Why drum and bass?
Because it’s fun, it’s different, and it can be so many different elements. The thing I love about drum and bass is it can be everything. It can be jazzy, it can be funky, it can be techy, it can be dark, it can be abstract, it can be cheeky, it can be Latin, and all these kinds of things. It comes in all different forms, and that’s why I love drum and bass. It’s fun to both listen to and play. What do you do on a day-to-day basis as far as running Phreaktion? After two years, Phreaktion is on a steady path. The infrastructure is there; the building-up phase is over. So in that way it’s a lot easier for me now, because I have a set venue and a system of doing things like booking and logistics. My day-to-day activities have a lot to do with contracting and writing up press releases. I’m a full-time student now, in the last phase of my studies, so that means I’m unable to do a lot of things I should be doing. For example, the web site and the podcasts. A year ago we had a podcast every t