Rox The House

Having great success as solo producers, what originally drove yourself and Nick to partner up and become Bodyrox? We first met in Ibiza while I was over there playing at Pacha. After hanging out for a few days with a load of mates we discovered we had a similar taste in music and hatched a plan to create Bodyrox. Funny thing is it took another 18 months before we finally got into the studio to make our first track.

What is about the collaborative process of being a duo that fires you up? I've always preferred to work as a duo. Most successful records have a team of people working creatively behind them. We're all good at different things and it's cool to have a second opinion there as we work on the creative process.

Do you ever come to blows? Well I often have a good debate with my production partners but we always discuss the direction we're going to take something beforehand and often the compromise we reach musically is what makes the track sound right. Labels and artist managers can definitely be a problem to deal with though! Our second Bodyrox single took 18 months to surface due to a disagreement with our singer's manager. That was a shame but we got it sorted and she ended up dumped her manager shortly afterwards anyway.

Bow Wow Wow is Bodyrox' latest effort, what else have you been working on since 2010's We Dance On? We've been locked in the studio working on an artist album, which has turned out to be harder than we originally thought. Dance music moves on every six months or so and what we've found is that by the time you finish 12 tracks for an album they begin to sound a little out of date! I guess that's why many dance music artists prefer to just release singles and EPs. We have a load of strong tracks though so once they're all re touched you can expect the album early in the new year.

Your music has featured in several films/television shows and even video games, what the do you think it is about the Bodyrox sound that seems to work so well with the visual format? We've always tried to push the boundaries and make our music edgy. Often that's exactly what the film, TV and video game companies are looking for. It's also a great way to kick start the promotion on our songs. In terms of exposure video games are an awesome way of reaching the masses. I think FIFA sold in excess of 15 million units, which is over a hundred times more than a top 10 song would normally shift on iTunes! Sometimes we get approached to write something specific for a film and that's exactly what happened with the Street Dance movie and our song We Dance On. That track was so different from our usual Bodyrox style and was never meant to become a single but we had our arms twisted by the film company and after much persuasion we agreed to take Luciana off the verses and collaborate with N-Dubz. Luckily we ended up with another top 10 in the UK charts so it worked out in the end.

How do you see the electro-house and EDM scenes in 2012? America has taken a while to jump on board but we're glad it finally seems to be happening over there. In some ways we were a bit ahead of the whole EDM thing in 2006. Even though Yeah Yeah was nominated two years in a row at the International Dance Music Awards for its American release on Ultra it never really reached a mass audience in the USA, so we're planning to re-work the track and release it again next year. Many of the big US artists have embraced electro-house and it's become much more mainstream so we're hoping to get someone really big to do a guest vocal this time round.

And outside of the electro-house genre, what other styles of music are you into? I listen to all kinds of music, I feel that's so important as a producer to keep in touch with what's going on. As for inspiration I get a lot from early jazz, funk, soul and hip hop, especially when we're looking for ideas when remixing.

And lastly you're in Australia soon, what can fans expect from your upcoming DJ sets? It's been 18 months since I was there last so really looking forward to it. I'm going to check out what's hot in the Australian clubs and of course you can expect to hear some of our new Bodyrox material as well.