Okay lads tell us a little bit about yourself...where did trigger funk come originate
We started off on radio where we were playing funky house and moving in to dirty electro towards the end of our sets. 1 night Craig played out and played a dirty electro track, where he pulled off a trigger finger when the tune dropped because he was loving it so much bless him. He played the 1st set though and there were about 7 people in there (so we were all pissing ourselves at him). So when we played dirty electro on radio we called it the “trigger finger sessions” because it was what we seemed to do when a hard and dirty bass dropped. Then thought we would start doing nights of dirty electro and funky house. You put the 2 together and it makes Trigger Funk!
You are known for your big room electro sounds, who influences you?
In terms of within the Electro/fidget scene there are a number of different
Ashley:
dj’s/producers! The biggies (for me) I can think of now would have to be the likes of Lazy Rich, Miles Dyson, Calvertron, Foamo, Lee Mortimer, Will Bailey, Mike Balance, Aniki, Kelevra to name a few!!
Craig:
Definitely Calvertron, also the likes of Kelevra , miles dyson,
Swedish house mafia, Micky slim the list goes on ...
3)
You have been very prominent in the south London scene playing at legendary clubs ministry and Pacha but what do you prefer the big clubs or small intimate venuesAshley:
I think the different sizes have different strengths to be honest. There is nothing like playing to a large crowd of people and smashing the place and seeing everyone loving your set, but then the smaller venues is, as you say more of an intimate thing where you feel you can get more involved with the crowd. Either size, it’s all about coming off the decks and seeing loads of smiles from enjoying your set!
Craig:
the big clubs or small intimate venues - the big venues are nice but the small ones sometimes have such a wicked atmosphere! We need that atmosphere in the big venue then we are laughing!
4)
When did you start gettin into djing? And whyAshley:
I thought it would help me get loads of friends on Facebook. Only joking!! My mates got a set of decks so I decided to get some for my birthday and then the rest was history! Then getting a taster of playing out made it impossible to turn back!
Craig
When I was 16 which is 8 years ago, I fell in love with my mates decks the first time I saw them and went from there.
5) There's been a little decline in the scene recently where major venues have seen around a 20 per cent drop in attendances. Why do you think that is, and what would you do to change it...
Ashley:
I think the biggest reason, which we all know is that there is not as much money out there as there used to be and a lot of people are not going out because of it. But other reasons being there are so many nights to compete with today and it is hard to differentiate yourself from other nights. I think promoters working together is definitely a good way forward at the moment where different crowds can experience different nights, as well as going to a night they know they enjoy.
Craig:
I think the main problem is promoters, they don't value the dj’s or the punters as much anymore , or there are promotions which are only around for a year then gone again just after a quick buck!
6)
Where do you think the dance scene will be in 10 years? And will you have any part of it?Ashley:
I think there will be more pigeon holes (maybe even pigeon house?) for different sounds, which makes things more diverse in terms of what people can listen to/play out. I think fidget house will become a lot bigger by then and I think dubstep will only get bigger too. I would like to think it’s Trigger Funk will be renowned as 1 of the best nights in London which means I would DEFINITELY like to be part of it!
Craig:
I would love to be a part of it in 10 years time, I think it will still be as dominant as it is now, even big producers across the pond are using house as their influence
7) What do you guys during the day apart from aspiring to be the next Carl Cox?
Ashley:
I sell advertising, which is about as exciting as having your pubes plucked out 1 by 1...
Craig:
I'm a fitness manager and a personal trainer when not djing.
8) Have you been producing at all? Is this something you want to do, a natural progression,
Us:
We have started producing along with our good pal Dave pinnacle. Our 1st track was released in June with 4 remixes on sketch records from the likes of Autoslide and Filthy Rehab and our mix reached number 22 in the top 100 electro chart! We have more in the pipeline as well with a 2nd release coming in the future months!
9)
You playing for a 1960's night what's your perception of the 1960's...Ashley:
A time when England could actually play football and Austin Powers pretty much sums it up for me!
Craig:
Hippies! Smoking weed, chilled out and colourful! Free speech an all that mannn!
10)
Lastly why did bungle out of rainbow wear nothing during the day and then put pjamaa on at night?Craig:
not old enough to know that ... Ash can you help?
Ashley:
This 1 is easy! I thought everyone knew? Basically Bungle suffered with the shits. When in bed, it made it easier to clean up, where as when out and about with nothing on, he could let the shits dribble down his leg and wash it off.
All the mixes are at www.triggerfunk.podomatic.com
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