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Stay Up Forever with Chris Liberator and Sterling Moss Reported by Tom Cypher / Submitted 22-12-10 10:02 Chris Liberator and Sterling Moss are the leading pioneers in Acid Techno. With releases on Stay Up Forever, Scythe Squadron, Cluster, Hive, Yolk, 99.9, and Maximum Minimum, Prolekult, Hydraulix, Smitten and Apex recordings to name a few, their massive body of work is truly the driving force of London Acid Techno scene. Ahead of their release for sample boutique Loopmasters, HarderFaster catches up with the boys for a chat... As pioneers of the acid techno scene in the early 90s, which saw the beginning the illegal rave culture – what do you make of the return of the underground rave scene? Do you think illegal raves are back to stay? They never went away – the scene has obviously shrunk over the last few years due to the problems of gangs etc., but the big parties like Scumoween have been happening regularly and the small parties are still there in London. Across the country there is still a healthy free party scene and because of recent parties like Scumoween and the UK Teknival in the summer (in high profile places), the media attention has suddenly returned to illegal rave culture. Of course with the recession it is touted as becoming a big thing again, but whether or not the authorities will let this happen with such intense scrutiny from the media remains to be seen. When and where was the best illegal rave you’ve ever been to? (Please go into detail!) One of the best and the biggest was Castlemorton back in 92’. It was the culmination of two years of the free party scene developing and expanding, and followed on from the Lechlade festival a few weeks before. Both of which were traditional illegal festivals that became raves in that year. The illegal electronic music scene and sound system culture had become so big at this point that it felt like a national explosion. Castlemorton was a week long party with rigs like Bedlam / Conspiracy (who we teamed up with), Circus Warp, Spiral Tribe, DIY and Adrenaline amongst others, and was attended by 25,000 – 50,000 people. This party really felt like the beginning of a new era of illegal raves, but unfortunately it was the party the signalled the end of such events in the UK on a large scale, as it was the catalyst for the criminal justice bill. What’s the worst journey you’ve ever had getting to a gig? Chris: The worst journey I ever had was when I played in the Crimea, on the coast of the Ukraine. I came back from a party in the West Country – Devon – and was dropped at the airport at 6am, then flew to Czech, and from there to the Ukraine. Then I had an 8 hour drive on single lane highways in a cab to the party. The cab driver had his pedal to the metal and spent the whole journey overtaking (very dangerously) any vehicle that got in our way. At one point he overtook a massively long truck, mistimed it while another truck was coming towards us at great speed and almost crashed headlong into it. At the last moment the driver overtook the lorry as the other vehicle came straight at us, but the gap wasn’t big enough, so clipped the back of his car on the lorry we overtook, shearing off the rear end. After stopping and taking the driver’s details, he picked up the debris, put it in what was left of the boot and carried on. I thought I was dead and spent the rest of the journey clutching the dashboard in terror. We finally arrived at the party with five minutes to spare for me to get on the decks. I finished my set and then had to leave immediately, this time to go to a different airport (Semferepol I think), which was only about an hour away, to take a flight to St Petersburg (Russia) and then home. The plane only had two passengers on it (myself and one other person) and looked like it was built in the thirties! The interior had been stripped bare, some of the seats were just holes in the fuselage! For the second time in 24 hours I thought I was a dead man, but the plane made it. When we landed in St Petersburg however, even though I was connecting to go to London, I didn’t have the correct documentation to enter Russia and so was promptly arrested! After managing to get hold of some Russian friends of mine on the phone who worked in customs (they spoke to the airport police who were holding me), I was eventually let go to make my way to the international terminal, which was rammed and hot. I had a six hour wait for my flight. When I finally took the flight back to London, I was due to go straight to play at a festival, which is why I had such a convoluted journey. When I got back the festival had been cancelled so it was all for nothing!! Sterling: My worst gig journey was coming back from a festival in Europe. I had been bitten by a jaguar in Africa a month earlier, and had to take a series of heavy rabies jabs during the following month. My final booster jab was due on the day I was returning from the festival; I needed to complete the course of treatment that day, or would have to start the month’s worth of vaccine again. While waiting for my plane back I noticed a security guard from the festival pacing back and forth, sweating heavily, but didn’t think too much about it. Half way back to London, the very same six and half foot guy starting rocking frantically in his seat, shouting that he was going to pass out, which inevitably he did. This was followed by fits and convulsions, and had cabin crew running up and down the length of the plane. Moments later the pilot got on the intercom asking if there was any doctors on board, which there wasn’t, and within minutes we were told we would be landing in Belgium to treat this medical emergency. I thought to myself “there will be another medical emergency if we don’t get back to London in time and I start frothing at the mouth!”