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Stanley Stevenson Byrne, aka Fox Stevenson, is no stranger to the electronic music scene, but after recently signing to Disciple, it seems things are only getting bigger and better from here on out.

‘No Fox Given’ will be Fox Stevenson’s debut dubstep EP with Disciple, and he promises it’s going to be heavy (can confirm, it is). You can preorder the EP via iTunes.

We sat down with Fox Stevenson to discuss the new EP, here’s what he had to say:

Stoney Roads: Fox Stevenson! Congrats on signing with Disciple! How does it feel?

Fox Steveson: Thanks! It feels killer! Known a lot of the Disciple crew for a long time now and have been playing out Disciple tracks in my bass sets constantly, very proud to be cast along side such a monster of a roster!

SR: You’ve said signing with Disciple is a way to organise and categorise your music; releasing bass music under one label and house music under another. Did you ever thing of creating a separate alias for your different styles?

FS: Definitely considered it for a while, but I think it would be weird, I think a big part of my identity comes from my vocals and melodic style, I’d like to think that regardless of what form one of my tracks take, it’ll still make sense and sound like something that came from me!

As for categorising, I reckon it’ll be nice to know what to expect from a release from me, I have followers of my drum and bass who refuse to accept anything that doesn’t sound like that and house followers who would be turned away by heavy dubsteppy stuff and so on, so having my stuff be released in themed batches from a label known for one thing in particular will make everything make a little more sense, as a package.

SR: I just gave your ‘No Fox Given’ EP a listen, it’s very unique. I think it’ll bring some awesome diversity to the already stacked Disciple roster. How would you describe it?

FS: I’d describe it as fun and heavy, I haven’t really weighed in on dancefloor dubstep in a while, so I kinda let loose on the over the top loud production and tried to keep it melodic and playful while keeping it clubby and heavy!

SR: What are some of your influences behind the ‘No Fox Given’ EP?

FS: I think my main influences on this EP were probably people like Barely Alive, Virtual Riot and Getter for the heaviness, then a touch of that Flux Pavillion attitude in the melody, or something, I dunno! I don’t really think about it that much.

SR: Tell us about your musical background. What got you to where you are now?

FS: I started off in pop punk bands as a lead vocalist / bassist and wrote a load of songs, at the same time as getting a little into production, learnt a lot about what makes a song something I’m proud of, one thing lead to another and I ended up bandless and getting deeper and deeper into production, drum and bass was my initial entrance into dance music, then I’ve been playing around and having fun ever since, been about 7 or 8 years now since my first major YouTube upload!

SR: What do you think it is about your sound that sets you apart from other bass producers?

FS: I think it’d be my thirst for keeping things light hearted and playful within a given field, melodies are my main flex, I try to keep that in everything!

SR: Release wise, you’ve been kinda quiet… what have you got up your sleeve?

FS: Hahaha well, I’ve been working really hard! Writing and producing my ass off working towards a large scale project, probably wont surface until later this year at the earliest, i think I’m working towards something really special, but no ones going to hear or see any of it until I’m 100% sure it’s as good as it can be. Exciting time!

Aside from that I’m working on more dubstep, drum & bass and house tracks to release to their respective scenes!

SR: What are three tracks you’ve had on repeat lately?

Adam Tell – New Equation

Bougenvilla – Sun Shower

June Miller – Robots and Romans (Audio remix)

I did 4 I’m sorry I couldn’t decide which to cut.

SR: What are your current goals? What do you have in store for the rest of the year?

FS: Goals are right now to make a mark on all my favourite dance music scenes and play music I love to people who’ll go along with me as I stumble around some decks, while trying to finish all these songs I’m working on to the best they can be! Got work to be doing!

‘No Fox Given’ is out April 18th! In the meantime, here’s one from a few months ago.

You can keep up to date with Fox Stevenson via his Facebook and Soundcloud.

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