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DJ Ford Foster's Night Demon Trax Mixtape is 'Ghetto Houz' Heaven

Big brutal house straight from the UTTU crew.

We treat you well here on THUMP, don't we? Not only do you get to read article after article of insightful commentary on all things club culture related, you also get to listen to loads of good music for free. Thanks to us! And so it goes that we're bringing you one of 2016's most upfront releases exclusively here on THUMP. Right now. For free. For free. Right now. Here on THUMP.

Face it, it's Thursday afternoon and you've done fuck all all week that's of any interest to anyone and you broke your no-reading-articles-about-dry-January rule and you feel down on yourself and what you really need is eight tracks of super upfront, clattering, banging, brutal, bludgeoning super minimal analogue style house that comes with artwork straight out of the I Took a Tab of LSD and Spent Six Hours on MS Paint school of design. Don't argue. That's exactly what you need. Which is handy, because that's what we've got for you today: DJ Ford Foster's new Unknown to the Unknown Night Demon Trax: The Ghetto Houz Mixtape.

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In addition to being able to stream and download the mixtape, we've also got an interview with the Leeds based producer too. See, we really do treat our readers well!

Check out the mixtape now, and read the interview—conducted by DJ Haus—below.

DJ Haus: It's a pretty full on release this one. What can you tell us about the tracks?
DJ Ford Foster: These are all tracks I've had knocking around for a little while. You played some of them on Rinse, and you've supported me since before my UTTU EP so I selected a few more tunes with a similar vibe and we put this release together. Night Demon Trax is me in ghetto mode, straight-up banging club trax with tough drums and lots of chopped samples. All my stuff's probably a bit strange in its own way, but these tracks are more housey than some of the weirder, noisier, more effects-driven techno stuff I might do for a label like Opal. I love both styles. Relief and Dance Mania are my two favourite labels.

You've been making really rough and tough music now for a long time, who or what inspires you to keep going?
My wife and dog inspire me loads! I have a lot of musical inspirations, but in terms of keeping going when times are tough and just doing it for the sake of creative expression, I'd say Mark E. Smith. I'm a big Fall fan and the guy has never sold himself out in his entire career. I'm probably easier to work with though! Before I took making techno and house seriously I was in punk bands, have made noise and power electronics, been an MC, put on events, written for magazines —I've worn a lot of hats. Making tunes is no hardship, I really enjoy it. The trick is don't take it too seriously sometimes and remember to keep yourself amused.

Where do you get your vocal samples? They sound like you watch a lot of TV.
My vocal samples come from all over the place. I have very eclectic tastes so have a very broad frame of reference for samples. I've used YouTube videos, lectures and plays from archive.org, thrash metal records, computer games, weird movies, my own voice, all sorts. I don't watch TV much but I'm really into horror and exploitation films.

What do you hate about working with music?
I try not to hate things but yeah you can twist your head up if you focus on the wrong things in music. I don't go out schmoozing nowadays and I'm based in Leeds not London, so can avoid a lot of industry stuff which just saps your creative energy really. An annoying thing is when you start doubting your abilities or have a crisis of confidence, but you get through it and it makes you improve —I don't believe any artist who says they never feel that. I'm about the long game, and just want to get a dope back catalogue together, do our SECT parties, work with good people and play some fun nights.

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