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de-VICE:
What kind of set, musically-speaking, can
people expect from you in 2007 - and in particular at the IF? reunion party on February 10th?
JEFF:
I'll be playing tunes off my new album, For Lease, which is a collection of tracks sexier than a Dita Von Teese burlesque
number…
de-VICE:
How did you come up with the Kandyman moniker?
JEFF:
When I first moved to Australia
I was known as Brutha Luv, but after hearing many a mispronunciation - how could they get it wrong…? - I decided to
search for a new name.
Well, it was a very common sight to see me
handing out lollies at Global Village [an old skool rave warehouse in Melbourne,
which held the Every Picture Tells a Story parties] and at other events. One night I was dishing out some goods
to a few people dancing on the stage, when someone came up and said "hey, kandyman, can I have a chupa chup?" …and it
stuck.
IF? RECORDS
KANDYMAN @ MYSPACE
DJ FODDER
KANDYMAN will play live at
the next IF? Records party in Melbourne.
On Saturday 10 February, 2007,
IF? makes it’s annual (or, in some cases, bi-annual!) pilgrimage from Tokyo, back to its place-of-birth,
when the first IF? live party in 2 years is set to happen at Horse Bazaar!
ZU-ZUSHII 2 will
feature a bunch of local and Tokyo-based live acts and DJs including Little Nobody (Tokyo), Isnod
(Melbourne), Kid Calmdown (Sydney), Schlock Tactile vs. Slam-dunk Ninja (Tokyo), DJ
Venom s. Ghetto Boys (Melbourne), Sleepy Robot (Sydney), label-meister Andrez,
DJ Neo (Melbourne) and Kandyman (Melbourne), plus others to be confirmed...
...all for just $5
on the door, from 8pm to 3am, at 397 Lonsdale St., Melbourne.
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de-VICE:
Any hot tips for DJs?
JEFF:
Spin 'til your fingers bleed! If
your mixing sounds like shoes in the dryer, you're not bleeding enough!
de-VICE:
How did you get involved with the IF? Records label?
JEFF:
My first instance was in a Strange Studios toilet at Global Village. An IF? sticker. I thought, "Damn,
I've got to get one of those stickers for my box!". Not long after that, I met the IF? label manager, Andrez "Little
Nobody" Bergen
- and the sticker is still on my crate 11 years later!
de-VICE:
What does IF? mean to you?
JEFF:
Eclectic, tough, sexy, neurotic, international,
ground-breaking...
de-VICE:
What are your current favourite records?
JEFF:
There's only one record occupying my headspace
right now – mine. So it would be any five tracks off my album For Lease,
of course!
de-VICE:
What are your thoughts on sampling and humour in music?
JEFF:
Absofunkinlutely! It's about the
manipulation that matters.
de-VICE:
Tell us all about the new album…
JEFF:
For Lease has been a decade in the
making, ever since I slapped together my first track, "Funland", for the Every Picture Tells a Story - Volume 2 compilation
[see http://www.discogs.com/release/758831]. Talk about humour
and manipulation! It was Tellitubies meets South
Park…!
I finished the final track
about two weeks ago, and have been in the studio mastering the album with Sugar, who happens to be one of my favorite Australian
artists.
The album is a blend of slowed down grooves
perfect for a Buddha Bar compilation, through to some sexed-up breaks. All this with a bit of a Kandyman twist.
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