Seba 01/02/2010
 
Seba
Playing for peanuts
Sebastian Ahrenberg, better known as Seba is a drum and bass producer and DJ from Ingarö, an island just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Sebas career started in the middle of the nineties when he formed the ambient drum and bass band Peanut Planet and have since built himself a solid reputation in his genre. Seba is the owner of Secret Operations, a drum and bass record label. I caught him a few days after jockeying in the new year and winning a game of Monopoly.


I remember you making Prodigy-esque music in the early nineties and you made it sound pretty good with only a Korg M1. From then to now, what would you say is the most important thing you've learned?

I've learned that there is always something new you can learn. If you think you know everything about making music or a genre, this prevents creativity. In terms of music business, I've learned to be straightforward. You should do what you believe in. Not what you think other people believe in.

Seba
What's your take on Dubstep?

I think dubstep is just an extension to UK garage. Some people think it's all about Dubstep these days and d&b is dead. That's like saying d&b is dead and it's all about Liquid Funk or whatever style that is cool right now. I don't think Dubstep is a musical style of music. It's powerful in club though, on a proper system, performed by the right DJ, at a certain point in time when the stars are aligned and you know you're going to get laid.

Picking out one or even a handful of influential artists is always difficult, from where do you get your inspiration?

I always gets inspired by other artists in the same genre as me. This is a good way when trying to come up with new ideas, but also by going back to music that I listened to during other periods of my life. Right now, I'm back in my teenage period and I'm listen a lot to Joy Division.

What's the worst thing you've ever done on stage?

Stopped the wrong track playing. Sometimes it gets confusing. Specially when the promoter is trying to fill you up with vodka.

There is a masquerade - who would you go dressed as?

Last time I went as Alex from A Clockwork Orange, next time I think I will be dressed as Lawrence of Arabia.

 


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