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KARIM - Exclusive Interview!
Reported by Spacehog
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Submitted 08-10-03 17:46
Whether you love his music, or you hate it, it is a fact that the sound of Karim has always been different, fresh and unique. Having moved over to London from Paris in the late 1980's he has amassed a loyal hardcore support who have followed his career that spans over a decade. He has had residencies at 'Superfish!' and 'FIST!', while producing seminal releases such as 'Cheap Rent', 'Don't Fuck With Me' and his latest stormer, 'Power'.
Karim takes time out to do a rare ("Who gives a shit about interviews anyway? The music says it all!"), in-depth interview to talk about his brand new residency, his opinion on scratching over hard house, his relationship with DJ agencies, and how he has never considered his music to be 'hard'…
HF: You have recently come back from touring Australia. What do you make of it over there?
Karim: Australia is where I have had my biggest recognition so far. I went to Australia in 1999 and for a time I could say my name was bigger in Australia than in London, for a few months - it was bizarre.
HF: So, now are you bigger in London or Australia?
Karim: The same… BIG!
HF: One of your first major gigs was in 1996 at Warriors @ Turnmills playing every Sunday night/Monday morning. How did this shape the rest of your career?
Karim: Of course, having a residency at Turnmills for over a year and a half, it did push my name forward. It did help. You have to understand where I got my music from - I got into the music at this club, so having a residency here, the club that gave me inspiration, it was fantastic – so many magic moments and magic experiences. Playing at Turnmills, even now there's a chemistry. Even though it's not huge, like a 'purpose built' club, there's something in the air that makes it unique. I still love it.
HF: What else was your main influence, clubbing wise?
Karim: The clubbing - Trade, 1991. Turnmills - this is the club where the sound comes from, whatever you want to call it - NRG, hard house - this is where it comes from in the early nineties. And I used to go raving with my sister, she helped a lot and she is still my best friend. She definitely got me into it!
HF: How about when you started DJing and producing - who were your influences?
Karim: At that time when I started making music or thinking of producing there were so many influences, like Italian house - at the time that was pretty strong, and I still hear it in my tunes today. People like Dave Clark, that kind of techno, even some Jeff Mills. There was no NRG scene in England in 92, no one was making it. The people who started making it were Baby Doc and The Dentist and then a few others, but at the time, the music scene in England was very housey, unless you went to Trade and lost it in there!
HF: You remain the only person behind the 'Do Not Bend' and 'Tuff Trax' labels since their inception in early 1999 as an outlet for your increased personal rate of record production. How have you found running your own record labels?
Karim: Independent record labels… very independent. Meaning, I can do what I want, whenever I want. I find it really terrible with record companies when they have a release date - there's no release date with me. I try out records, acetates in clubs, and see how people react to it. After a few months, maybe I decide to put the record out. No release date, no obligation - I'm very happy with it like that! I'm a control freak!
HF: How important was it for you to work with Jon Bell (Captain Tinrib) when you initially started out in production?
Karim: Before I worked with Jon I had already had two releases on white label - my very first track, 'Breakthrough' - my name at the time was DJ Mr K! - and then when I came to London I made 'Special Brew'. Then I met Jon Bell in 1994 and we got on - there was something between him and me that we knew would work. I remember when I first met him I asked "Sorry mate, do you go to Trade?" and he'd be like "No!", and I was like "Are you sure?" because he had something that sounded like 'Trade music', NRG music. So, one day I gave him a tape of mine and then we got together and that's it.
Tinrib and Fish helped me a lot in making this cross over from playing on the gay scene. My first residency was at FIST! And it really gave me that big jump from the gay scene, which I never really wanted to get stuck in. I have never looked at myself as a good DJ either. You have loads of many good, gay DJs about, but they get stuck in playing just for gay clubs.
Jon Bell is the only person I can sit in the studio and write music with, and be happy with it. It pisses me off to write music with anybody else anymore, I've done it too many times. I know what I want to do, its already difficult between me and the programmer, I don’t like people around with me, I just do my own thing. Jon Bell is one of the only person who I have a connection with - we agree on the sounds, on many things. We can write a track without any clashes and it flows. So yes, ‘Fish’ definitely helped me a lot.
