{"id":20254,"date":"2015-06-24T16:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/?p=20254"},"modified":"2015-06-24T16:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T14:50:04","slug":"interview-no-artificial-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/interview-no-artificial-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: No Artificial Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was just last month No Artificial Colours kicked off Night Colours, a new project from the London duo which sees them posting and giving away some new music for the summer months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The choppy, iron-clad ‘System Bumper’<\/strong> was the debut, following a run of releases on Kerri Chandler’s Madtech, Nurvous Records<\/strong> and PMR Records<\/strong>. Judging by the quality of their releases it’s no surprise Skream<\/strong> has pulled them in for an EP on his label, Of Unsound Mind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Before they return to Magna Carta<\/strong> at Sankeys Ibiza<\/strong> on June 27<\/span><\/span>, they’ve unleashed the next track from Night Colours Series ‘The Line’<\/strong> fresh this week – hear it here!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

“…if people can’t hear it’s hard to keep them engaged.”<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

You are Sankeys Ibiza residents this summer. How do you prepare\u00a0yourselves, mentally and physically, for the rigours of the Ibiza season?<\/b>
\nWe love Ibiza so in terms of preparation it’s actually more like excitement to get there and play to be honest! However on most occasions we come out of the club and straight on to the plane, so we try to make sure we have some good food and rest the day we are going.<\/p>\n

What is a typical day like for NAC when anticipating an Ibiza set?<\/b>
\nLike any set we will\u00a0check out the line up around us, set time and take it from there. The crowds in Ibiza are always great and are really receptive to different music so that sometimes gives us the chance to play some tracks that you might not always expect, which we love.<\/p>\n

What were your first memories of Ibiza?\u00a0<\/b>
\nL : It was 2006, we went on a boys holiday and I remember going to Defected at Pacha.<\/p>\n

R : One of my earliest memories of Ibiza was being at a real small beach party that someone we know had mentioned to us, we couldn\u2019t find the location and was walking along the beach in Bossa for a while trying to follow the music, in the end we found it and and turned out Luciano was playing!<\/p>\n

How has the island been so far?<\/b>
\nWell we are only 1 gig in so far this season and that was early June, it was a great night and a real busy one!<\/p>\n

Onto festivals – As the festival\u00a0scene is growing at an exponential rate, what would you say are some\u00a0aspects of a festival production that new promoters should pay\u00a0particular attention to?
\n<\/b>It seems like a fairly obvious one but the sound system is SO important. We’ve seen and been to a lot of festivals in the past with some insane line ups, lighting and production but if people can’t hear it’s hard to keep them engaged.<\/p>\n

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Explain the concept behind your new \u2018Night Colours\u2019 series?<\/b>
\nThis is just a one off fun thing we felt like doing –\u00a0We are really fortunate to work with some amazing labels and we think all artists should get paid for their music… we are in a great position this summer whereby we are playing some really fun parties and we just felt like marking summer 2015 – and the gigs – by giving away some fresh music; put out in our own way and in our own time. We are having a lot of fun with it!<\/p>\n

As you\u00a0released the first track \u2018System Bumper’ as a free download, what was\u00a0you strategy behind this?<\/b>
\nNo strategy really, we made a tune and felt like giving it away – that was it!<\/p>\n

Why is the series called \u2018Night Colours\u2019?<\/b>
\nWell we wanted something that’s associated with our own name and as most things we do are at night haha.<\/p>\n

In the studio and on the road, what are the essential pieces of gear for\u00a0you guys?\u00a0<\/b>
\nWe recently got ourselves Komplete Kontrol with the S49 by Native instruments so we’ve got so much in one place which is great if you’re massive neat freaks ( like us ) so that’s been essential for us of late. We\u2019ve also recently purchased some kit from the new Roland\u00a0Aira series so we\u2019re looking forward to getting stuck in with that.<\/p>\n

Looking at some of your upcoming dates, your Groovefest performance\u00a0<\/b>
\nstood out to me. As you were there last year, can you give us some of\u00a0your impressions on that event, as well as the Dominican Republic in\u00a0general?<\/b>
\nIt’s a compete unique experience throwing parties in different parts of an all inclusive 5* complex, the line ups have always been great but this year they’ve really stepped it up. This will be our third time playing there and we can’t wait to get back, its such a great family vibe & some of the villa after parties are insane. In terms of Dominican Republic itself, it has amazing beaches and the people very welcoming. We have made some friends there now.<\/p>\n

As we are Amsterdam-based media, I have to ask, what is your\u00a0relationship like with the city?\u00a0<\/b>
\nWe love Amsterdam! We’ve been lucky enough to have been asked to play there a few times now and it’s always been great, we love the mentality of everyone –\u00a0so chilled but so ready to party at the same time!<\/p>\n

Do you have particularly memorable\u00a0Amsterdam story (that you\u2019re willing to share, of course)?<\/b>
\nHahaha, not so much a story, but our favourite gig there (in fact one of our favourite gigs we\u2019ve played anywhere) was Strafwerk in 2012, playing alongside Jamie Jones, was one hell of a party…Well, what we can remember of it anyway \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Magna_Carta\"<\/p>\n

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