Past, Present and Future : Ed Real
Written by Vince Pettit | Thursday, June 26, 2008 | Comment on this article | + Share
If you don’t know who Ed Real is you probably don’t know much about the London dance scene, along with well as being a DJ and producer, he’s put on some amazing nights and launched one of the biggest dance music MP3 stores in the world. We caught up with Ed, and here is what he had to say…
Past
Briefly, how and when did you get into the music scene?
At the age of 11 I bought the Beastie Boys‘ Licensed To Ill album and Run DMC’s ‘Walk The Way‘ single. From there I was hooked and after consuming metal, Manchester sounds and tonnes more hip hop acts like Public Enemy along came rave… The rest from there is history.
Describe your style in 3 words
Energy with attitude
How was 2008 been so far?
Pretty good, so far the year has been a warm up to the madcap summer schedule. Trackitdown.net and myself are involved in supporting and performing at some of the biggest dance festival events on earth (including Dance Island) and we’re very proud. Electronic music culture is our life and to be in the centre of so many exciting projects is brilliant for us. Trackitdown.net is also sponsoring the DJ Mag Top 100 this year which means the rest of the year is going to be just as exciting.
Who has been your favourite DJs and producers of 2008?
Too many to mention but this year I’m really broadening my horizons when it comes to listening and enjoying dance music. With 6000+ tracks added to Trackitdown.net every week it’s hard not to be overwhelmed but each week I make time to go through the featured tracks in each genre as it’s my job to keep up. There are so many great new artists that have evolved over the last few years and more every week it seems! In some respects us music lovers are spoilt at the moment with every little style and inflection catered for in the world of electronic music.