HF: Do you feel finishing the label was a little premature, or was it the right thing to do at the time?
Karim: This you will have to talk to Tinrib about! I listened to a Jon Bell PA the other week, and it was fantastic. If I want to stop DJing tomorrow, it won't stop me being Karim. Jon's still there making music, Tinrib is only a name.
HF: When talking about producing your records you have said previously that "It is a spontaneous experience that only relates to your emotional state at a particular time and place". Therefore, if we look back upon your discography, are we also looking back upon very specific moments in the life of Karim?
Karim: Yeah, I would.
HF: You must have been pretty angry when you made "Don't Fuck With Me!" then!
Karim: Now you are taking things very literally! It doesn’t mean it's an emotional thing… mind you, you have a point.
When I made 'Don’t Fuck With Me' it was meant to be on the 'Warriors' label; it was a fierce time in my life; I was making it; I was making a point; I had spilt up with my ex-partner; I was angry; and I wanted my sound to sound harder than anything!!
'Don’t Fuck With Me' and 'Mass Hysteria' on Alien Trax, especially the latter, when I listen back to that I think "Oh my good God, Karim! What the fuck was going on in your head at the time?!" I still relate to this feeling. It's not really happy, or angry, though.
How about Tinrib 11 - 'I Love You' - does that mean I loved everybody when I made that? No, I hated everybody! Haha, but no, its not anger, you know what it is, you're on the dancefloor and you feel it. I'm a lovely person, im gentle! There's times when people meet me and they say "Oh, I love you mate! You're so EVIL!!" and I say "You what? No I'm not!" It’s a raving vibe, its emotionally heavy, its very extreme in everything I do… if you see what I mean.
HF: In a previous interview with tidy.com when asked to describe the sound of 'Do Not Bend' you replied "It is tough NRG music I suppose. Hard dance party music if you prefer. To be honest with you I never labeled it because it doesn't matter". Do you think there is too much time spent trying to pigeon-hole music into different categories?
Karim: That’s exactly right, I don’t do labels. The quote you have says it all.
HF: "Karimusic - either you love it, or you hate it" - is this a fair comment?
Karim: Ain't that just right! I don’t want people to say "He's alright", I want them to say "I HATE HIM!" or "I LOVE HIM!", I don’t want in between - "He's alight" - oh fuck off! Either you love it or you hate it!!
HF: You had a brief period as a Nukleuz DJ a while back - what persuaded you to go your own way?
Right, what happened, I'd been working on my own, DJing since 93. I remember when I was a young bedroom DJ, very talented, already - it was in my blood! – my dream was to have an agency that would help me to become a 'big DJ'. No one was about, so I never had an agency.
I joined Nukleuz ten years later and was with them for about eight or nine months, so it was a very brief period in my DJ career. When I joined them I already had bookings every week, life was good, all they had to do was take 10 or 15 percent - I can't remember what it was - from my booking. Then there’s the Tidy Trax agency, I just split up with them last week - same shit.
I believe that DJ agencies should be there to promote young, new talent instead of fucking about with established DJ's money. As far as I'm concerned, they are no good, they are sharks… lets not take away the respect I have for these people, but it's just not me.
People having control in my career, it never works, that’s why I'm on my own. Ok, I lose a lot, I cant do some things because of it, but I haven't got a fucking wanker behind my back telling me "Play this music, play on this date, do this, do that". When I miss a gig, I take it out on myself.
Some other DJs may need agencies, but as far as I'm concerned, I don’t work well with other people. I don’t even have a secretary. I like to do things my own way. Of course, some gigs I miss and fuck up, like everybody else, but I like to take it out on myself and not have to blame someone else – I hated having to tell someone “Oh, you fucked this up” if they messed up one of my gigs.
To be honest with you, DJ agencies are useless. They should be there for young people. Mind you, Nukleuz have some good young DJs…but … I JUST HATE DJ AGENCIES!!
HF: Who in your opinion is the best of these young, up-and-coming DJ at the moment?
