Pro Showcase - It's Elementary, Mr Watson

We caught up with (currently London-based) South African purveyour of wibbly house groovers Kyle Watson for a quick chin wag in the latest in our "Pro Showcase" features.

We have a bunch of these ready to go live, so keep an eye on the blog and/or follow it in the right there!

As in most music "scenes", the Electro, Fidget, Jackin, whatever-you-wanna-call-it house scene has an element of "same same" about it; similar sounds, samples, synth presets etc.

The Kyle Watson style certainly does not fall into that bracket however, and it's that genuine originality that stands hm out from the crowd in my opinion.

So hi-fives and pats on the backs out the way, let's get down to bizniz....


Don - We'll start how we always start.... Describe your sound in 3 words?
Kyle Watson - Makes You Shuffle!

... sure does, and if you had one nugget of advice for unsigned dance music producers, what would it be?
Try from the start to focus on original works rather than making yourself available for endless remixes. Much more respect can be earned from songwriting from scratch than working from remix parts.

The question on everyone's lips (?!), what is your favourite VST Plugin?
I've really been experimenting a lot with Tone2's Gladiator, it's wicked for modulation and you can get pretty much any sound out of it that you want.

And who is(are) your tips for 2010? Which producers have your backing?
An artist that I met at a gig in Bristol called Eats Everything. He is making some really fresh stuff that's bouncy, techy and jacking all in one!

And what's next for you? What does the short-term future hold for Kyle Watson?
Release-wise I've got a three track EP lined up for release in January 2010 on Dandy Kid Records, as well as a collaboration EP that will be going out on Jack Union later this year. I'm booked to play the launch of Sketch Records at London's Ministry of Sound in early February, should be a good one.

Awesome, 2010 is waiting for you!

Catch up with Kyle, and sign up for his mailing list on his Myspace... and look out for him hitting this year where it hurts!

Until Next Time...




Don.