A-Sides is one of the most prolific artists in the international drum and bass scene, touring the world almost non-stop, traveling to over 300 cities in his DJ career. He boasts releases via huge labels such as Metalheadz, Bingo, Hospital, True Playaz and Innerground, as well as his own long running  Eastside imprint. More recently,  he’s had his hand in starting Basshead Music, a label based out of Miami that releases dubstep, drumnbass, house and other styles of bass music.

His newest album, Worldwide, is out on Beatport now and featuring  collaborations with Break, Kemo, Deeizm and MC Fats. Jason was cool enough to take the time to answer some questions about the album, his travels and give some advice for those trying to get ahead with music.

1. Your new album “Worldwide” has just dropped on Beatport – how long did the album take and where were you when you were producing the tunes?

Worldwide is a combination of tracks i have been producing over the last 2 or 3 years. Half of the tracks on it are new and exclusive and some are projects which i have had assigned to other labels such as Metalheadz or Innerground but they were never released due to scheduling issues. I decided to pull them back, Revamp them then put them onto the album.

A bulk of the tracks were written in my studio at home in London but there was also a hand full of tracks such as “White Riesling”, “Milk & Honey” and “Stop Frontin’” that were made at Basshead HQ in Miami and then brought back to my studio in the UK for a final polish. All of the vocal tracks were written and recorded from scratch at my studio in London other than “Change” and “Synthessed” which I started to write in Miami then recorded the vocals when I got back home from my travels.

2. You’ve got collaborations with Kemo, Break and a couple of other big names on the release. What was the collaboration process like? Were you working together in person or was there a lot of internet based work done?

With ” Argot” I already had a sketch written so I then had Kemo come over for the day and lay down vocals. Once I had the vocals sounding tight I worked more things around those again until the track was finished. The same with “Rebel Rouser” and “Change”. I get sketches made, then have the vocalists come over, lay down their vocals, then they normally leave me to it. Deeizm works with complex vocal structures and a lot of layers of harmonies so I really had to work on that track. Once I had dealt with the vocals I had Makoto come over and lay down some final keys and that was a wrap.

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2. Forgetter Nights – Explicit
3. Conversations – Mutt Ft Kevin King
4. Chain Reaction – Die & Photek
5. Killing Time (Break Remix) – Noah D Ft Einstein
6. Go For Yours – Serum
7. The Clamp – Break
8. Eden Prime – Drum Cypha
9. Snake Fist VIP – Serum & Bladerunner
10. Mercenary Dub – Bladerunner
11. Insignia – Spectrasoul
12. Sequential Circuit – Deekay & Rawfull
13. Warriors – Serum & Bladerunner
14. The Execution (Serum Remix) – Spinback & Gwange
15. Broken (Sigma Remix) – Mclean
16. Hi Top (Ed Rush & Optical Remix) – Sigma
17. Trident – Sato, Jubei & Treez
18. Nosher (Marky & S.P.Y Remix) – Total Science
19. Sorority Sleepover – Twisted Individual
20. Steady – Gridlok
21. Scrap Yard Dog – Heist
22. Cream Soda – Dan Miracle
23. High & Low – Lenzman & Redeyes
24. Evelyne (Worriesome) – Mutt
25. 3 Times Dope – Sappo
26. Remote Da Force – Digital & Lutin
27. Gutter Life – Serum
28. Slum Dub – S.P.Y
29. Down The line (Break Remix) – Alix Perez & Fats

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