Jack Adams is a young producer from London who loves to crank dat bass and ain’t scared to mess with a vast array of flavors. With a series of heavyweight remixes (Radioclit, Daedelus, Santogold, and the infamous Black Lips/Diplo/Jammer remix of the remix) buzzing hard, and dj’s like Sinden and BBC1’s Annie Mac playing his joints, Mumdance is on the rise for sure.

What’s up in Mumdance’s world?

Things are really good at the moment, I’m doing music full time now so I’ve just been keeping my head down & working hard. I’ve just been doing a lot of remix work which has been really fun. The next step for me is to write an EP of original material which I’m hoping to get out before the end of the year. Looking to try to do something really different and work with some interesting vocalists, I really wanna try to push things forward musically.

Where does your name come from?

My name is just two words I put together that made me laugh, there is no real meaning behind it. Although I get asked this question a lot so I think I’m going to invent a really far fetched story to tell people…

How do you define your sound?

I would say I’m still finding my sound and at the moment I like to make all of my tracks sound different. Production wise, I listen to a lot of different types of music so the music I make kinda reflects that. I think that DJs have been doing sets that span a multitude of genres for a while now and I thought it would be an interesting idea to take it a step further and span genres in a track. Tayo has been throwing a term around lately…polyrhythm… which I think sums it up quite nicely. DJ wise I play bass music, lots of different styles, tempos and genres, I just like to switch it up as much as possible.

How did you get into music?

The usual way…through borrowing old jungle & hardcore tapes from my mates’ older brother when I was 13. I miss old tape packs, 10 or so tapes that recorded every DJ at the rave. I used to buy them from this shop in Brighton called Happy Vibes Recordings & crank them full volume on my walkman in the back of the school bus, like sharing one earphone each with a mate. Good times!

How did you end up remixing Diplo’s remix of Black Lips?

Well the original record came out on Vice Records & my friend Jamie James Medina is a photographer for Vice Magazine. We were talking about how a UK Grime version would be cool, so he organised a studio session with myself & Jammer, I had to drive across town and pick up Jammer from some girls house then when we got to his studio he just layed down that 16 bar in one take. Then I went back to my friend High Rankin’s studio in Brighton (my studio was in pieces at that time) and took 3 good ideas from a few different half finished songs I had started and made them into 1 track. Literally did it in 45 minutes or so… then I myspaced it off to a few people without thinking anything of it. Next thing I know Diplo featured it on the Mad Decent Blog, Sinden is playing it on Kiss & Annie Mac is playing it on Radio 1…it was exciting times and it was one of the factors that made me decide to take a path of making music & DJing.

What kind of gear are you using as producer?

I used to be an avid Fruityloops producer, but I switched to Mac and now use Logic 8 and a midi keyboard (I lovvvvveeee Logic). I run a totally digital setup running from my Lappy. If I can be bothered I’ll rewire Live into Logic, for some bits and pieces but although I love to DJ off Live I find it fiddly to produce on.

What are you currently listening to besides club music?

To answer this I’m looking at a selection taken from my iTunes “top 25 most played”: Rites of Spring, Samiam, Hot Water Music, , Rolo Tomassi, Fugazi, Jawbreaker, Quest For Rescue, Burzum, Leatherface & Tempa T.

How is the scene in London at the moment? Anyone your recommend?

The scene is great at the moment, this time a couple of years ago it was full of jangley indie bands with no talent and now there is a definite return to club music. It’s nice as a lot of the pretentiousness has left so it’s fine to just bang out loads of different music, people are very open minded at the moment which is always a good thing.

People I recommend? I would say the Future Bass Crew, which comprises of myself, L-vis 1990, Tomb Crew, Oneman, Bok Bok & Manara. We are all pushing the bass sound in different ways & doing a UK tour in the coming months, watch out for it.

How important is the internet for you and where do you see it going?

I HEART THE INTERNET. I think it is very important as I haven’t actually released a physical record yet. All my music has disseminated through the internet. With the internet the tastemakers are the actual fans rather then magazines or other media dictating what you should be listening to. It’s also cool to be able to reach a worldwide audience from my bedroom. I love the fact that I can finish a track and within an hour have sent it out to DJs all over the world for them to play.

What was you best night out, and what would be your dream team line up?

Whoa, tough question! I don’t think I can answer my best night out as I have had so so so so many good nights out in the past. Dream line-up is also an insanely hard question to answer, off the top of my head I would say:

Buraka Som Systema
Slipknot doing a set of their first album (no joke)
Rolo Tomassi
Pay As You Go Crew (full original lineup)
DJ Friction b2b With DJ Zinc
Rites of Spring
Chrome Hoof

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