TOBY OR NOT TOBY

We caught up with Toby Tobias, you should know who he is, you've probably danced to one of his records. Toby is playing Sunday afternoon shindig Reboot at Area51 this weekend, sure to be a good'un if it's anything like the bad boy stuff he's playing in the clip above. Below is some raw transcript action featuring, perhaps, a world record for making those face things with simple punctuation marks.

NN - What sort of stuff are you playing at the moment - noticed any interesting shifts in the records you've been receiving lately?

TT - I GUESS THE BIGGEST SHIFT IS MAYBE TAKING THINGS A BIT SLOWER , IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR , MAYBE LOST A FEW BPM'S , DON'T THINK THATS DOWN TO AGE ;) - MORE LIKE A MORE OPEN MINDED AUDIENCE WHO LIKE TO GROOVE MORE -
I STILL BUY THE SAME KIND OF MUSIC I VE ALWAYS DONE THOUGH - A BIT OF NEW HOUSE OR TECHNO FLAVOURS USUALLY VEERING TO THE LEFT ,PLUS SOME DUSTY DISCO NUGGETS THAT IVE FOUND IN A CHARITY SHOP OR BASEMENT SOMEWHERE - MAYBE TEST OUT A NEW TUNE IM WORKING ON, THE ONLY DRASTIC CHANGE I VE NOTICED IS THERES SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM YOU VE GOT TO BE QUITE PICKY THESE DAYS - ITS GOT TO BE ESPECIALY GOOD TO WARRANT BEING ' A KEEPER ''

- You're playing at a quite new club called Area 51 which is next door to a rather iffy strip joint - are you tempted to pop over for a pre-set chill out?

NAH MAYBE AN APRES SET CHILL OUT THOUGH :) , WHEN YOU SAY IFFY - I 'M IMAGINING ITS LOW ON QUALITY THO ? MAYBE I'LL PASS HAHA

- This Reboot party is a Sunday afternoon disco, these sort of things should be encouraged right?

YES - WHAT BETTER WAY TO WORK OFF THAT ROAST - ON A SWEATY DANCEFLOOR - I GUESS DAYTIME RAVING TAKES ON ANOTHER DIMENSION - ITS MORE OF A SOCIAL THING , DEFINITLY THE WAY FORWARD ..

- Your album was released earlier in the year, what have you been up to since and what have you got planned for the immediate future?

i'M DOING A REMIX FOR SATOSHI TOMIIE- ON HIS SAW LABEL - WHICH WAS A DECISION THEY MADE AFTER LISTENING TO MY ALBUM , WHICH IS NICE , A REMIX FOR FUTURE CLASSICS IN OZ - THEY ASKED ME TO REMIX A TRACK THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS OF THIS YEAR ( BY TOUCH SENSITIVE -CALLED'' DON'T STOP'' ), AND A REMIX FOR A NEW TIRK ACT IS IN THE PIPELINE TOO .
SINGLES WISE - I GOT A SINGLE FOR REKIDS BEING LINED UP -SOME REMIXES FOR MY ALBUM ARE BEING COMMISIONED TO A FEW PEEPS ( IN EARLY STAGES )A NEW SINGLE ON TINY STICKS , AND AN EP FOR REKIDS NEW OFFSHOOT LABLE 'REK'D '' .A SINGLE FOR ELECTRIC MINDS IS IN THE FINAL STAGES TOO ( AS CASINOBOY )
NOT FORGETTING MY REMIX OF NICK SOLE 'S EARTH WHICH IS OUT NOW ON FINE ART RECORDS.

- You're on the bill with re-edit king Greg Wilson - have you been cutting and pasting recently and what's your thoughts on this whole re-edit business ... healthy or should we be concentrating on new music?

IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE MORE INTERESTING REAL MUSIC BEING MADE - MORE BRENNAN GREEN AND THE LIKE PLEASE !! - THERE IS DEFINTLY TOO MANY EDITS FLOODING THE RECORD SHOPS - A LOT OF THEM ARE GOOD - BUT I GET MUCH MORE OF A BUZZ FINDING THE ORIGINAL IN A CHARITY SHOP OR A DINGY BASEMENT SOMEWHERE - THEN YOU GET SOME INDIVIDUALITY ADDED TO YOUR SET -I MUCH PREFER LISTENING TO A RECORD THATS A REPRESENTATION OF SOMEONE - IE THE PERSONAL TOUCH - AND OCCASIONALLY YOU GET THAT WITH EDITS - SOMETHING THATS CLEVERLY DONE AND HAS REINVENTED THE ORIGINAL TRACK .

Latenightaudio is your club project, tell me a bit about that? Is your dj style different for there or will you be bringing a similar sound to Manchester?

MY STYLE IS KIND OF THE SAME EVERYWHERE I PLAY - SOMETIMES THERES A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF DISCO SOMETIMES A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ACID HOUSE VIBES - I GUESS IN BACK ROOMS YOU HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO CHOP AND CHANGE - BUT LATENIGHTAUDIO IS COOL AND WE VE GOT A VENUE NOW WHEN WE ATTRACT A MUCH MORE OPEN MINDED CROWD - SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURVEY THE DEEP SOUNDS - BE IT DISCO ,HOUSE OR TECHNO . WE ARE JUST LAUNCHING THE LATENIGHTAUDIO LABEL TOO - THE FIRST SINGLE IS ABOUT TO BE PUT TO BED - ITS AN ARTIST CALLED DAS VOLT- ( OR KEVIN TO HIS MATES :) HE S MADE SOME ASTONISHING MODERN DISCO - AND I'VE DONE A REMIX AS WELL AS FABRIZIO MAMMARELLA ( WHO IS PLAYING AT OUR NEXT LATENIGHTAUDIO )- SO THAT WILL DROP IN NOVEMBER HOPEFULLY .