Hi there. Can you tell us your name and what you do for Detonic Recordings?
I’m Dik and I head up the Artistes and Repertoire Division (Southern Region). We are a Northcote based micro-label specialising in home brewed and slightly skewed death-disco.
The Data Corruption LP sees artists from Detonic and London based label Radiowave covering each other. What made both labels decide to work together?
Ashley Davies who runs Radiowave and I go back a long way and we plotted this ridiculously ambitious scheme over a few beers in the dark corner of a Dalston Pub when I was in London last year. A simple idea: we cover them, they cover us, but nothing is quite as it seems.
What can you tell us about the recording process for the LP?
I’d describe it best as herding cats, but really arrogant, pedantic cats with quite serious ego management issues. Nine months into the process we were still waiting for vocals from the Super Snipes singer – allegedly semi-conscious in an East London hospital with catheter attached, a couple of bands refused to provide lyrics – the list goes on.
In terms of genre, what kind of artists can people find on your label?
Detonic Recordings lean towards the primal/electronic end of the spectrum. We love synth-punk but our definition of what that means will always allow plenty of room for negotiation. The Radiowave Roster has more guitar/garagey content so the combined LP is quite a mix, this is not a genre bound compilation by any means.
