Why Uone Thinks Plastik Is Fantastic

Melbourne-based producer and DJ Uone, born Ewan Scott, draws from a very deep well. He cites everything from exotic tribal cultures and urban swing to '60s psychedelia and funk-fuelled tech house as free game. Over the last decade, it's one of the things that has made his sound so unique.

"I'm always pushing the boundaries in my production," says Scott. "Trying to find new ways to make sounds always leaves the theme of the track to happen organically. I never enter the studio trying to make a certain sound, I just make music that feels good and I would like to dance to." His latest release Mr Plastik, which is being launched at psychedelic concept party Acid Hounds, is just that.

"Trying to find new ways to make sounds always leaves the theme of the track to happen organically." 

"The EP was recorded at my ranch studio on the Mornington Peninsula with Niko Schwind from Berlin. It was a hot summer's day and the Roland Jupiter-6 was melting our ears with psychedelic plastic sounds... and Mr Plastik was born!"

The EP was inspired by the pure joy of experimentation, which Scott describes as, "The wonderful feeling you get from mucking around in a studio full of analog gear". "All of sudden there is this most incredible random and uncontrollable sound happening.

"The beauty of working with Ableton is being able to record live jams using multiple synthesisers, and then going back over the recording to cut out the sections you find most interesting and organic."

When asked which of the tracks he enjoys most, Scott is quick to name the title track "because it's elastic and so fantastic".

Not just his opinion. Conceived in January, Scott has already tested the track's danceability all across Europe at festivals including Glastonbury, Fusion, Noisily, Secret Garden Party, Boom and Cirque Magique.