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Was it released initially as a B Side?
No we had made it the A Side by that point because the reaction on the dance floor was really good, so we knew it was a good tune. Then it came out, I think it'd been out for 2 months then Atlantic signed it, licensed it then re-put it out. Then it changed and brought me a lot of success. It was strange, quite weird, it thrust me into a world that I'd never imagined Breach going. It was basically a thing so I could DJ records I really like playing. That's the reason I started making music as Breach. It's made it quite mad, been a mad journey. It's been good though and I'm just looking forward to carrying on.
The EP release on Will Saul’s AUS label, how did that come about?
I've been friends with Will for years and really like AUS as a label. I play a lot of similar stuff and with my label, I guess put it out. You know similar sort of artist that are on AUS and Will just approached me and asked if I wanted to make a record.
Naked Naked was launched in 2012, what inspired the idea for the label and the name?
I dunno, I just wanted a record label. I was getting sent loads of demos and a couple of them I really believed. in. I just wanted to put my own music out and other peoples'. It started really nicely and quite slowly, we're on our 10th release in January, it's building and building. I'm signing new artists, I can do little collaborations with people then put them out. It's really nice thing to do. Then also you can build other peoples' careers, Lorca and this guy Vis from Leeds who is dope. If I take people on I tend to work with them and help them out.
Like a mentor?
Yea, kind of, I'd fly them over here and we'll get the stems, put it through the hardware and just mix it down a little better. They're not just starting out but even after years I'm still learning stuff. You can push people and get different results out of them. At the end of the day it's still their track and they have to be completely happy. You know there's some things I can do they'll be like “I'm not into that” and then you'll have to put back what I've done on it or whatever, just work with them really. It's interesting because you learn off other people. I learn off them as much as hey learn off me. Because everybody has something different to bring to creating and production.
How would you describe the music ethos of Naked Naked?
Emo House that's what I call it! I like House and Techno that is quite dancefloor. I go for music that has emotion chords in it. Something happens somewhere that just gets you. It's gotta have some feeling to it.
What’s next for Naked Naked?
We have the new Lorca EP that's out next month called Calcatech, and then you've got me and Cinnaman have a release, the 10th release called Liberty and the B-Side is Avocado. I'm really excited about that one. He's like one of my best friends here. He's Dutch and a big person out here in the Dutch House & Techno scene. He's resident at Trow, he has a studio next door. We've wanted to make music together for ages and it was really nice to be able to get to do that with one of your mates, then it came out really good. Release date is January 12th.