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The Wiseguys |
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| It has certainly taken a while for audiences to uncover
The Wiseguys and digest the endless layers of funk, booty-bumping soul
and old school bounce The Antidote has to offer. Over the course of 15
tracks, DJ Touche (real name: Theo Keating) pays tribute to all the seminal
music influences in his life, from the thundering dance grooves of "Start
The Commotion" to the classical undercurrents of "Face The Flames."
His main concern, however, is keeping the tunes firmly rooted in his one
true love, hip-hop. "I'm just part of that generation where hip-hop came out of America and hit Europe and captured the imagination of kids around the world," DJ Touche says. "I took it onboard wholesale. It was almost like I had found my own home. It was where I fit. It was so different from everything else that had come before it. It was so different from band culture; it was much more creative. It gave me a chance to express myself without having loads of training and expensive equipment and instruments." Having already conquered Britain, engaged in transcendental turntable battles with Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) at Manumission in Ibiza, and turned Australian club kids on their heads last winter, DJ Touche is now ready to drop his skills American style. "It's interesting to see mainstream American radio come around to non-guitar-led music," DJ Touche says. "It definitely opens the door, which is why the hip-hop thing is the perfect grounding for taking it on from. If you train yourself in hip-hop you can't help but make good music." |