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Konichi and Decimal Bass are both well regarded producers in their own rights, however, it's together as Annix that they really have heads turning. They're one of the busiest in the game, clocking in gigs across Europe pretty much weekly! We managed to catch them for a quick chat back in mid-August to see what's happening in the twisted world of Annix. 2017 / ISSUE 102 DRUM & BASS 43 You use a lot of vocal samples in your tunes, where do you get them from? All kinds of places really. Some are our mates, people we know, mov- ies, television, anything. In your new EP we saw you've got three collabs, Turno, Prestige & Decimal Bass with Vaccum. They're all good friends and we thought, let's make some stuff. We've done a couple more with some other guys that we'll put out next year probably. Do you get in the studio with the guys or do you work individually? The Turno one he came up for a couple of days. We started a few things and it's the only one we've finished so far. The other's were just sending stems over the internet. It came out on Playaz, you've been with them for a long time now - how did you guys start out? I was just sending stuff over for about a year I think and not get- ting much response and then one day he rung me up and wanted to work with us. That was the label we were aiming for. We've had other labels approach us but we're happy where we are. You've said that Playaz as a label is one that you're 100% happy with - what is it about them that you guys like? Hype, he'll tell you how it is. He can spot a lot of things that we'd miss and I feel a lot of other labels may not notice the kinda things that he spots. So not just a label boss but a bit like a mentor as well then? Yeah, definitely. Especially for the last few years even more so. We know each other pretty well now and we've got a pretty good rela- tionship. You've had the EP come out, I was wondering though, how you even have time cos you seem to be going everywhere for shows all the time! There's two of us which does help, so one might be away and the other still able to work on stuff. We work quite fast as well. We can make a tune in a day quite easily. We've still got maybe even hundreds of unfinished ideas, just getting that couple of hours to get back into and get it finished off. So it never stops really! How do you deal with the con- stant work load? I couldn't do anything else, man. It's what I do and even if I weren't doing it for a job I'd still be doing it. You're at SW4 - back to back with Turno for that one! Yeah! We're gonna get in the studio together again beforehand. I imagine we will plan the set out to an extent but not too much cos you never know how it's gonna be on the day. You guys are based in Chelten- ham, does that make it difficult when you're heading to the shows? Yeah, to an extent. But also it is quite central in England. No driv- ing takes us more than four hours so if we were in London and we needed to go Newcastle, that's quite a lengthy drive. So that way it works, but sometimes it would be nice to be somewhere where there's a bit more of a community because there's not a lot happen- ing here. But we've got the internet now, so you can do it all on that. That's probably why we're still here because we don't really need to be anywhere else. When did you guys first meet? We went to school with each other, been mates since we were about 11. We've known each other ages and always made music together, chilled together and all that. How do you decide who plays what gig? We just take it in turns basically, who's available for what. I mean he doesn't really like doing the long haul stuff but I love doing more of that. What would Annix do to change the world? Legalise drugs. Would you say that the war on drugs is failing? Yeah definitely, because there's still drugs! In Portugal they've got quite a good system, it's not a crimi- nal thing but they will help you because if you're on harder stuff you're effectively ill really. You're not right in the head if you're tak- ing that. If you had a swimming pool, what would you fill it with? Scott would fill it with beer, Tyksie. When did you first properly get into drum n bass & what did you think at first? Maybe 2004/2005. Didn't hear anything else like it, just thought what the fuck is this and got pretty obsessed with it. What tunes was it that caught your attention? Hype, Hazard, G Dub, the early Playaz I guess and the harder jump up stuff. As you get more into it you discover other stuff and that's what so great about it. I'm assuming you both got into the music about the same time? Yeah, exactly the same time. The first ever CD we heard was one that we both shared, it was the Drum & Bass Essentials by DJ Hype. "WE'VE HAD OTHER LABELS APPROACH US BUT WE'RE HAPPY WHERE WE ARE." Arren Haynes | Guestlist follow @Annix_Online INTERVIEW: ANNIX