Karim: Ahh, well, I love Thomas Basquil, I think he is extremely talented, but you will hear more about him in 5 years time. I also love DNG in the Midlands, he's very good, a young lad, he's got his own little studio, and I listen to everything he sends me.
He has a different style, like 'Bust Like This' on Tuff Trax. He has a personal style, instead of following the trend, just because it is 'COOL TO BE A DJ'… haha, nah. You can see when someone's got their own style, their own flair, when they mean it - not just because they can pull birds or whatever.
HF: In recent weeks you have enjoyed an influx of bookings, playing a string of sets at Frantic, Heat, Tasty, Cyberdance and Riot!. Would it be fair to say that the stagnant sound of 'hard dance' today helps to promote your individual sound even further?
Karim: I don’t think this way. I don’t think about the marketing of the dance scene. I had it for years where people hated my music, now they like it, and some still hate it! But, I used to love it before, I love it now and I love what I'll do in the future. I don’t think about 'the market' of the music… I don’t give a shit what anyone is into!
HF: 'Frantic' especially have given you strong backing recently, with gigs at Chemistry @ Ministry of Sound and Convergence where you were given two sets in the same night. How did it feel to be given this level of support?
Karim: I would say, thank you very much, and I am grateful for this.
HF: Sales of your records over the years have stayed fairly steady with each release selling about the same amount each time and you have previously commented that you "must have a very loyal following" for this to happen. What do you put this loyalty down to?
Karim: Common sense, I suppose. They have good taste! Some people have taste, and you can't blame them for that, can you?
HF: When talking about your fans you have said "I want them to feel as strong as I do for this music, and when they do, it is the most fulfilling and refreshing feeling ever". What are the tracks that you have made over the years that have fulfilled this criteria the most for you?
Karim: There are none… I mean, there is not one track that did it more than another at the time. Every time I made a track, it was heartfelt. I want to be 100% happy with a track that I make, there is no compromise, so, when its finished, it means I had a point.
Some became more famous, yes, for different reasons, but I love all the tracks I make. I might not like it when I play it out, but when I'm making it and imagining myself on the dancefloor, it means when I leave the studio with a track I love it and am 100% happy with it.
HF: I have had friends who tell me that they don't like hard music who then proceed to go and dance harder than anyone else in the club when you have come onto the decks. How does having an effect on people like this make you feel?
Karim: I have to tell you something, the first time I was 'labelled' - there you go! - I think it was in 1995, someone said to me, "Oh, But Karim, your music is hard!" and I was a bit shocked! I said "What? Hard?" and they went "Yeah, you play hard music!", and I was like "No, its normal music, its just good music!"
You know, I was a bit surprised, I didn’t realise people would label my music as hard. I never looked at my music as hard, I don’t want to be hard! It took me a year or two to get over the fact that people were labeling me over in England as 'hard', and I was thinking "What the fuck is wrong with them? Have they gone mad? Hard compared to what?"
Believe me, I can show you my CD collection at home and I've got pure gabba and I can show you what hard music is all about - 250 bpm with the words "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck your mother! Fuck your sister! Suck my cock!" non-stop from the beginning until the end. I'm classical music compared with these people! So, no, I've never looked at my music as hard. I've always regarded my music as extremely clubby and dancey - I know it's hard to believe for some people!
HF: But, a lot of your bookings are for the closing set of a night and that’s when the promoter will want something harder to close the night…
Karim: They've got it wrong. And I'm very happy in the last two years that promoters have started to give me earlier sets. I've never understood why that happens… maybe it stems from my first residency when I was playing last and at 'Warriors' when id play last at 5-7 on a Monday morning. So everybody put me last from then onwards.
My music is very 'middle-of-the-night', its energetic. I mean, who wants to listen to a kick drum at 5 o'clock in the morning?! My music is very rushy. If you play Karim at 5 in the morning, its like, you've heard so many DJs already and now BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. It's always been wrong.
Now with Frantic, with Will Paterson doing it, and many of the promoters now also doing it - they make me play the middle set. My music is for when people's energy levels are peaking, it is 2 o'clock in the morning music.
