Little White Earbuds: LWE Podcast 193: Appleblim & Komon @ MNS |  |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2014 10:01 PM PST
 It is often said that the UK music scene is an exciting place to be. Such is its nature for innovation and perpetual evolution that it consistently throws up new styles and twists on existing genres. Undoubtedly one of the most inspirational mutations to have taken place in English music culture in the last twenty years is that of dubstep, with its many protagonists all branching out from their early forays into the sound and going on to explore a myriad of new pathways. The influence that Appleblim and Shackleton’s Skull Disco label exerted in its short, three year life is not directly measurable, but it is undoubtedly one of the most unique stables from the era. Appleblim’s next venture, Apple Pips has charted one strain of the post-dubstep mutations that have been echoing throughout the world for more than five years. The label has gradually shifted focus since its 2008 launch, showing also the evolution of some of the artists who have appeared regularly on there. Keiran Lomax, who started out as Komonazmuk but is now under the slightly abridged Komon title, has been one of those artists, going from making proper dubstep to house, techno and off-kilter permutations of all three. Laurie Osborne (Appleblim) has a long list of collaboration credits to his name, but chief among those he prefers to share studio time with is Komon. Their original productions are few at this stage but they have been notching up remixes for the likes of Bonobo, My My, Beat Pharmacy and Paul Woolford for around five years. Their latest EP for Aus is a solid three-tracker of house music that you'd never have once expected to hear from either of them. LWE jumped at the chance to speak to the two producers, in the process finding out more about their personal studio habits, their outlook on their music and how a view of constant discovery has emboldened their productions. They also put together our 193rd exclusive podcast, which at a staggering 32 tracks and nearly two hours is going to keep fans of the pair very happy for a long time. |
