I knew Spooky from a show I was doing on Urban FM and hanging around Uptown so I had some dubs from him. I had always wanted a label and just thought if they can do it so can I. I got to know Magic from NHNH and Elijah who was just starting up Butterz at the time and it just inspired me to put some tunes out. The label started in 2010 after I was meeting loads of people at Dirty Canvas and in Uptown Records. Then I started buying the records and became obsessed. It wasn't until I started hearing tunes by Big$hot, Youngstar and Wiley that I thought that this was for me. I was DJing drum & bass when garage started and I liked it but it didn't fully grab me, same with when So Solid and all that lot kicked off. It’s a sucky kind of question because I fully know it’s such a leading and yet a blunted question but what made you want to start Oil Gang the label in the first place? Like, and probably moreso, what’s your background? How did you first get into this sort of music? I rate him highly as a producer and am really happy it’s all going so well for him hopefully we can get him down to Boxed at some point.
Cherryade still gets loads of plays on Soundcloud, mainly from Americans really and Darq E Freaker is flying at the moment. There's a good group of us playing each other’s tunes, doing remixes and DJing on radio together so I think it should snowball this year as more people become aware of the music.
Boxed gets busier every time we put one on though so it’s getting there. I've definitely noticed more people paying attention on Soundcloud and Twitter but it hasn't translated directly into sales at the moment. Have you seen a marked increase in interest? I mean there’s a big demand for music from guys like Darq E Freaker now and your record was pretty much the first place a lot of people heard him… You’ve been doing this (releasing grime records) for a bit longer than people have been so adamantly talking it up with a solidified scene behind it. We just try and keep it varied so it’s interesting all night and people seem to really enjoy it. We had Bloom and Spooky at the first one and this time Murlo and Visionist are playing. Obviously fabric is different and that's when we get to bring the big guns out. At the monthly nights at Birthdays we try and get the producers we rate and play that aren't necessarily getting booked elsewhere.
We don't care where you're from if it’s a sick tune, we'll play it. I think the reason Boxed works so well is because each of the residents has a different selection, obviously some tunes overlap but a Mr.Mitch set is completely different to what you'll get with a Slackk or Logos one. Why do you think London needs a night like that? I’ve spoken to Logos and Slackk about it before separately but I just wondered what your personal take on it was? All this comes ahead of the crew’s return leg taking over Room Three here on Friday 24th January where they’ve invited Visionist and Murlo along as their trusted guests.ĭownload: Oil Gang - FABRICLIVE x Boxed Mix Obviously we’re here talking to you today because you’re one of the residents at Boxed. His label, of exactly the same name, has already released music from names like Spooky, Splurt Diablo and Darq E Freaker and with a pretty stacked release schedule for the first couple of quarters of 2014, we thought we’d check in and offer the internet a little insight into what it’s like for him running a grime label and being part of the residential crew behind the instrumental grime party, Boxed. At a time when internet publications seem intently focused on the music he and his Boxed cohorts are releasing/sitting on/playing on radio he’s remaining pretty calm and humble about the whole exponential thing. Through even just exchanging a few emails with someone like Oil Gang, you just get the impression that he just gets it like, the man understands the game.
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