Rob,
tell me about the
members of Groove Diggerz?
Well there's me on the Music and
Production side of things, with a bit of help from Reuben Pearce, but
he had a
baby a while back and with another one on the way he's stepped out of
the game
for a while, but I'm sure he'll be back sooner or later. Then there's
Ronnie
Black, one of my oldest friends and soon to be best man at my
wedding!!!
He sometimes runs the mic at DJ gigs and stuff, he's done a
few other
bits and bobs as well including recording with the Dub Pistols.
Then there's Princess Jewels
(My favourite singer in the world...) She has her own band 'Jewels and
the
Jaccuzzis’ which is a ska, reggae, rock style band who
currently have a
residency at the Pitcher and Piano in Reading, they're doing really
well.
Newest recruit AKA-Fella (Jay
Duggan) used to be a garage MC in and around London, we met on New
Years Eve and haven't
stopped writing since!!!
Then there's a lot of guest
singers I'm working with like Lindy Layton (Beats International),
Sophie Barker
(Zero 7) and MC Manic (Freefall Collective)
How
did you meet Lindy Layton?
I had a management deal with
Cut La Roc and he put us in touch, I'm so pleased to have had the
chance to
work with her, she's a star, and very lovely with it!
Having
five singers
including yourself on the album give you a great spektrum of sound. Did
you
have trouble getting it all to work together?
That was the beauty with this
album, we normally work with one singer at a time so say Ronnie would
come to
the studio and do this little bit, then Jewels the next day, then Jay
etc etc,
then I will chop it all up and make it work at the right time in the
right
place.
Any
unusual sound or
intruments used in the recording of any particular track?
Not really unusual, lots of
live guitar, live bass and drum tracks, the rhodes
(which is my favourite instrument just incase you hadn't noticed!!!)
loads of
strings, then the rest programmed really,
Are
you going to make a music video?
It
would be nice to see Lindy in the flesh again. That's the plan. We're
currently looking for someone to work with us on
all the tracks as it's great to have videos these days with things like
youtube
and facebook, it really gives your tunes an edge I think.
What’s
next on the agenda of Groove Diggerz
and Breakin Even?
Groove Diggerz are gonna have
a bit of time out on the production side of things, maybe do a few
remixes and
DJ gigs, but for Breakin Even it's Go Go Go, we've just split the label
into 3,
so lots of different stuff coming your way soon.
I
see there are some new
offshoot labels have cropped up. Tell me about them.
The 1st is the original
Breakin Even Records which is now called B.E.Breaks, which will carry
on where
Breakin Even Records left off, so it will release pure dancefloor
music, mainly
Breakbeat, Electro, Techno. Then there's the new label B.E.Deep which
is
already on its 4th release and features artists like GrandSon and Vital
Substance, this label will release anything so long as it's deep, so
anything
ranging from downtempo chill out to deep house to deep drum and bass,
anything
that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand to attention.
And last but not least is
B.E.Music which will be a bit more commercial, proper songs, proper
songwriters, a bit urban stylee, watch this space.........
Describe
your musical
style?
It ranges through a massive
spectrum of different styles to be honest, we try and make each track
different
so we don't get pigeon holed into just one genre, we have so many
influences in
the 'Diggerz' and I think that rubs off on the tracks | 
