EX.633 Skream by RA Exchange published on 2022-10-27T11:13:33Z "Everyone knows I'm a lively character, I like the party." Oliver 'Skream' Jones is attempting to explain his stamina over a near two decade-long career and true to his unpretentious personality, he makes it sound easy. The 36 year-old has been making music since the age of 15 and despite being a busy father, this hour-long, unfiltered conversation at RA's London headquarters confirms that his love for the dance is as strong as ever. Discussing his childhood, the seminal Dubstep Forum and and finding confidence through music, the dubstep legend reveals how his social skills, born from childhood visits to the pub with his father, gave him his first record store job. "My musical taste is all over the place, my range is broad," he says. That includes pop, a style that he likes for its collaboration with underground producers. Skream's endurance in an industry that's synonymous with burnout is remarkable but he simply attributes it to pure instinct. "When something feels right, I do it. I don't see it as change, I see it as a natural feeling." That's why he made the decision years ago to focus on house and techno instead of dubstep, a style that he transformed from dark and slow to ravey. "I play for myself but that's what my fanbase has grown to love." That intuition also applies to his productions. "I've got to a point where I know what I want to hear and make it happen. That comes from doing the same thing for a long time." In the studio, he says he regularly listens to tracks repeatedly "and if it ever gets boring" or doesn't bring "a certain feeling," then he knows it's not ready. To hear about his approach to remixes, his parenting style and what he has in the pipeline, listen to the conversation in full. Genre Dance & EDM Comment by _James_Bangura real good interview, feel like im in the room hearing the immediate memory recall of his experiences. 2023-02-14T22:31:04Z Comment by axle Such a shame that these bits were scrapped, personally thought they were sounding a lot better than the majority of dubstep coming out at the minute 2023-01-31T13:02:36Z Comment by Lasko shame he scrapped the 140 projects he was working on. The Hatcha live stream set especially had some real stand out tunes in it 2023-01-13T15:33:16Z Comment by Magic '87 Superb! Writing 415 tracks in a year is staggering. 2022-11-23T16:21:30Z Comment by Hrdvsion wicked! enjoyed listening! 2022-11-22T18:06:43Z Comment by Narmani what is this 2022-11-04T07:21:50Z Comment by quest?onmarq a word 2022-11-03T19:29:48Z