Interview With My Digital Enemy

Hi guys, how is everything going? Any releases, or big shows coming up?

Our third release on Steath records has just been released on Beatport.  It's the ‘Dirty Brass EP' and has had some pretty amazing feedback.   We have three more releases lined up with Stealth this year.  We are in talks with Stealth Live about DJing at their events in Ibiza, London & Amsterdam over the summer months.

I have read that you're from Brighton. How do you find the music scene in Brighton? Do you get down to the sea front clubs much?

There are some really good nights in Brighton.  Our favourite is Prok & Fitch's night Floorplay which has now moved to a new venue called Digital which is right on the front.  The night life in Brighton is legendary.  There is always something going on and no shortage of parties especially through the summer months.

How do you find playing in the UK compared to abroad, do the crowds differ?

Crowds differ everywhere but it doesn't matter where you are if the crowd are really up for it!  We have had amazing nights all over the globe but it is always nice playing back home.

How did you individually get into music production, and then meet and decide to work together?

We have worked together on various projects since we were at college.  We both got into production at the same time and have stuck together since.  We have had our ups and downs music-wise but are still as passionate about it as when we first started!

What are your favourite pieces of studio equipment, and what does your studio consist of?

We have three sets of Monitors.  KRK VXT8's, KRK VXT4's & Mackie HR814's.   The KRK's are probably my favourite.  The 4's for nearfield monitoring and the 8's for midfield.  We have a custom built (by us) overclocked watercooled PC running Cubase 5 with a massive amount of plugins.  We use a MOTU soundcard and have a Powercore unit which has some really good effects on it.  We always use the MX5 for mastering and the Virus is cool for leads.  Other favourites are Trilogy & Trilian for basses & Massive for phat synth lines.  Our Outboard gear consists of a Trilogy keyboard, Novation Nova, TL Audio C1 Compressor, Korg Prophecy and a selection of Mics for recording.

Having produced remixes for some large names, such as Beyonce, Groove Armada and The Qemists, do you prefer writing original productions or remixing?

I like both but given the choice writing original tracks wins hands down.  Its much more satisfying creating something from scratch.

You recently created a sample pack for us here at Loopmasters, we often get feedback from artists saying it's a really different process to writing music. How did you find it?

Creating the elements for it was not a problem at all. It was really very enjoyable.  Organising everything was the hard part. Now we've done one I know how it all works making more wont be anywhere near as challenging.  In fact I have already taken ideas for two more to the loopmaster guys and am working on them as we speak!  We have put eight new royalty free samples up on our facebook page as a free download.  Head over to www.facebook.com/mydigitalenemyofficial and click on the Free Downloads tab to get them.

Were you worried about producers having access to your 'sound' and the possibility of others sounding like you?

A little bit at first, but by the end I got a bit carried away and was throwing in ideas that we were planning to use ourselves.  I had it in my head that we might as well make it as good as possible.  When we came to make the demo track we were on the verge of pulling some of the samples from the pack to make the demos into full tracks.  In the end we decide to grit our teeth and bear it.  It going to be interesting to see what tracks are made with them!

You've collaborated with artists such as Prok & Fitch and Carl Hanaghan. Do you have any more collaborating scheduled for the future?

We have new collaboration with Carl Hanaghan coming out on Stealth in the near future. We are also back in the studio with Prok & Fitch towards the end of the month and have just done a session with Jason Chance which went really well.

Do you have any advice for young producers trying to break through in the competitive world of the music industry?

Work at it and don't give up. If you have success work even harder to sustain it.