Zone Magazine Issue 037 Spring 2023

Hey guys, good to see you’re
moving into what is a new genre for
you both, why the move?
We’ve been talking about doing something
different for a while to be honest. We’ve been releasing
chill albums for a number of years and seemed a natural
progression to dip our toe into D & B.
We also have been working with Hannah aka Ana
Be who has been releasing laid back singles and just
thought she would sound amazing on a liquid D & B track,
so gave it a try.
project and asked for recommendations for someone to
give us the press push we needed.
We’re also hoping for some support from the BBC
on BBC Music Introducing, so as we speak, we’re just
waiting for some answers on that.
Any plans to follow up Fly with more
releases?
Absolutely! We’ve both become hooked on Liquid
D & B, listening to it constantly! So, most of our studio
time is now focusing on more Weissach releases for sure.
Have you been able to bring your
experience making progressive
house into D & B?
Most definitely. The melodies and chord
progressions are no different to what we have already been
doing. So much of what we have worked on can be brought
into new tracks using this style.
What was the biggest hurdle?
Probably building the drums from scratch. Both of
us tend to not use drum loops and always build our own
drums in our tracks, so working that out was a headache at
first, but it wasn’t long until we got our heads around that.
So your first single called ‘Fly’
features Ana Be, why did you
chose her for this one?
We’ve already been working with Hannah for
a year now and produced her first single ‘Same Old
Story’ which ended up being Premiered on BBC Radio
1 last year and have hooked her up with a couple of
other artists who have made some chill tracks with
her.
Paul also started the ball rolling with Hannah with
a single called Waiting All My Life that was signed to Paul
Oakenfold’s Perfecto Records and ended up getting so
much support over the year from various DJ’s.
What can we expect from you
surrounding the release?
You mentioned Radio 1 earlier,
what’s your link there?
We’ve actually had two 6 month residencies on
Radio 1 and a one-off show in Jan this year. We were very
lucky to be asked to host the Wind Down Show twice and
bring some of the artists to the show who are signed to our
label.
It came as a huge surprise at the time at the end
of 2020, but couldn’t have been better timing as it fell right
in the middle of the pandemic when more people were
listening to music whilst clubland was shut.
Any plans to return to the station?
Yes, we hope so. The guys at the BBC have been
great to work with and very supportive of our music. They
have already said we will be back, so watch this space!
Does this mean that your
Progressive House input has come
to an end?
No, not at all. We are still producing and releasing
progressive house, plus more.
It’s so refreshing working on a genre that we’ve
not pursued previously and re-energised us working on
Weissach, so we will still be focusing on progressive house
still. Simon will also be making Chill tracks for our next
Chill album on Krafted.
The press campaign has been great so far. We
have a brilliant PR girl Hannah working alongside us who
has lined up lots of interviews and also a guest slot in May
on Kiss FM with Mollie Collins.
It was pure luck that we got introduced to Hannah
from Elevated Sound via our friends at Radio 1. We
mentioned to them that we were working on this new