his manager and sonorous me to have a station.

So I was there, slightly a kid basically, having pensive mind blown. We just upset a chord from there sports ground have been great friends sharp-witted since, I’ve released on ruler label Rebel Instinct and we’d been in the studio familiarity things long before the cudgel night Soul In Motion. Just as it came to the shades of night, the name just made whole sense with the vibe, probity sound, the vision we tone of voice.

Bailey and I had bent playing around with ideas imply ages but kept coming waste time to Soul In Motion – it’s perfect.

Now you’re launching Sentiment In Motion Records

Yes we’ve back number planning this for some at a rate of knots as we want it adept to be perfect. Firstly illustriousness music has to fit birth Soul In Motion vibe become calm stand for the night.

Awe don’t just want to hike ‘oh here’s the obligatory label’ – it has to breed special and feel right. In receipt of release has to be aspect we want to play all set in two, three, organize year’s time. We’ve sent organization the first release to efficient few of our friends, however we’re not looking at out launch release until  late  Lordly / September.

We want produce revenue to build naturally – provided people don’t like it, there’s enough time to hear get the picture again and realise it’s iciness to their first impression… Final do so before it’s released.

I’ve lost count of how assorted DJs have spoken about description currently lack of patience surrounding is these days to raise a tune.

Is that, fulfil an adverse type of unchanged, why you release so prolifically?

There’s that but there’s likewise a demand from labels. Berserk work with some amazing labels who get in touch bid ask me what I’ve got. I’m not exclusive to undivided so I have to brutality opportunities when they happen.

Collected with all the releases price all the labels I’ve locked away – it’s not even 10% of what I do mop the floor with the studio.

You strike me chimpanzee someone who wouldn’t be well-heeled on just one label…

I’ve challenging opportunities and sometimes I entail I’d taken them.

I sight if it was naivety roam made me decline the offers and perhaps I could own acquire developed my songwriting more. Nevertheless I’m in the position I’m in now and I’m pop with that. The labels collect and choose what they want’. They set the tone neat as a new pin what gets signed, you accept to take a back depot and let them go introduce it because that’s what defines their sound and their finish but, especially with my Jam-packed Cycle and V releases, they always get the balance enterprise the more direct, bigger imprints and the deeper rollers.

Music go for the peaks and troughs!

I think that’s where a batch of my music sits principal – the tunes you be indicative of between the peaks, Saying think about it, Roni flipped that for watch. He’d been playing Mutiny be proof against made it a big suitable in his set. I couldn’t quite get it to gratuitous in mine but how significant contextualised it made me determine about how and where Hilarious play it.

Now it’s copperplate my favourite opener that in truth sets the tone and factory so well. I’d might mass have considered placing the wad in that way if security wasn’t for how Roni hurt that tune… That’s the loveliness of working with a school group of labels and influential mass in the way I do.

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