When I go clubbing, sometimes I stay until the end, and I'm not sure I'd want to hear my kick drum at that time, when I've already been in the club since 11 o'clock – I’d be too knackered and I think it would do my own head in! You know in my tracks, there' always something to bring you up. The music I play is very party, in fact, its very cheesy at the end of the day.
HF: I have a hazy memory of you once playing a version of BK's 'Revolution' that I haven’t heard since - was this a bootleg by you or did I imagine the whole thing?
Karim: I don’t think you understand the meaning of the word 'bootleg'. A 'bootleg' is when you press on vinyl a record that doesn’t belong to you. What I do, so people don’t get too confused, is not bootlegs.
I use samples from other tracks and put them on acetate, a one off copy, too be used by me and me only, therefore I don’t make money out of it - this is an acetate. If I pick up 'Revolution' and press it and put Karim on it, then that is blatantly a bootleg. But no, I put everything together in Karim's way and maybe it works in a club, or doesn’t work, but never mind because I had a good time in the studio when I made it and people enjoy it.
Have you noticed that last year, with the trend, the amount of tracks that came out entitled 'Revolution', 'Palpitation', 'Confusion', and so on? So, I decided that I'd like to make a track called 'Masturbation'. So, I used the sample from 'Revolution' and called it 'Masturbation'. I put it on acetate and played it three times in my life. Ian M loved the track, and I gave him my plate, so I don’t even have it anymore. It was all right. I played it out a couple of time so yes you heard it and you were not tripping!
HF: I hear that you are in the process of preparing a new 'Do Not Bend' compilation album. Can you tell us when you plan to release this and some of the tracks that will be on it?
Karim: What I'm gonna do for the next 'Do Not Bend' CD is make it a bit special. Of course, I'm gonna put some of the old releases that weren't on the last compilation. I'm going to put a few things that I know I'm never going to release, like 'Atomic Kick', plus a few other unreleased tracks.
HF: Tracks like 'Osaka'?
Karim: I'm thinking of releasing 'Osaka' on Tuff Trax. Do you think I should?
HF: Definitely.
Karim: You think so? You see what I mean, sometimes I get it wrong. Sometimes I'm embarrassed when I release a track and think "Ohmigod! I shouldn't have!" and people will come up and say "Play it again, Karim!".
Let’s take another track like 'Kamagra' [with the Commander Tom ‘Are Am I’ sample] - I made it in October last year and it got a massive response. I've got this fantastic opportunity to make music and to try my music in clubs. I think I've got a good ear for it.
I mean, they are obvious samples that I use, but they work, and that’s what we want! We want people to dance. People in the music industry can make it very complicated, like DJ agencies. They want to turn the DJ thing into something more complicated.
You make music, you perform it, when you perform it you get paid and 'Goodbye!'. That’s the way it should be. With a DJ agency I might have to fax an accountant at Tidy Trax on Monday morning - Oh my god, on Monday I can hardly walk! A DJ agency can turn it into a very complicated story, but I'm a very straight forward person. You do not need bureaucracy in this job.
HF: When you were interviewed earlier in the year you said "My energy levels are at the highest. I just want to carry on enjoying what I'm doing and share it with other people. Karim is on a mission!" How has the year progressed for you and are you still on that mission?
Karim: Definitely!
HF: What promotions are doing it for you at the moment?
Karim: Well, I'm resident at Twist… I found out about it yesterday! It's my fave club at the moment. The club is fresh, the club's got the right sound system, the right crowd, perfect mixture, its definitely on its way. With me playing there every Sunday morning I think this is gonna be a top Sunday morning and I can't wait!
I like small venues where it’s just you, four walls, low ceiling and the music. Again, Turnmills is special, and I love playing at Riot.
HF: Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
Karim: In a crystal ball! I'm not psychic am I!?
HF: Finally, I hear that you don't own decks at home! Is this true?