. After landing the medics had trouble removing the now unconscious bloke, due to his formidable size, and so had to radio for extra help. While waiting we were informed that we would need to refuel and then wait for a new allocation to take off, which might be some time as now it was rush-hour. So after they finally took him, we eventually trundled off and got going, landing with 45 minutes to spare. I dashed manically through the airport and headed for the hospital at top speed, arriving on the stroke of the last minute of the day, as the doors were being locked. I shuffled quickly through the gap in the door and landed in my chair for my final dose. As the skull & crossboned bottled was drained for the last injection, I thought to myself the moral of the story is: “never turn your back on a jaguar!” You guys have recently compiled a sample pack for Loopmasters ‘The Sound of London Acid Techno’, what’s can budding producers expect? Expect the raucous nuts and bolts needed to produce London Acid Techno and much more beyond. There’s tons of chunky, chugging loops, meaty analogue sounds to manipulate and of course stacks of multi processed fizzling acid!! There’s Native Instruments Machine Kits, Battery 3 & Kontact 3 Multi Kits, and plenty more besides! Have you got any tips for people using your sample pack? With a little of your own processing and fx, you can stamp your own authority on your tunes using this pack together with some creative arrangement ideas. You shouldn’t find it difficult to make banging acid crackers with this sample set. Try rearranging the slices of the acid loops to make some new and interesting acid parts of your own. The sounds are not just limited to acid techno, with some thought you can produce anything from minimal & house through to shranz with the elements provided here. What does your studio core consist of? The studio is built around Logic with an analogue Mackie Desk, the Roland TB-303 & TR-909 are obviously of great importance, with various hardware synths including Roland SH-101, Mini Moog, Nord Lead & Access Virus amongst others Any great software tips of cheap plugins or Fx you use which don’t break the bank? Unfortunately some of the best plugins we use are quite expensive, but if you know your way around Logic, all the onboard effects can be used with success. We utilise a lot of the distortions and compressions from Logic as they sound great. How’s everything at Stay Up Collective going? What have you got coming up? Everything is going good – we are launching a new website in the new year and are working towards our 100th release on Stay Up Forever which will be due in the latter part of 2011. To celebrate this as well as 20 years of Liberator and the scene in general, we will be hosting a series of events including an exhibition. Our digital website www.909london.com (which we run with Kinetec) is expanding on a daily basis with new labels and material being put up, and provides a one stop shop for Acid Techno, London Techno and more… On the vinyl front, specials and new releases are available from www.stayupforever.com, including new label 99.9, a new Stay Up Forever - 98 and the new Cluster. In the new year, the next Hydraulix and Scythe Squadron releases will be available, and when the new site is launched, a range of t-shirt designs will follow. Catch up with all the new SUF info with our Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/stayupforever and artist info at www.sufbookings.com. Watch this space! What’s does 2011 have in store for you both? We’ve been pushing forward with our live show, after spending months preparing it. It’s a blistering hard modern acid techno set, featuring all our recent releases. We have several new records coming out including tracks on Carbon Audio, Routemaster, a new French release and we’ll also be featured on Stay Up Forever 100. We’ve been working on an alternative project called ‘Freepower Movement’ as well, and have our first track featuring Tiddles (from Dogshte) on vocals, coming out on Beetroot Records in the new year. We’ll be continuing to produce fresh samples, and should have another sample pack ready later in the year Any final messages you would like to add to Harder Faster readers? Stay Up Forever – still here and still avin’ it!!! More info:http://www.stayupforever.com Click here to purchase 'The Sound of London Acid Techno': All photos courtesy of Chris Liberator & Sterling Moss. Not to be reproduced without permission. Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By Tom Cypher: Perfect Stranger Takes a Leap of Faith With His New Album Marco Scherer's Patchwork 17 Lee Mortimer goes Loopy. My Digital Enemy Studio Talk with Organ Donors The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: ~deleted1390 on 22nd Dec 2010 15:51.00 Jesus, and I thought the time my tube got held up and I sat in a tunnel between Stockwell and Brixton for 45 minutes was quite a traumatic gig journey. From: CLK on 3rd Jan 2011 22:10.07 LOL respect to two amazing producers and deck technicians From: Vivacious on 5th Jan 2011 22:56.18 You're a legend Chris I love seeing your smiley face behind the decks! From: Neats on 17th Jan 2011 17:06.37 I love techno!!!!

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