INTERVIEW TIME : GLOVECATS

It's been a massive 12 months for local Sydney Dubstep duo Glovecats.
After taking on the National Tour for the Dubstep Invasion compilation
alongside Kid Kenobi, the boys have gone on to play at some of the biggest
music festival this season, including Stereosonic, Future Music, Parkife,
Defqon1, Global Gathering and Foreshore.

Their weekly Dubstep night The Wall @ World Bar, continues to be one of
the driving forces in the Aussie scene and has seen some of the globes
finest artist's come to play including 12th Planet, Borgore, Funtcase,
Gemini and Hench Records main man Jakes.

With the boys "anything goes" musical ethos, they have been pushing the
boundaries of this bass obsessed sound all around the country educating
the new and giving appreciation to the old. Building a following through
their many mixtapes, Glovecats have gone from strength to strength
supporting some of the biggest players in the genre including Caspa,
Skrillex, Nero, Doctor P and 16 Bit to name a few.

Club wise the boys have been smashing it across the country regularly
playing at venues such as Family, Brown Alley, One Five One, King Street,
Woodport Inn and Code in NZ.

The boys will be stepping up for round 2 of the Dubstep Invasion series,
this time alongside Triple J favourite Shock One, With another national
Tour locked in for August and September.


Dubstep Invasion 2 sampler by glovecats

First up, how did you to come together to form Glovecats?
We got together through common interest in beer and Bass Heavy Music.

What were your music influences growing up? No doubt there wasn’t to much Dubstep floating around back then.
We grew up listening to a lot of Hip Hop from the glory days of the 90’s, then spent a few years at raves and somewhere along the journey got into House, D & B and Techno too. We are both very much into all kinds of music, but when we play it’s bass music.

The Dubstep Invasion album must of been a massive thing for you two? What was it like being given the opportunity to mix a Dubstep compilation for a massive label like One Love?
Awesome, the guys at One Love have been really supportive of what we wanted to bring to the mix as far as tunes go and what not. It’s been great for us to put on some local producers this time around as well.

What was it like mixing on the same album as Shockone?
Both discs have a very different take on the sound and both complement one another real well. Karl is a super talented and a great Dj too, we are all getting up to mischief on the tour.

You’ve also done a bit of touring, solo and also for the One Love album so you would know first hand how popular Dubstep is getting in Australia, did you ever think that it could become this popular?
I was in London about 3 years ago and was amazed to see how much it was dominating over there, but realized it was only a matter of time before it crossed over here. Locally artists like Katy B, Magnetic Man and Skrillex have really pushed it to the mainstream.

What can fans expect at a Glovecats show?
Plenty of intensity, tons of double drops and a few rewinds if the crowds are really up for it.

Is there any advice you would give to up and coming DJ's, maybe the do's and dont’s of the industry?
Work on your skills, buy your music, focus on production and learn to warm up properly. If you are playing Doctor P records before 11pm you're no good.

Who are some of the artists you are listening to at the moment?
Skream and Benga, Benton, Caspa, The Others, Benny Page, 501 and Dismantle.

Cheers for taking the time out to do this guys, greatly appreciated, cant wait till your in Brisbane next!

Check them out at their SOUNDCLOUD or FACEBOOK :)

Also dont forget to check out the free stuff we are giving away to celebrate the release of ONELOVE's new album Dubstep Invastion vol 2, Remixed by Shockone and Glovecats
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