The people that listen to me really inspire me to do what I do. The sound of a lot of your work seems to be heavily New York influenced. I’m a working man so whatever comes my way, if the price is right, let’s make a deal. Do you turn down a lot of projects with the overabundance of offers you are receiving? I appreciate them letting me know they respect the work I put into it. It’s helped me get way more work with other labels! Very quickly after those releases I was getting offers like crazy – a lot of smaller independent labels, but I try and help out as many people as possible. Has that been beneficial with helping you get work from other labels?
#CULOE DE SONG WHY HAVENT I CODE#
You’ve had the opportunity to do projects on labels like Jellybean Soul, Vega and Code Red. A lot of work has came my way recently and I thank God for that because there are a million other producers out there without that opportunity. I’ve seen the hope in it, I believe in what I do and I dedicate myself. It’s been 2 years in May that I quit my job. I eliminated a lot of the bullcrap I was doing. I tell a lot of people that you can’t just come out with one record and feel like you’re the man. You gotta put in at least 8 hours, that’s the only way you’re going to get results. You gotta dedicate yourself to your work. I treat my music like it’s a job! That’s what it is, it pays the bills. That comes from dedication! Go to bed at 5am and get up at 9am and go back to work.
#CULOE DE SONG WHY HAVENT I DOWNLOAD#
They don’t just download music they sell from like 15,000 – 50,000 physical copies of CD compilations! You’ve really blown up a lot in the past couple years. Their artists are actually treated like artists, not just sitting around on the back burner. There’s a huge market and budget for it there. It’s like rap music here, it’s more mainstream. Not yet – he’s only 17! They’re young over there in South Africa. He’s hot! Watch out for him! Does he have anything released yet? And another new guy from Durban called Soletek. It’s deeper but it totally works the floor. It’s similar to our style but it’s a bit more tribal. I’m licensing some stuff from Culoe De Song, I haven’t heard the tracks yet but everything he touches is like gold. I also have this guy named DJ Trance with an EP called Ancestral Nights which has a remix by me. I have this crew I am working with from South Africa called Femme Sounds that consists of 5 female DJs. Whatever I’m feeling at the time is what I’m going to go with.
I’m not going to be biased towards anyone. I’ll do remixes but the main focus is new artists. What’s the current direction and focus of the label? Let’s talk about your label, Abicah Soul Records. Those are pretty much the 3 monikers I have used. In the past I also did stuff as Harmony Funk with Cei-Bei. If the name on the release includes “Project” then there is someone else involved with the release. Stax was the alias for the trackier stuff I did in my earlier days. How do you differentiate what music you release under which alias? It stands for Always Bringing In Chicago Abstract House and I just added the Soul in there to give it more feeling and define it. Many may see him as an overnight success, but his accomplishments are a result of years of dedication and discipline. He has been featured on mix CDs by way of Kenny Dope, Steve Bug, Gilles Peterson, Marques Wyatt, Blaze and JoJo Flores. He has worked on projects alongside industry superstars like Louie Vega, Dennis Ferrer, Osunlade and Glenn Underground. With a plethora of releases over the last few years Stax, founder of Abicah Soul Records, is quickly becoming a household name in the House Music community. Some know him as Stax, others as Harmony Funk and most as Abicah Soul.
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