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Sunday, 17 December 2006 |
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 He’s been one of the top club DJ’s to bring the delights of House music across to the underground raving scene over the past few years and now he makes his assault on the charts with his CD, ‘Timeless Anthems’. Having kept his name afloat through circulating free mix cd’s it was only a matter of time before an official mix was going to see the light of day. UKMusic.com had a brief chat with the man who’s known for tearing down raves with his refined selection and exclusive dubplates about his new CD and the progression of the House scene into the mainstream.
How long have u been a DJ for?
For about 10 years now. I started with Jungle then moved onto the Garage scene, a little bit into the Grime scene and then onto House. But as I was playing the Grime I was still buying the House records.
So what made you get into the house scene?
I think it’s got a good ear for music and I get to play what I like.
Is there any artists or record label releases that you look out for when buying records?
Yeah quite a few; Wookie’s stuff and Defected’s stuff. Buzzing fly’s label is big and I like producer’s Dennis Ferrer, Quentin Harris and DJ Gregory.
What tune is doing for you right now?
There’s too many, I ain’t gonna lie. There’s a tune called ‘Soul Fever’ by Steelo that I’m feeling at the moment but there’s too many to mention.
As it’s supposed to be a more peaceful scene in comparison to say the Garage scene, how do you feel about violence marring certain House events in London and even preventing some from happening in the first place?
I’m kinda pissed off about it. All it is, is that everyone’s following the hype like it was back in the day with the Jungle, Garage and now the House scene. A year ago half those people that are causing the trouble weren’t even listening to it [House] and now everyone’s just following the crowd.
Some DJ’s are quite tight with giving out the names of tracks on their shows, why do you think this is? Because everyone will start playing the same stuff and it will get boring. Even on my radio show I try to play stuff that doesn’t get played as much either because they [DJ’s] can’t get hold of it or it’s just something new. I either go right back to tunes they can’t find anymore or bring it right up to date with new ones that they haven’t heard yet.
What do think about R’&B DJ’s playing house music?
Everyone’s switched over now so it’s good and bad. For me personally I don’t mind because it keeps you on your toes so you have to be on point. It means that the music is getting to a wider audience and the R&B listeners are now listening to House as well which is another good thing. I think it works out better on my behalf.
Do you get any animosity from the older house DJ’s?
There’s different scenes in the House industry so it doesn’t occur. There’s certain sides of the house scene that probably haven’t even heard of me and that’s just how it is.
What’s your new Mix CD ‘Timeless Anthems’ like?
It’s got more of the big tunes that everyone likes with a few big tunes that not everyone can play. It’s like that for a reason because it’s on a wider scale as it’s coming out on a major label so it’s in your HMV’s and shops like that. There’s a DVD with that as well with rave footage of where I’ve played my dubplates and it cut from rave to rave.
You're booked pretty much every weekend, do you actually find time to rave to this music yourself?
Not really to be honest, if I do I get about an hour, unless I go to an after-party.
‘Timeless Anthems’ is out in all good record shops now.
Catch Supa D playing the best in Soulful and Funky House on Déjà Vu FM 92.3FM every Tuesday (6-8pm) and Thursday (12-2pm).
Words by: Dane Bradshaw
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