Karim: Haha, I like your sarcasm here! What do you mean by that? I should practice more? Haha!… Of course, I don’t practice. When you mix 6 hours in a club, you think I want to go home and mix? Imagine how horrible for a DJ this is. We said it's a spontaneous thing, after all…
HF: But some DJs might want to practice a new trick, or mix…
Karim: New trick?! Just try to mix properly and bring the vibe! What they gonna do? Some scratching on hard house? Sing? Twats.
Just play the right music and fucking mix it properly! The trick is to catch how people are reacting to the music and just drop the right record at the right time. Put the people in the right mood. This is the trick.
HF: So, what do you think of people like Eddie Halliwell, Cally and Juice...
Karim: Yeah, I know who they are, but I haven't heard them play, so I can't say anything. I'm glad for them - they deserve a chance. I wish someone gave me a chance when I was their age!
With thanks to mrbicgit, Banjaxt, psycho, club.man, Seb, JidS for the use of their photos 
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From: ketec on 8th Oct 2003 18:12.57
Strong personality.
From: Dom on 8th Oct 2003 18:59.57
The man is clearly, totally, completely and utterly bonkers! Comedy interview More like Port Douglas, less like Don't fuck with me but that's just my opinion 
From: fire club on 8th Oct 2003 19:17.26
At last an interview with substance and a real DJ who understands what it's all about.
Well done for some clever questions and even cleverer answers.
Karim is an innovator and unique and at the very pinnacle of what he does.
From: Disco Diva on 8th Oct 2003 19:26.35
Wicked interview, top geeza...... Karim==LEGEND!!!!
From: Bosch on 8th Oct 2003 21:51.44
Great interview, he's certainly come along way from the early days when he used to be a punter down Trade. How many people did that club inspire/transform or take a hold of??
From: littleraver on 8th Oct 2003 22:38.44
Excellent interview! Having met him a few times, it is TOTALLY Karim  Mad? Yes, a little! And he says what he thinks, but I think that's refreshing! And always, ALWAYS, late 
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From a near-groupie who's heard you in Warriors, Fist, Fish (the reason I went to my first str8 HH night - many thanks!), Frantic and Riot. Keep it up mate - you're definitely the best!!
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From: James Nardi on 8th Oct 2003 23:18.26
Nice one mate. 
From: Mr.S on 9th Oct 2003 02:08.00
Great interview. That is 100% Karim. Had a few laughs reading that
From: Dan_Durnin on 9th Oct 2003 03:04.27
Top stuff, and word from Twist has been good so far, will definitely be checking it out.
From: scottie-nye on 9th Oct 2003 07:32.59
really good interview, nice to see that there are people in it for the right reasons. i cant stand his music, but he certainly seems like a top guy.
From: girth on 9th Oct 2003 08:23.46
hehehe... he can say what he wants cos he has such a strong following! I'd love to love his music but the man is too much for me! Give me Halliwell any day!
From: VICIOUS HQ on 9th Oct 2003 08:51.58
LEGEND
From: Not Marcus on 9th Oct 2003 08:55.56
Karim is a legend and a top bloke, great interview...
oh yeah, Port Douglas 
From: Gra Rule on 9th Oct 2003 09:02.44
The guys a fucking legend. The industry would be dull and shit without this man!!!!
From: Rainey on 9th Oct 2003 09:19.59
Nice Interview SpaceHog.
Whens this album out, could you stick Technology, Columbia, and Port Douglas on it please
From: Spacehog on 9th Oct 2003 10:08.44
Special thanks to Karim for taking the time out to do this interview :thumbs:
From: E-nrg on 9th Oct 2003 11:36.14
Finally someone who says what comes to mind. Top interview and gave me many good laughts... Keep doing your thing Karim!!
From: Skelp on 9th Oct 2003 12:21.20
I think the summary of this interview is ' DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS'
From: Jana on 9th Oct 2003 12:23.31
Love Karim, love his music, love this interview. He's great! Keep up the good work mate!
From: little Em on 9th Oct 2003 12:53.31
i love you so much karim, and i am sure i will be making tunes with him one day1 the guy is a GOD... love always Karim from Emma The Nutter
From: Skelp on 9th Oct 2003 13:35.23
I think the summary of this interview is ' DON'T FUCK WITH ME FELLAS'
From: *cheeky chick* on 9th Oct 2003 14:51.37
top dj and a top bloke 
From: El Capitano Pete on 9th Oct 2003 16:32.44
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF KARIM!!
