{"id":6518,"date":"2014-11-20T11:42:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T10:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouselondon.com\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2015-05-14T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T13:13:58","slug":"exclusive-interview-shadow-child-ade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/exclusive-interview-shadow-child-ade\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: Shadow Child on ADE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few weeks ago Amsterdam hosted the 19th annual ADE event, which was an absolute blast. Both Deep House London and our team mates at Deep House Amsterdam were in town to check it all out, from the insightful panels to the ridiculous parties. Our schedule was non-stop but, as always, a great experience. We caught up with Shadow Child recently to talk about the event, after his label Food Music hosted a room at one of the week\u2019s best parties. Here\u2019s what he had to say\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

How was your experience of ADE this year? How many parties did you play at?<\/strong>
\nI only played one party because I was in and out of ADE this year, but it was wicked. It was at Westerunie, and it was great to be in that kind of company with Joris Voorn and his label, and Suara in the other room, because we\u2019re small and still developing you know?<\/p>\n

Yeah I guess it\u2019s quite a big step for Food Music in some respects.<\/strong>
\nIt is in a way, I mean the whole Shadow Child thing has been going really well in Holland \u2013 almost as big as the UK really. It was great to be offered that space at this stage of the label\u2019s development and to be under the same roof as those labels, which are a lot more established than ours.<\/p>\n

How many years have you been going to ADE now?<\/strong>
\n2006 was my first one, and I\u2019ve only missed one so far, which was because I was at CMJ in New York. Apart from that one year off, I\u2019ve been there every year. I love it, I\u2019ve never been into Miami, it\u2019s just not my thing \u2013 I\u2019m not a big party head, that\u2019s probably why! ADE has got everything really, regardless of its proximity to the UK, I would still go\u2026 even if it was in America. I love the vibe of it, the people who attend now are all the right sort of heads from the music game. Even if you\u2019re not playing or if you don\u2019t have something to shout about it\u2019s still a really great thing to go and visit \u2013 the whole has got the right vibe for me.<\/p>\n

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Do you get much time to check the conference itself, and any panels?<\/strong>
\nI haven\u2019t done for a while because, usually when I\u2019m there I have meetings most days, so I don\u2019t often get the chance to do so. I\u2019d love to. Maybe next year I can spend a bit more time getting involved in those kind of things. The thing is, it\u2019s very laidback, things get moved around, you meet people as and when you want, meetings get postponed because people have had late nights. But that\u2019s what makes it cool, that relaxed atmosphere\u2026<\/p>\n

Definitely. Was it quite fruitful for you, meetings-wise?<\/strong>
\nYeah for sure. That\u2019s something I don\u2019t want to delve into too much right now, but yeah it\u2019s always good for that kind of thing. It\u2019s funny, not to knock the conference at all, but it\u2019s always the meet ups in little cafes or bars, ad-hoc meetings, that always bring up the more interesting conversations. If you\u2019re organising something in a more official capacity then there\u2019s that expectation to get stuff done. I personally love hooking up with people ad-hoc and getting ideas off the ground. That\u2019s something you don\u2019t get at other conferences, Amsterdam has that relaxed atmosphere and that breathes a bit of fresh air into everything.<\/p>\n

Well, even though you may have those ad-hoc meetings, off-piste so to speak, it\u2019s still ADE itself that makes it possible for that to happen.<\/strong>
\nIt adds the right kind of energy that encourages the right kind of people to get together.<\/p>\n

So, I guess you won\u2019t be missing ADE at all in future then?<\/strong>
\nYeah, definitely \u2013 even if I don\u2019t play, I\u2019ll still go. Just for a couple of days, there\u2019s always something good going on. Actually, I\u2019d say the only down side to it is getting around to everything you want to go to. It\u2019s hard to commit to everything you want to do, it\u2019s a big ask really.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned from going there for the last five years\u2026 never make plans!<\/strong>
\nExactly, there were people who came to ours and didn\u2019t bother going elsewhere and people who were supposed to come but got stuck wherever they were at. That\u2019s just the nature of it.<\/p>\n

Have you been on any panels or would you like to be?<\/strong>
\nYeah I\u2019d love to go on a panel actually. I haven\u2019t done that at ADE, we tried at another conference earlier in the year but it didn\u2019t work out due to the travel arrangements. But I\u2019d love to do it, I come from a teaching background anyway so it wouldn\u2019t be a problem. Whether it\u2019s doing the nerdy stuff, or talking about the industry or whatever, I\u2019d be into that. Some people are very careful about who they\u2019re talking to and very protective about what they\u2019re saying but I like sharing things; inspiration and the creative side of it is better when it comes from the people who are doing it themselves but sharing my thoughts and feelings on something, I\u2019ve never had a problem with that.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s everything with Food anyway?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s going great, we had a couple of changes behind the scenes this year. We\u2019ve got a lot to come, our first album is in development with new exclusive stuff, which we\u2019ve signed from various people. We\u2019re going to do a series of those, maybe twice a year, and the first one should be out just before Christmas. We\u2019re also launching a vinyl series, not an offshoot or anything, but limited runs of vinyl, which I\u2019m excited about. Plus we have a UK run of dates coming up, so we\u2019ll be out there on the road with myself and Kry Wolf mainly and some of the other associated artists. I\u2019m really happy, I didn\u2019t anticipated Shadow Child doing as well as it\u2019s done and didn\u2019t expect the label to gather the momentum it has either, so there are a lot of good vibes around.<\/p>\n

Artist Page<\/a><\/span>Soundcloud<\/a><\/span>Food Music Page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on ADE, which celebrates its 20th edition next year, visit their website by clicking here<\/a>.Climbin’ by Shadow Child and Doorly is out very soon, pre-order it here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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