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PLUMPED UP WORDS | Dr Khan
The return of the Plump DJs is headline of the most innovative acts in the world. Our small compared to the house / electro scene,
news, not only within the breaks scene that new album ‘Headthrash’ was inspired by our and has been hit harder as a result. Many
spawned them but within the wider genre experiences whilst travelling the globe ‘trying producers that do not DJ have basically been
of dance music as a whole. Bouncing back to find new ways to make them dance’. We built forced out of the scene or industry, it’s that
into view clutching their brand new album, a brand new studio three years ago, still at the bad! For us lucky few the breaks scene, or
which is guaranteed to cement their place same location in Soho, London. All of the tracks rather ‘the appreciation’ of breakbeat seems
at the top of the pile, the Plumps are as featured on this album were recorded at this to be as strong as ever. There is currently
enthusiastic as ever about life, the universe upgraded studio, ‘Laboratoire Plump Deux’. This a crumbling of the ‘walls of definition’ that
and everything. The duo’s fourth album state of the art installation has enabled us to used to segregate the dance music industry;
‘Headthrash’ is a diverse collection of tracks, push ourselves to the max, creating a fresh people’s tastes are becoming more eclectic
taking in a dizzying number of different varied album that we are well proud of. as the internet opens up the world. The
influences and spitting them back out in the breakbeat sound / genre is well documented
inimitable Plumps style. With several vocal Kmag: How would you describe your sound and people will be dancing to breaks long
collaborations along the way, ‘Headthrash’ and how has it evolved over the years? after we have moved on.
explores varying tempos and song structures Plumps: Our music is commonly referred to as
whilst retaining the all-important funk falling within the breakbeat / electro genres, Kmag: Do you still get the same buzz from
throughout. In the ever shifting landscape though who are we to tell you what genre DJing that you did when you started out?
of dance music, the Plumps continue to our sound should fall under? We make the Plumps: Of course, we wouldn’t keep DJing if
knock out quality music which is original, music, and it is for the listener to describe the we didn’t enjoy it. We love making the music
imaginative and undoubtedly geared towards music in any way he / she / it feels necessary. in our studio every day, and then playing that
longevity rather than the throwaway nature See above for musical evolution, or buy the same music to thousands of people every
of much of today’s dance music output. Kmag album ‘Headthrash’, forthcoming on Finger weekend. The job takes us to interesting and
recently caught up with the Plump ones and Lickin Records. If you like your gastrofunk exotic locations, allows us to meet people from
fired a few questions their way: / lymphcore / battyclash / rivertrance / all over the world, experience different ways
speedfolk or featherboa-techno our album is a of life, new languages, new cultures. We have
Kmag: How did your approach to the new ‘must-have’ this summer! sacrificed much but we still love our job.
album differ from your previous ones?
Plumps: It has been five years since our last Kmag: Do you think the breaks scene is
artist album, during which time we have played currently in a healthy state?
at approximately 500 events worldwide. During Plumps: The music industry in general is
this amazing period our sound has evolved in a state of flux at the moment, due to the
as artists and DJs, playing alongside some illegal download thang. The breaks scene is
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