Hospital Records is seriously on fire this year and as you may already know, the Logistics album, ‘Fear Not’, was the newest fuel added to their flame. ‘Fear Not’ is nothing short of a masterpiece. With soothing sounds spanning across nearly all BPMs of broken beats, this album gives a little experimental taste of Logistics’ attitude toward a multitude of genres. For example ‘We Are One’ has the feel of an oldschool uplifting Florida Break, while ‘Early Again’ delves into the traditional Dub feel of the old Hyperdub releases. Logistics also shows us a few tracks that demonstrate an innovative look at Liquid Drumstep with ‘2099 (Wherever you go)’ and ‘Believe in Me’. Then to ice the cake, we have a few experimental orchestrations without drums on the bonus disk. Amongst the diversity all of the tracks on this album have those amazingly fresh, organic and uplifting vibes taking you on the journey that is synonymous with the Logistics name.

If you don’t have a copy already, pick yours up from the Hospital Records Store today.

I was lucky enough to catch up with Logistics to ask a few questions. Here is what he had to say:

What do you listen to when you’re not listening to electronic music?

“All sorts really, I’m a massive of Curtis Mayfield so I spend a lot of time listening to his music. I love soul, funk and disco music as well so I’ll regularly listen to that stuff as well.”

Do you remember what it was about the ‘Music Box’ LP that made you fall in love with EDM, or DnB more specifically?

“I think there were two things that drew me to it, firstly the beats and just how different they sounded to anything else that I was listening to at the time. Secondly I loved the amazing choice of samples they used, prior to listening to the ‘Music Box’ album I’d been listening to a lot of Mo’ Wax tracks by people like DJ Shadow and DJ Krush and the Full Cycle tracks seemed like an extension of that sound to me.”

Can you describe your style as a DJ? I mean, do you have a story in mind that you want to tell with your mix, or do you base your set more off of crowd response?

“I’m always trying to represent quite a wide range of Drum and Bass with my sets. I do like to make my sets a bit of a journey but it’s quite hard to do that sometimes when you only have an hour, I much prefer playing for 2 hours or more if I can.”

About how much of your original music goes into your DJ sets? What other artists do you keep in your current track arsenal?

“I’d say probably about 50% of my sets is my own material, it usually depends on how busy I’ve been in the studio. There are tonnes of other people whose music I play but recently I’m really liking what S.P.Y and Rockwell have been doing, I also really rate Culture Shocks productions.”

When you’re in the studio, what influences do you pull from to keep your music so deep and soulful, yet so full of energy?

“It really depends on what kind of track I’m trying to make, I try and keep my influences varied so that the outcome is hopefully different from what I’ve done previously.”

When you started the new album, ‘Fear Not’, did you have a cohesive plan in mind, or is it more of a collection of your current work?

“I was quite sure of how I wanted this album to sound which hasn’t always been the case with my previous albums, I think that’s maybe why I feel happier with this album. It is obviously a collection of my current work but everything on there was quite deliberate.”

Are there certain tracks on the new album that you personally like better than the rest? Why?

“I like all of them for different reasons but currently my favourite is probably ‘2999 (wherever you go)’.”

How involved were you with the production for the video for ‘2999 (Wherever You Go)’?

“I had no involvement in it actually as I’ve been busy touring lately.”

In your interview with Max from Hospitality, you said you were looking forward to the festival season and having a proper vacation. Where is your ideal vacation destination and why?

“I love the south of France just for the slow pace of life, I also love Italy as well. Generally speaking I’m usually happy if there’s a beach nearby, good food and sunshine.”

Anything we can expect from you on the horizon?

“There’ll be more music further down the line but that’s quite a long way off having only just released the album. In the meantime I’ll be touring lots, I’m going out to Australia and New Zealand in July which I’m really looking forward to and before that I’ll be at a few festivals in the U.K including Lovebox, Parklife and Global Gathering.”

Been in Florida my whole life nurturing a love for all beats that break. Never released a track, but I’ve been producing for nearly 15 years and playing out as a DJ for at least 8. I ran Floridub.com on the side (until godaddy stole it form me) and also write for NuSkoolBreaks.co.uk as well as FloridaBreaks.org and Breaksculture.com. You can catch me mixing on the award-winning NSB Radio station every Tuesday night 8-10pm (EST).

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