SANE BEATS - FALL INTO THE TRAP
Pretty much everyone who heard Jakwob's Fade and the subsequent remixes; fell in love. The vibe, the lyrics, the sentiment - it all gelled together so perfectly. Just when you think all the remixes had been released up pops another one. Normally the latter remixes of any tune rarely throw up anything new but this time I was pleasantly surprised.
Once you've got a taste of his remix work we recommend listening to the Untamed EP to see what this talented producer can do by himself. SHAKE WHAT YA MOMMA GAVE YA!!!
Seeing as so little is still known about the 'man behind the music' we caught up with him to get the skinny on 'that remix' and see what the future holds:
So, the remix of Fade. I already loved the original track and remixes - there seemed to be so many that just when I thought I couldn't listen to another one yours drops and brought something completely new. How did that come about?
I submitted my Untamed EP to Jakwob, then he just randomly asked me if I wanted to remix his single; I said OK and gave it go. Before he could even send the individual parts of the song, I already had an idea of what to do – I took the first 5 seconds of the song and just played around with it. To be honest, I didn’t think much of the beat when I sent it through, but people are really digging it.
That remix as well as everything on the Untamed EP has a very distinctive sound which doesn't really seem like it should be coming from the UK (which is awesome). I'd call it a sort of chilled trap but what led you down the path of producing that style of music and who inspired you?
It was only towards end of 2012 I started getting into trap. Before that I used to make Hip-Hop and Pop. I got into trap through Ollie Hucci, he commented on one of my old beats and asked me to check out his. I really liked his stuff but when I found out he was only 16 I thought maybe I could try to do the same and “blow up through trap”. When it came to making the EP it was really just me making beats with a little trap influence and I guess that’s how it turned out (apart from “Evenesce” that song I made in the summer of 2012).
You used to have a load of stuff up on YouTube & Soundcloud which you've since taken down. Why is that? Do you feel that they don't stand up to your latest stuff?
Yeah exactly, I thought my old beats weren’t up to scratch with my new stuff. The songs lacked in quality but those beats were made when I was like 15-17 so I obviously wasn’t as good back then. My tracks represent me so I want to be happy with everything I put out rather than just happy with just some.
What can we expect next from Sane Beats?
In the future I think maybe another EP in the coming months - this would probably be Trap again. Expect a few remixes soon too. In the future I hope to be producing for other artists in pretty much any genre from Rap/Pop/Dance/Indy/. But, I guess that’s a while off yet.
If you could remix or collaborate with anyone, who would it be?
Hmm… I’d go with Labrinth, Kid Cudi, Miguel or Toro Y Moi - with artists like that, there are less limits with what you can do and make. But those are just a random few off the top of my head.
So at the moment you're just producing, are you tempted to hit the decks anytime soon?
I’ve been prompted to tour but I think in future I’d prefer to be a record producer than DJ. But maybe that will change soon…I mean, it would be cool have people raving to your music but I guess time will tell.
Ok, last question. If you could trash one thing what would it be?
If I could trash anything it would be my own laptop because it crashes and I always lose my ideas!
Someone please get the guy a new laptop, we don't want any more ideas getting lost! Keep a close on this guy, we think he's going to go far!