After Evol Intent ’s Gigantor’s raging drum and bass set, Al Borde asked him a few questions about their current collaborations and their work process.
Q: How was it working with Noisia on “The Liquid”?
A: Those guys are amazing. They just built a home studio in their home town; their setup is insane and custom built. They built three separate rooms so each could work at their own pace. Me and Nick from Noisia just sat at the studio and started with these three sections that eventually became “The Liquid.” They are amazingly talented. People don’t know how much they push the game, like the build everything from scratch.
Q: Are you guys planning on doing a VIP of “Middle of The Night”?
A: We’ve talked about. We have a couple files floating around; it’s a tune that we’re thinking about doing. We were actually really happy with Reso’s remix of it, we thought he killed it.
Q: How is it working with Circle Talent?
A: We started off with them a few years ago, left to another agent and came back. It is revamped now and it’s good. They are really on top of the world right now.
Q: When you guys start a track, do you guys send it back and forth while adding to it, or how does that process work?
A: Depends. These days I handle most of the dance music, we do send files back and forth. We use Ableton Live; it’s a real good meeting point. We’ve noticed that it works well with PC and Mac. If it’s just me working on the tune, I send it to get feedback from the other guys so I can keep working on it.
Q: How different is it working with each other and working on your side projects? How do you guys know what tracks will be developed on which project?
A: Usually you know what you’re going into, vibe-wise. For instance, Treasure Fingers (side project of The Enemy) is all disco, so it’s kind of hard to see that as an Evol Intent tune. I’ve done drum and bass on my side project, Computer Club, but it’s more liquid-style. We tend to stay dark and more our style.
Photo courtesy of Jeanette Hernandez