Great inerview of a great producer/dj who has been an inspiration for me since I got into hard house back in 98.
Keep knocking out those banging traxx dude !!!
From: Lucy Fur on 9th Oct 2003 19:56.58
Hey DJ!! We need to kick tom up the arse!
From: tom on 9th Oct 2003 20:54.54
From: Pearsall on 9th Oct 2003 22:59.26
best interview on HF ever?
From: Piers on 9th Oct 2003 23:27.09
Superb interview! Reminds me of a hot sweaty Sunday morning at Trade when Karim growled into my ear - "I make music you can FUCK to"!!!
From: James Jaye on 10th Oct 2003 00:08.17
I'm with you on that Pearsall.Quality!
From: *Vixstar* on 10th Oct 2003 08:20.14
Karim's music is a bit like Marmite - you either love it or you hate it.
I'd have Karim on toast anyday...
From: BottleofWater on 10th Oct 2003 10:00.56
What a really refreshingly honest interview. Top stuff Karim!!
From: Shaun on 10th Oct 2003 10:04.40
"and I was like "No, its normal music, its just good music!" "
Have a word!
From: GRiT on 10th Oct 2003 19:43.02
Best interview I've ever read anywhere. Speaks his mind. Respect !
From: Gurnmaster Deluxe on 11th Oct 2003 11:18.40
You always were a lady of good taste, Vix ... how about treating those at Tilt with a taste of Karim?
From: 00Frenchy on 11th Oct 2003 14:04.40
Looking forward to hearing you at Turnmills next month!! Bring it on!
From: spencer on 12th Oct 2003 15:19.23
Absolute quality.
From: benz on 12th Oct 2003 19:26.31
Good interview, but fuck that shit about not practising! Bit of a stupid comment innit
From: Lx on 13th Oct 2003 13:51.27
Brilliant attitude man!As good as ur tunes.Keep going Karim!!!
From: DDK on 13th Oct 2003 15:47.42
i don't think the non-practising thing is bullshit comment, be spontaneous, feel the vibe and react accordingly, otherwise shut the fuck up and fuck right off
"live every moment like it's your last cause one day it will be!"
From: Matt Smallwood on 13th Oct 2003 18:52.09
Haha! Absolute legend!
From: tall_tidy_girl on 14th Oct 2003 21:38.53
Omg he's soo amazing! He's a wicked guy he's such a indivdual and thats y i love him soo much! Keep up the good work karim!
From: djshenton on 15th Oct 2003 14:22.28
Add your comments here !
From: djshenton on 15th Oct 2003 14:26.42
I know karim and i have been to clubs with him and he has taken the time to come and see me play as well. The bloke is fucking great and he continues to inspire me.
From: Basildo on 27th Oct 2003 02:50.48
ooh ooh ooh....were not worthy !!!
Best interview I think I've read on HF, and nice questions from Spacehog.
You da man karim !!!!
From: Red5 on 29th Oct 2003 16:38.28
Fantastic interview, different questions, clever answers, and a few laughs along the way.
From: Red5 on 29th Oct 2003 16:38.28
Fantastic interview, different questions, clever answers, and a few laughs along the way.
From: PeteToast on 9th Nov 2003 18:18.14
My respect for Karim has just been bolstered once again after reading that interview. Legend indeedy!
From: A-jay on 28th Nov 2003 07:24.24
Karim is the Best!!! No 1 Nrg god
From: shane on 28th Mar 2004 17:26.30
Add your comments here !
From: shane on 28th Mar 2004 17:30.41
Add your comments here !i love his stuff and hard style.he is entitled to his opinion so good on him.im a frantic man and always look forward to seeing him with frantic.
From: Tony.P on 3rd Apr 2004 18:00.35
Finally read this after how many months...ha ha
Quality interview really good read and I'm a strong believer in the Karim way.
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