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We listened to your recent Essential Mix and it was a banger! Did you have fun making that? It's an honour to be asked to do it really. I did one a few years ago and they asked me to do another. Things have changed and the ways we listen to and find music has changed - but it's still a standout event. You've been in the game for so long, is there anything from the early days that you miss? I liked the fact you couldn't immediately have everything you wanted. There was a record I wanted and it just didn't come out. I had to wait a year to get it. While I think a year is a bit excessive, there is some sort of value in having to wait for something to make you appreciate it more. I wouldn't turn the clock back, but I try to be considerate to what it is that we lose when we change. So I'm 10% nostalgic and 90% happy with now. Anything you don't miss? I don't miss turntables, they use to jump so much. Some weren't maintained very well so they would jump or the speed would be wrong. I don't miss that at all. Where are you favourite places to party in London. I like the XOYO group, I like Fabric. I use to love Plastic People, it's a shame there isn't something like that. I liked when they did warehouse parties in London. I like places that aren't so structured. Was there a party that changed your life? Desire changed my life for sure. It was the first place I got a residency as a DJ. I used to do the adverts for radio, I'd make like 10 copies with the MCs so they could hand them to the pirate stations. I would choose what songs would be in the background and mix it live as the MC was doing it. One time I took one of these adverts to the guy who ran it. He gave me flyers to hand out. He'd made hundreds of thousands of these flyers and he put us on them! You have the Trust Me I Was There mixtapes & parties, why did you start those? I was recording all my old vinyls and I said to my friend that I'm gonna give it all away. My friend said legally I can't actually do that! When I realised that it's not my music to give away, I decided to do a series of mixes where I basically put nearly all my record collection into mixes. The mixing is simple, my old records mixed one into the other. I was surprised that it connected with people the way it did. It's really fun to do and cool that so many people are interested in it! What's your attitude to music piracy? My attitude towards my music is give it away to everybody! Making people pay for tunes is such a old, long gone attitude. I regularly say on my Facebook and Twitter that if anyone has got any of my music on their hard drive to share it. You're still smashing it on RinseFM, what's cool about them? They're really committed to new underground music. They don't comprise what they play to fit in with anything, they just play what they think is the best underground music that exists. As a brand, there's not many others that stand out like Rinse. I like the whole feel it of really and it's really nice to be part of it. It sounds like a pirate except it's not a pirate. I love that no comprise attitude towards music. Your last single was on Armada Deep, how did you start working with them? Through my manager, I've known him for years and years. He started working with Low Steppa. Now he's a very hard-working guy, but I could see that my friend was doing a good job too. So I asked him if he could handle a remix of mine. He took care of it so well that it felt like a natural thing to work with him more. He's worked with them before and asked if I was interested in doing a couple of bits. What would you do to change the world? If I could click my fingers and do one thing, it would be absolute equality. There would be no wars cos people wouldn't hate someone because they're from somewhere different. What do you reckon you'd be doing if you weren't in the music scene? Well I had a job I did for 8 years before I became a professional DJ. I'd be a middle manager in a shit office. That's the truth, not a joke that's the absolute truth cos that's where I was going. Should drugs be legalised? I don't take drugs, I don't drink, don't really drink coffee. I really enjoy not having any influences in my system. That said I think drugs should be legalised, I read a book called Chasing the Scream, it was a fascinating book about the war on drugs, and discusses different approaches to addiction, it made me think that they should legalise drugs. ISSUE 98 / 2017 29 Zinc is a legend, if you don't know him than go and research him now! He's responsible for a tonne of jungle classics, he shocked junglists when he started churning out garage before he coined a fresh genre, Crank House. Nowadays he's been busy rinsing our bass heavy housey goodness with the likes of Rinse, Armada Deep & his own Bingo Beats. He's a rightful legend in British electronic music, and has been instrumental in the development of many home-grown music scenes. Between his hectic touring schedule and heavy studio time, the iconic producer and DJ found some time to talk with us and share what's going down in the world of Zinc. follow @djzinc HOUSE Arren Hayes | Guestlist "I'M 10% NOSTALGIC AND 90% HAPPY WITH NOW."