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Lee from the Plump DJs Chats to I Like Music

The Plump DJ's are Lee Rous and Andy Gardner. Having played together for ten years, this break-tastic duo have taken the dance world by storm. They have played a huge part in pushing breakbeat towards the forefront of the dance scene with their blend of storming broken beats forcing dance floors into submission across the globe. With a host of awards on their mantlepiece, this year the duo have already won the Best Producer and Best Single award at The Intrernational Breakbeat Award Ceremony, Breakspoll.

With the recent release of their latest album Headthrash on Finger Lickin Records, I Like music caught up with Lee to chat about making breaks records, being part of a sucessfull DJ duo and the summer festivals.

"I Like Music because… it makes you feel good." LEE, PLUMP DJ'S

ILM: Your latest album Headthrash is due for release on Finger Lickin records. What is special about this one?

Lee: This album is more eclectic than the last offering. The last artist album that we consider was eargasm. This album has given us a real chance to try different ideas and as a result it is much more eclectic than anything we have done before. It gave us a real chance to experiment.

ILM: The track System Addict won Best Single at this years Breakspoll. You also won Best Producer this year, you always do incredibly well at Breakspoll! Do you have a favourite track on the album? Which did you have the most fun with in the studio?

Lee: At the moment I'm still enjoying System Addict. It's such a ballsy record. It's a real stand out track on the album. The great thing about doing an album is that it allows you to put a number of records together in your chosen order. That way you can highlight or bring out different aspects of each individual track. We have spent a lot of time making sure the order is correct and we have tried to bring out the best parts of each individual tune within the body of the album.

Now that the album is together and I'm listening to it as a body of music, I'm finding I'm getting excited about tracks that I maybe previously wasn't as excited about. It's quite funny, you get used to hearing the record over and over again when you're making it and sometimes you can become a little bit bored of a tune, especially after hearing it like 600 times. Then you give the record a break, a bit of a breather and a week later you hear it and it re-freshes and sounds intriguing again.

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