Having gained support from Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Ian Pooley, Anthony Papa, The Timewriter, Terry Lee Brown Jr and more for his productions, Australian-born turned London transplant Adam Jace has been making waves in the deeper shades of house and techno for a few years now. Having already released on labels like Plastic City, Sudbeat, Thug Records and Acryl, he now has turned his attention to brand new London label, Arkhive, the offspring of the club night of the same moniker. The first release on this new label comes from Jace with his "Suckerfish" EP, and has already become a staple of deep house and techno sets across the city. To celebrate, Adam has provided Pulse with an exclusive mix for you to listen to and download, and answered a few questions for us, which you can read here.
How was your 2013? Any big highlights? 2013 has been a great year for me. I’ve played some awesome gigs around London and I’ve done some amazing traveling in and around Europe too. I’ve also spent a quite a bit of time in the studio over the last year, which has been most productive since taking a bit of time off to redefine my sound.
How did you initially hook up with the Arkhive crew for the "Suckerfish" EP? I met Arkhive London founders Olly, Matt and Ben through mutual friends in London, and it wasn’t long before we both realised that we shared a common passion for the deeper side of electronic music. The guys had plans to launch a label and approached me for some unsigned tracks. I’ve since been playing at their resident parties and plan to be more involved with upcoming releases and events.
How was has the response been with the Suckerfish EP so far? The EP has had a great reaction from London-based producers and DJ’s we've approached who’ve been using both tracks as early door staples for months. The dubby, deeper shifts in sound currently happening in the UK I think has definitely helped the EP fit nicely into lots of DJ's sets, which is great.
Suckerfish is an interesting name. How did that one come to you? I found this really cool filter sample, which I ended up using for the track’s main hook. With a bit of delay and some other effects the sample developed into somewhat of a ‘sucking’ type sound. My imagination went a bit wild from there.
Have any big projects or news for the coming months? So far I have a fair few remixes planned for 2014 as well as some more collaborative work with Rodean, a good friend and very talented producer from back home in Sydney.
Buy the "Suckerfish" EP out now on Arkhive London here.
Listen to Adam Jace on Pulse Radio.