DJ Rap: We're living in an age of many dinosaurs, so it's kind of how it is in the film industry, a lot of great ideas. It probably accounts for the fact why you have so much crap TV all the time. I actually only watch one program on TV and that's 24, that's the only decent thing as far as I'm concerned, the Discovery Channel and National Geographic. So until these old people die and young people takeover the networks, we're going to be stuck with crap TV, what can I say?
DJ B: Mike Wallace and Dan Rather are those guys who are getting ready to move on to greener pastures. You released a series of Proper Classics where you had a drum and bass mix on one side and breaks on the other. I thought it was interesting that this Touching Bass double disc that you just done is kind of that same concept where you've got a breaks disc and a drum&bass disc.
DJ Rap: Well, actually the Touching Bass one is the first one like that, the Proper Classics is literally all the classics that I've had with one or two fresh tracks thrown in. This is actually a new idea on Touching Bass. I'm not the type of DJ that churns out mixed CDs all the time, not that there's anything wrong with that but it's just not something I've always done. I've always picked my projects carefully, and my first mixed CD was Journeys By DJs which was a totally different concept again, different from what everyone else had been doing. Then when I did Proper Classics, it was because I had so many hit records back in the day, and people were always asking me, so that's been very successful. Then Touching Bass was again a chance to do something different and put another string to my bow and just show people that I can play another style of music. The next idea will probably be a house and drum and bass CD, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Most people have really welcomed it and liked the fact that there's something different. Some people are torn, they don't know which one they like best, and it's great to put a 2CD set out at the same price as one. It gives people a choice and including more people into what you do is always a good thing.
DJ B: Speaking of which, I'm actually going to be doing the visuals at your show, I pinched a couple of the graphics out of the press kit that got sent to the promoter. I'll be incorporating those with some DJ software called OKO, so you'll be up on the screen behind yourself, getting scrambled and reinvented visually as you're playing with music.
DJ Rap: That's great. One of the fun things about the Playstation Tour was having all the visuals and having the budget to do it properly. So that's good, I love it when people actually care enough to do stuff like that, it's great.
DJ B: I don't know how elaborate it'll be, it's the first time I've actually had a chance to try out this stuff out live, so if it bursts into flame while you're on stage it's only because I've pushed the envelope just a little bit too far. Is there anything else that you want to let people know about, so long as you've got the microphone here?
DJ Rap: Yes, I think that it would be good to let people know about the web site because it's a fully interactive web site, www.djrap.com, and I am one of the only few DJs out there that actually interacts with my fans on the message board.
DJ B: It's taken away from your time on Friendster though.
DJ Rap: Well, this is it, you see. Yes, I have, as you can see when you read the site, that I've never been on Frendster nor do I intend to go on it. It's quite funny that there are people impersonating you out there, it's a little sad really and maybe a little spooky.
DJ B: Get your own life.
DJ Rap: Yes, well, you know, if the web site's great, like I said, Beat Port is going to be a great thing that's launching January 1st and you'll be able to download every track that I've ever done for literally pittance, it's going to cost you cents. So you go to the web site, click on the tune you like, download a file and then you can burn the CD of the track. It's great and I'm excited about that and the web site always has a lot of stuff going on with the gig guides, the DJ dates, and the news page. There's a whole thing about the documentary I filmed in Africa which is really cool, and that's all about fair trade which was quite interesting. Again, this music has given me an opportunity to do different things and that's one of the things that was really cool to do, go to Africa and film a documentary about something that has very little to do with music but has everything to do with young people. It was a really great gift to have been able to have done. The acting thing's cool and I've got a part in a new Wet Craven film (Cursed, coming in late 2004), which is fun, so we'll see what happens there. So, that's pretty much bringing you up-to-date.
