Ice-T & Mr. X Talk About EBE Nation and More!

We had the honour interviewing the legendary rapper, actor and report producer Ice-T and fellow hip hop pioneer and manufacturing accomplice Mr. X about their work within the digital dance scene with the formation Electronic Beat Empire and extra!

Ice-T and Mr.X Interview

EDMTunes: What is the inspiration EBE Nation data – and the inspiration for making a fusion label that encompasses hip hop, home, techno, funk and even glitch?

Ice-T: The inspiration is absolutely Mr.X coming again to the United States. He’s been in Europe for 15 years performing, and he’s additionally the individual that produced my first three albums so we’re buddies. He mentioned “let’s begin a label and are available again to the states and make some noise!”. The label offers us the flexibility so as to add new gamers into the sport as we wish to and we will put out new music as we wish to…] We wish to make one thing experimental…one thing that breaks the mildew. We each made our careers doing one thing that couldn’t be performed. Now so far as all of the artwork and all of the music, that’s all Mr. X. That’s his mind, that’s what he does, and I’m simply right here to maintain this ship afloat.

Mr-X: For EBE Nation, my thought was that since I spent a lot time in Europe…]…in these digital festivals and underground soiled and darkish jap european golf equipment. I acknowledged that I used to be one the one brothers there and one the one people and hip hop pioneers and have seen what actual techno 2017 and 2018 actually regarded like. I needed to convey that again to America.

EDMTunes: Who are the long run artists and collaborators for EBE Nation ultimately 2018 and begin 2019?

Ice-T: Basically, we’re simply actually working with Mr. X’s music. We have quite a bit individuals within the pipeline, we’re not going to say some other names now. Also one other alter ego Mr. X is ‘Charlie Funk’ and we’re gonna drop these first. Those are the primary 2 artists the 12 months and we’re searching for different producers so we will maintain it going.

EDMTunes: What was the conception “The Brutal” EP?

Mr.X: The thought the Brutal EP was principally how brutal human beings are to our extra-terrestrial brothers that come to this planet. So that’s why I had an Alien working via the video, as a result of all issues, it’d be onerous in the event you got here to a different planet and very first thing they begin doing is capturing at you.

EDMTunes: Tell us in regards to the course of with second featured EBE Nation album – “Hip-Hop DJs Don’t Play Techno”?

Mr.X: Well, that’s what I heard on a regular basis, they’d say “Hip Hop DJs don’t play techno” and I mentioned “till they do” and I’d scorch the turntables with 60 data in an hour and these guys have been enjoying possibly like eight songs…]…and that’s the premise the album.

EDMTunes: Who are the primary influences techno clever for ICE-T and Mr. X?

Mr.X: The important influences are Carl Cox, Jeff Mills, Aux 88, DJ Rush, Tyree Cooper, Jesse Saunders…switching between Chicago House and Detroit House…]…I listened to Paul van Dyk when he was bringing out the trance scene. Rather a lot these DJs influenced me, however since I used to be a hip hop DJ, it was by no means in regards to the data that have been on my turntables…it was about what music I might placed on my turntables to make individuals dance!

EDMTunes: EBE Nation is the standing as a severe techno label – what is exclusive in regards to the strategy in direction of techno productions in relation to the hip hop influences?

Ice-T: I feel what’s distinctive is that we’re simply going to come back into it “vast open”. Islam (Mr. X) has had expertise with techno for 15 years and he’s going to put down the primary layer and god is aware of who we’ll convey into the studio as we begin to develop. Anything can occur if you get quite a bit inventive individuals right into a studio scenario, and that’s what we’re searching for. That’s what I name EBE – an experimental techno label. If it’s already on the market, why would we wish to make one thing that seems like any individual else?

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