I have been slipping deep into a weather induced Jazz binge the last few weeks. It seems the weather has turned from dry hot days of Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” to the deep blue, wet city streets of Ornet Coleman’s “Shape of Jazz to Come”.

But during all of this I came across an artist called Neat from Lyon in France. I was intrigued by the description provided on his Soundcloud page, placing his music in “the blurred era of post-dubstep” … a “greyzone between dancefloor and deep music”. Listening to his compositions there was clearly a heavy dubstep influence in the rhythm and tempo, however some haunting vocal samples and syncopated synth lines suggested a more experimental side. He has recently been working with sub specialists Airflex Labs for his latest EP “A light I Know” in which has taken to exploring the deeper, sub-frequencies of musical production.

I caught up with him to find out what Neat was all about and what this “Blurred era of post-dubstep” really is…

To read this interview please visit dirtyradio.org!!!

I am going to be featuring three tracks from Neat’s EP on my Black Box show this Sunday at 7pm GMT. You can also catch more info on the album and get your ears wrapped around some music at Neat’s Soundcloud and websites here:

www.soundcloud.com/neat
www.myspace.com/neatbeats
www.airflexlabs.com

ARX008D – NEAT – A Light I Know (Deep Mix) – CLIP by neat