Deji came to my attention when he sent me some tracks on soundcloud. He produces what could be called “Future Garage” with some really interesting percussion, and his track “Morning Sickness” even featured on BBC Radio. Get to know him a little better...
D: I'm Deji , I'm a 17 year old producer and DJ from Dartford. I'm influenced by a lot of things that I see and hear and a lot of different artists as well. When I was around 15, I toyed around with FL Studio for a while to learn the parameters of 140 BPM music but eventually I felt limited by what I could do. A track I made called 'Technicolour' was the start of me sampling vocals and an 808 drum machine.
NT: You would’ve been pretty young when garage was first around, so how did you get introduced to UK Garage?
D: When I was around 5 I lived in East London and that was in 1999 when stations like Rinse and Kiss were still pirate radio and Sweet Female Attitude and Artful Dodger were popular so there was no avoiding the garage sound. Then when I was 14, I started DJing and playing garage tracks like DJ Zinc -138 Trek for a bit of nostalgia, but the sound really resonated with me and I was a bit older so I could appreciate the music a lot more.