So, where does the name Cage & Aviary come from?
Jamie: Well, my dad used to breed birds. He used to get a magazine every month called Cage & Aviary Monthly and it just stuck in my head. Nigel: And there are two of us… What’s in the mix then? Jamie: It ended up being more of a beatdown mix, so not quite what you’d hear when we’re playing out. More of a slomo shuffle. There are two exclusive Cage & Aviary tracks/remixes on there. ‘Black Carriage’ was done last week in a couple of days. There are also a few older tracks on there and a couple of cover ups too. I need to keep a few secrets after all. Hopefully it will give you an insight into what excites us, and what influences us when we make music – joining the dots through different styles and decades. What music inspires you guys? Nigel: We both really like that whole post punk thing, like GANG OF FOUR and all that stuff. Jamie: When there was that melting pot at the start of the eighties when there was punk, disco, black, white, soul, rock, and electronic music just coming in. It a
