Charlie May steps out of Sasha’s shadow

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Posted by Eric J on Jul-10-2009 13:52:

Charlie May steps out of Sasha’s shadow

Here is a great interview with Charlie May. This guy is almost singularly responsible for shaping my sound today. Spooky, D.O.P, Dub House Disco, the whole Guerilla Records sound. He has had major influence on modern progressive house. Oh, and he produced a few little gems with Sasha back in the day as well.

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Posted by Subtle on Jul-10-2009 14:00:

Pin Drop - Corporative Entertainment was an awesome track by him, if only it was released in full.

Posted by Ravist on Jul-10-2009 18:09:

interesting read, thanks for the post.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Jul-10-2009 18:43:

quote:
“There’s also the second type that just wants to go on stage, turn one knob in front of the crowd, put their arms up in the air, and say ‘look at me, I just rolled off all the bass for two bars’, and pretend they’re Jesus.”

I wonder who that might refer to...

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jul-10-2009 19:18:

Nice interview.

Posted by music2dance2 on Jul-11-2009 22:09:

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I wonder who that might refer to...

Everyone lol

Posted by adi_hanson on Jul-11-2009 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I wonder who that might refer to...

Depends , youve got full on jesus (tiesto) and magician jesus (armin)(waves arms around until jesus pose)

Posted by Dj_Es-Dva on Jul-12-2009 08:15:

Great interview, sounds like there would have been a bit of censoring though. I loved the 'make it more purple' comment, thanks for posting.

Posted by xphonix on Jul-12-2009 09:58:

thanks, great read!

Posted by Zak McKracken on Jul-12-2009 11:07:

i especialy like the part where he sayd he doesnt botter to PR himself with websites and myspace and twitter and shit, its just soooo boring. I so agree.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-13-2009 19:25:

Thanks for posting this. Been into Mr. May for a along time (one of the geeks that actually read those dusty cover notes).

There is a bit of bullshit in this though. If I read it right, he says he teamed up with sasha for expander. I know for a fact that he had been working with sasha for at least several years before that, and to a very large degree was responsible for the sound that sasha cultivated in remixes in the mid to late 90's.

Also, this interview is clearly written to "introduce" him to a new generation of EDM fans, and feel that it's not accurate for that very reason. I remember a similar PR push along the same lines about 6-7 years ago in the UK magazines when the spooky thing was accelerating. It's fells a bit like a rehash.

Yes, it's difficult to explain dance music culture of the late 80's and early 90's in 500 words or less, it's been subtly guilded to suit his profile and PR spin, which if funny considering that he doesn't believe in that sort of thing....

....There's a lot of "playing it cool" and playing to a specific audience's soft spots in this interview.

On a more general note, I find it interesting that a lot of composers and sound designers I know have such hard ons for dubstep - as expressive and experimental as it is, I think they forget the reason those underground movements such as acid house become so popular...(the fact you could really dance to them).

Having said all that and actually I don't mean to discredit him (really the journalism) Charlie may is a genius and think it's only right that he get more recognition for his contribution to music and the EDM scene.

One thing I find quite amusing is the very specific digs at certain producers and DJ's. There's loads of them in there....
Thanks for sharing eric