Will Bailey Interview

March 15, 2007

Will Bailey is a leader of the nu skool. One of a growing breed of new, young producers taking strides in the electro-house revolution, making waives in the industry as he goes. A string of hot remixes & releases have brought him to the attention of some of the industries biggest names, with his productions now being played in clubs, festivals & parties across the globe. Will regularly plays at some of the countries leading nights & venues including Miss Moneypenny’s, Promise, Godskitchen, L’america, Creation, Liquid, Spin, and Fuel. He has also gained a residency at the huge Bristol based night ‘Kandybox’, which saw him spinning both locally and on European tours alongside many of his peers including Yousef, Seb Fontaine, Tom Neville, Lottie and even the man who influenced him most, Danny Rampling. We caught up with Will before Purrfect Electro’s 1st birthday to see what the nu –skool DJ was all about.  

 

So, who is Will Bailey
A Brummy lad doing what he loves  How did you start DJing?  Started back in 1998 after listenin to Radio 1 every weekend. Just had to have a go myself as I loved the music so much. Saved up and got an awful pair of belt drive decks and started from there. . How would you describe your style?  My style at the moment is a mix of wonky electro and tech.  What actually makes the Will Bailey style though?  Id have to say the basslines in the music I play. Ive always loved the basslines in house music and so my style is very bass orientated.  So where did your style emerge from?  My style comes from a mix of old skool, drum and bass, Zinc and Fabio, The Prodigy and funk and disco.  A lot of DJ’s and producers have their own influences, who would yours be?  My main inluences are Sebastien Leger, Micky Slim, Mark Knight, Dinsdale, Dave Spoon and Martijn Ten Velden.  Have you been up to much in the studio?  Am working on remix for Toolroom at the moment along with a new EP for my label Simma Records.  Who would you love to work with ?  Id love to work with any of the above artists but most of all it would have to be Martijn.  Do you think DJs have to produce nowadays to really make their mark? . I think so yes more now than ever, there are a lot of very talented and technically gifted DJs out there but sadly many of them may never get the chance to showcase their talent.  You have been playing all over the place recently but which clubs would you like to play at? . I would love to play at Ministry of Sound and of course Space, Ibiza. Any where with a fat sound system is always good to.  So what is the next move for Will Bailey? I want to travel more with my Djing, hoping to get out to Australia and South America again. On the production side I want to do some remixes for more artists who I admire like Martijn and Dave Spoon. And more collaborations with Digital Filth after the recent success of our first track together ‘ Krusher’.  What would you say has been the highlight of your career so far?  Id say it is out of my tour of Brazil, my remix of Dinsdale and Mark Knight being released on Toolroom and playing the main room of Godskitchen after Eric Prydz and D Ramirez.  It would be interesting to see what such a young DJ could advise any other up and coming DJs?.  Work hard but enjoy every minute of it!  Your playing up in Leeds for Purrfect Electro on the 16th March. What can we expect from you ?  Cant wait for this. Leeds sounds like one hell of a party. I wanna give the people of Leeds a nice slab of dirty wonky electronic music.