60 Second With… Oliver Paterson Beat Project
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60 Second With… Oliver Paterson Beat Project

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The First Record I Bought:

H2 by DJ Honda – a Japanese hip-hop producer and turntablist. It’s a rap album and has a bit of a DJ Premier vibe. At the listening station I was totally blown away by the raw energy and the sheer aggression of the music. It paved the way for a deep love for hip hop later on.

 

The Last Record I Bought:

Hiatus Kaiyote’s Choose Your Weapon – absolutely on-point future-soul clap hip-hop, what the hell do you call it? They are doing things that I never thought possible – breaking out and moving forward from what everybody in the scene is doing now.

 

The First Thing I Recorded:

The first jam I had with my musical soulmate, drummer/ producer Michael McNab, who plays MPC and percussion in my Beat Project. It was 2003 and we were jamming in the same garage we still use today. We were twelve and it was the start of a huge musical partnership.

 

The Last Thing I Recorded:

I’ve been working on a new solo beat tape album. It’s called See You Again and was made at home using just my guitar, loop stations and effects pedals. Lo-fi electronic beats ranging from boom bap to minimal techno. 

 

The Record That Changed My Life:

Fantastic Volume 2 by Slum Village. I found J Dilla in about 2010 and since then his work has become my main influence. Dilla covered so much ground in his short career and this album is one of the highlights for me – it’s raw, loose, dirty and fat.