Deep House
“It’s not about hands in the air or jumping around. It’s something you hear in the hotel elevator or a small bar in San Francisco.
It’s slower, with more live elements and a stronger jazz influence.”
Chicago House
“I group Chicago with jackin’ and disco house. It all started with a movement in the Nineties pioneered by people like Derek Carter, Dust Traxx, and Paul Johnson. It was a very broad spectrum of sounds, but it all had the same flavor to it that’s hard to define. It’s not deep; it’s a little harder-edged and rhythmic.”
Downtempo
“That’s like the Flying Lotus crowd. I did a few tracks like that for this Om Lounge compilation. It’s what you hear at Diesel when you’re trying on jeans in a mall. It’s very chilled-out – hip-hop without words.”
Electro House
“I wouldn’t associate it with the term ‘electro,’ which defined a different kind of music in the Eighties. This has only really come into existence in the last four or five years. This is what I do along with MSTRKRFT, Deadmau5, and Bloody Beetroots. I couldn’t play a Justice track at one of my shows. They’re more electro-pop. It’s just too slow.”
This article appears in May 13 • 2011.