Interview with Rocky & Diesel from X PRESS 2 pt 1

0:01 I'm very privileged and pleased to introduce these two gentlemen and t

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'm very privileged and pleased to introduce these two gentlemen and they're known as... Express 2, or two thirds of Express 2. Two thirds. Well, it's better than nothing. Alright, gentlemen, right, there's probably loads of people out there who want to know how you got started so in a sense what inspired you to do this kind of thing? I think kind of going from me personally, I kind of think the DJs as well, but going way back it was... People like Afrika Bambaataa and Paul Herc and Grandmaster Flash are the kind of hip-hop DJs that were around at the time. DJ Tutor, Serato Tutor Yeah, likewise for myself, you know, the hip-hop thing was just coming over to the UK and getting the fallout of what was happening in New York and in the Bronx. And it was a time where we were just, you know, at college really. And also at that time starting to go out to clubs. So the full impact of, you know, being influenced by, you know...

1:40 Yeah, that was kind of early doors, wasn't it?

DJs like Van Barton, Paul Merkin, seeing footage of them mixing up the genres and then also going out to clubs ourselves and being inspired by DJs in an actual club environment. And yeah, so those DJs... Yeah, that was kind of early doors, wasn't it? Yeah, I mean, it was kind of in the whole warehouse scene, there was a warehouse scene The DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, A question, how can you see your style progressing? Will it progress or are you happy the way The DJ Tutor offers a wide range of different types of music. Do you maybe look at other tiny elements, new electro style and incorporate that? Absolutely, always. Yeah, yeah, no, for us it kind of goes back to what we were saying about people like Bambaataa and Herb and that. We're always, you know, it's on a kind of smaller scale but you're always kind of looking for other things and other influences. I think being producers as well, that kind of, you know, we're always kind of looking for other things to bring to our music so...

You're constantly aware of what's going on and I think the other thing as well is like, you know, look at us, we're not getting any younger so you can't have you adapt if you don't. Yeah, true. You just get left behind. True, but I mean one very important thing, I do get loads of people asking me all the time. They email me and they say, Jonathan, I'm 35, I'm 40, am I too old to be a DJ? And I've always said, you're too old when you're dead. Yeah, absolutely. You know, you are. And the thing is as well, is that what I try and explain to people is, you know, buy turntables, you know, enjoy the music, but to begin with, don't think that you have to go out and play to a crowd and play in the pub, you know, don't get it in your mind that you've got to go in a club. What you should do is just maybe concentrate on enjoying it.

And if you become good, then maybe you'll be able to take that next step. That's absolutely true. Also, sorry, just to go back on what you said, look at the likes of people like Francois Kevorkian and DJs of that age. These guys are in their mid-to-late 50s now. There's no sign of them giving up or retiring. I think Francois Kevorkian is the perfect example of a DJ. Full stop. Because... Actually, Beedle, who's the third member of Express 2, said he can't be with us tonight. He was DJing with Francois. Come in! Come in! Hello, hello. We'll pause this for a second.

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