Name?
Brian Wilson
How old are you?
30
What was your first Raving experience?
At Dance Unity in Hull dj tin tin
sept 1989 (i think)
How long have you been DJing? Producing?
I got my first set of decks when I
was 12, first gig at 17, first record out when I was 23.
What styles of music do you like?
Too many to mention
What styles of music do you DJ?
Trance and oldskool.
Where have you played?
England, Scotland, Wales and Canada
What styles of music do you produce?
Hard trance and Hardcore
What styles of music have influenced your productions?
Oldskool house
(sasha), German trance, Hardcore techno
Do you have plans to produce any others styles of music?
Yes but not telling
what!
Who have you produced with?
M-zone / Chris C / Devastate / Scott Majestik / Gyver
What labels have you released material on?
Uprising trance and white labels
What is your personal favourite of your productions?
"In my mind" Uprising
trance 7, me and my mate sav wrote it on speed at 4 in the morning after
playing uprising for my friend Chrissy who had just died.
What is your favourite choon of all time?
My ove by Collapse and jj
tribute
What ventures are you involved with at the moment?
3 Labels
(Uprising, Rebirth, Seductive) and promoting 2 events (Uprising,Kinetic)
Do you think hardcore should be released onto CD?
Yes because not everybody
wants to be a dj and if it was just down to 12 inch sales there would be no
scene.
Which direction would you like to see the hardcore scene go?
Just forward
there are many talents producing many styles that are all being appreciated,
for example - Sharkey with nu-energy, Breeze & Styles uplifting, Devastate
playing hard plus many more
Which direction would you like to see the trance scene go?
I'm not sure the
material coming out at the minute seems a bit lost but the gas label is
doing really good stuff
How do you think the trance scene has changed over the past few years?
Well
a lot of people have moved to hardstyle but that seems to be following in
the same direction as hardhouse
Who do you think are doing good things for the scene?
The same people I
mentioned 3 questions ago
What DJs, MCs do u rate?
Clsm and Eruption
How do u think the media view hardcore?
Better than 2 years ago but they
still don't see that nearly every musical genre started with hardcore roots.
Do you think hardcore would get more recognition if it was to go more commercial?
No it has been there before, the problem with hardcore is it's
not a fashion show and when people get older they are more bothered what
they look like on the outside and not what the music makes them feel like on
the inside.
If you could change 1 thing about the music industry. What would it be?
The big people (distribution companies) not to rip the little people
(producers) off
Any points you would like to make, anything you would like to elaborate on?
Don't let the big f*ckers get you down
Do you have a website?
www.uprising.co.uk
Any shout outs?
A big respect to everybody I have had the honour to work
with in the hardcore scene.
Words of wisdom?
It's nice to be important but it's more important to be
nice.
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