OTS SITS DOWN WITH DARREN FLETCHER AND DELGADO

DJ FLETCH & DELGADO ARE AN ABSOLUTE FORCE IN THE STUDIO WITH HITS IN JACKIN HOUSE & TECH HOUSE GENRES OTS GETS DOWN WITH THE DUO THAT KEEPS GIVING.

1, Hey guys, right this is a question for you both, what genres did you both start out in ?

(Darren) I started out back in he early 90’s with Trance and still love all the old classics but as time has progressed I have fallen in love with Jackin and Tech House

 

 

(Darren) I don’t have the back up of tunes these days but if someone asked me to play trance I would always consider it as my main love is making people dance.

 

(DELGADO)Good question, we see most every DJ/producer saying to coin a phrase “house is a feeling” blah blah blah,it seems very trendy and on point and to say this and follow the crowd by adding “music is my life”,for a limited number this of course is completely true and you would certainly say for me it really is,coming from a hugely musical family the life blood of music was always going to be weaved into the fabric of my life,making music creating new tracks finding a new ways of making say for example something as simple as a  new snare pattern still gives the feeling of total elation,and when you open your new project the buzz of whats to come is what fires  me ,as for the rave scene whilst its unrecognisable from when i started,the goal//motivation is the same”make them dance and go home happy”

(Darren) The diversity of people who still attend some of these nights is brilliant, Delgado and I are a touch older these days and have been in the Industry for a very long time so love will never disappear and getting in the studio together is a lot of fun and we just get on with making tunes people will enjoy.

(DELGADO) My mind is a hugely busy and creative place both musically and in business and thankfully after all these years it still fires ideas usually every second of every day!!(no Kidding), sounds of any environment I’m in, any type of music,the sound of a passing car etc etc any thing really it all translates into musical pattern which then i often make a note of ready for the next session,and of course any form of music i love jazz the raw hits hugely influence my music.

 

Darren and i are of a similar humour level and  music is surely meant to be fun i think its often made to look otherwise by some so if i can laugh take the piss and create quality records then i will,a relaxed studio is a creative studio we really don’t care for image,all the  bullshit and smoke and mirrors this industry is often full of,worry about your own standards not what every one else is doing.

 

Groove Code is a sister label under this huge umbrella that includes many of my labels,Groove Code is purely all about musicality,so if it grooves and moves you with a heavy bassline and driving drum programming and sweet percussion its gonna be on this label,the early promo releases are being received with huge names supporting and playing,so this label is going to be a heavy hitter on its official launch,which is to be announced, watch this space.

 

The Groove Code label night will be showcasing the very best of the label and future artists that will appear on the label,a shop window to the heavy weight music that is forthcoming, with regard to the venue choice I’ve promoted across London and surrounding areas for years with hugely successful long standing nights at such clubs as Egg, MOS Pacha and too many more to mention,so in short ive done the whole London scene,so being some one that embraces a new challenge why not pick an area and introduce the whole Groove Code sound to said area,we have heard a great deal of good things regarding Boxed in Leicester so i would say watch out Boxed here we come…with regards to the formula its always been the same…please the crowd..give them a night that no one else is select DJ’s that play to the crowd and not their own ego’s, select music that caters for your crowd, in this modern day scene  quite often a dj can loose sight of this and play music that doesn’t suit, Darren and i come from an era where the clubber not self promotion and self gain are the key to success