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HOW YOU DOING GUYS? (Loxy) We're good man. Chilling. SO WHY DID YOU COME OUT HERE TONIGHT? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? (Loxy) I gotta play man. I gotta roll it out you know. Standard business. Renegade Hardware for me, it's lasted so long and been so consistent due to the fact that it always invests in new talent. What makes it so strong is consistency. When it comes to the club nights they always come correct. They have a wide variety of line-ups, they cross a wide spectrum with Drum and Bass. I think that's what sets them apart from other nights. (Rockwell) There's like two clubs, three clubs, four clubs maybe in the whole of London that you can put on a drum & bass party, and that's the problem, I think, and that's why I like coming down here for Hardware. They've moved it to a new place where no one else is and it works. You've gotta respect that. (Smiles) I can't see David Cameron coming down here and taking his top off and screaming for a rewind to Loxy, but you never know. WHAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS OF RENEGADE HARDWARE AT THE MOMENT AND YOURSELVES AS DJS AND PRODUCERS? (Loxy) Hardware tend to bring the focus to all the styles going on in drum and bass at the moment. You can have your techy, you can have your jungly DJ, or your more ravey DJ and they'll all be under one line-up. That's basically the main ingredient in why it's lasted so long. I'm like a DJ's DJ in the sense of, I bring it back to the old school mixing and telling a story. That's always my main thing. I'm not one of those wham bam DJ's. I'm more of a guy that likes to build something up and take you on a little kind of journey. So as long as people keep making good new music, for me that would keep me going. (Rockwell) I'm a producer so I'm never happy. It's like…you can have the golden Bentley and you want the platinum Bentley. There's never any sort of endgame of 'yeah I'm finally content with my music'. It's not like a financial thing or like a 'I want to live in Ibiza on fucking private Island'. Production just really fascinates me. You always like… do one tune, next tune's gotta be better. You've got to consistently keep bettering yourself in the studio. It's really difficult. There's no A plus B plus C plus D equals massive hit. If I wasn't signed to Shogun I'd still be in my bedroom making music. If it fascinates you and if it's what you're about, you just can't get away from it. It doesn't matter if you're DJing every week or not you'll still be in the studio every spare minute that you have. SO WHAT'S YOUR AIM WITH COMING DOWN HERE AND PUTTING ON THE LONDON NIGHTS? (Ink) Well London itself is a place where there is a whole heap of genres you can come to the city for and a whole heap of clubs, and drum and bass is a big resident in London since the days of hard core, so it basically brings the balance to what some of the kids may like. You get the older crowd coming to Renegade Hardware to experience the deeper side of the music. (Loxy) Renegade Hardware's important to the scene in London because no one else is doing it like this. It all works together to make the scene, as a whole, a better thing; keeping the scene stable. Without this, that's a big chunk, and that's a lot of artists as well that you might not hear. London's the source. Not to disrespect anywhere else, but it's the source of nightlife and stuff, so for me it's always going to be strong here. That's it. That's pretty much it. All good music covered. (Rockwell) In a way you have a lot of producers living here and everything, and a lot of things are kind of dictated from London. I played Hardware a lot when it was at Area and it's nice to see that it's got a new home and brought a following and it's still popping and the party is still about real music. I like playing a variation of gigs and this is definitely at one end of the spectrum of what you can get out of playing. I've got a lot of love for Clayton and a lot of love for Renegade Hardware. They're the first people to ever put me in London. If they want me to come I'll come. There's never like a 'not sure'. It's just 'yeah'. Tell me the date and I'm there. TWENTY YEARS OF RENEGADE, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? (Ink) Basically, the whole vibe is all focused on getting to the milestone of twenty years. If you do anything for twenty years, it's obviously a massive achievement. Renegade Hardware has been here as long as it's been here simply because we're constantly bringing in the future basically in production, producers and DJ's; so we're constantly opening the door to new talent and keeping it fresh, while at the same time, not losing our essence. Oshi | guestlist.net "Renegade Hardware has been here as long as it's been here simply because we're constantly bringing in the future basically in production, producers and DJ's; so we're constantly opening the door to new talent and keeping it fresh, while at the same time, not losing our essence." Following on from their 20th year celebrations in February, the Renegade imprint is firmly solidified as a mainstay of Drum and Bass history, standing tall as the pinnacle of the deep sound. We caught up with legends in the game Loxy, Ink and Rockwell as they bring the vibes for Renegade Hardware at Electric Brixton and discuss the ethos of a label that has thrived for decades. 7 25 Issue 64 / 2014 DRUM & BASS / DUBSTEP guestlist.net More at guestlist.net