{"id":9738,"date":"2006-05-11T08:16:03","date_gmt":"2006-05-10T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatplanet.com.au\/blog\/2006\/05\/11\/japanese-special-dust-tones-this-saturday\/"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:13:43","slug":"in-the-mix-interview-for-dust-tones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2006\/05\/11\/in-the-mix-interview-for-dust-tones\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Mix Interview for Dust Tones"},"content":{"rendered":"

this saturday (13th) i’m playing a dj set at the monthly club ‘dust tones<\/strong>‘ at the clare hotel, broadway, sydney. expect the usual mix of electronic, hip hop, dancehall, crunk, baile funk, ragga, bollywood, baltimore, breakcore and other global beats. should be a great night, some fantastic djs on the bill – if international music gets you hot under the collar, this will be an excellent chance to gorge.
\nhere’s the blurb: “This month Dust Tones dives into the world of Global Underground. From Bollywood to Hollywood. Bhangra to Baltimore, <\/em>Afro beat to African, Latin to Laos this is a trip around the musical world in just one night. Out of retirement comes Bhangra legend Earth Brown Kid, champion of the Marsala Mix radio show. Joining him is global music don Stuart Buchanan, queen of bhangra bootlegs <\/em>Sheerien Salindera and <\/em>Mr Latin Man About Town.”<\/em> more info at invadarecords.com<\/a>
\naustralia’s dance music portal inthemix.com.au<\/strong> recently published an interview with me to tie-in with the dust tones night. read it here<\/a>, but here’s a cut’n’paste for speed:<\/p>\n

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\nIN THE MIX –\u00a0Stuart Buchanan: Unearthing the bare facts<\/strong>
\nAs the general manager of FBI radio, Stuart Buchanan could present any show that he felt passionate about, but it\u2019s global music that is his calling. Benjamin Chinnock unearths the bare facts.<\/em>
\nOriginal from Scotland, Buchanan has been DJing since he was 18, but by his own admission \u2018he still can\u2019t mix for shit.\u2019 As the host of international music show Fat Planet on Sydney\u2019s FBI, he shares his love of electronic, rock, hip hop, dancehall, crunk, baile funk, raga, Bollywood and African, all with an international flavour. Buchanan divulges his reasons for being drawn to this type of music. \u201cI was tired of hearing the same ideas played over and over again, tired of reading about all of the same bands, week in week out. Getting into international music has re-invigorated my passion \u2013 I\u2019m hearing brand new ideas all the time; ideas generally not found in mainstream or indie media.\u201d
\nGlobal music is a contentious word, definition and genre, with many a conversation debating its merits and meaning ending with the United Nations. For Buchanan the answer is simple, \u201cIf you had to define it, it would be anything from outside the Anglo \/ American axis.\u201d Global music has also been labelled as an over conceptualised marketing ploy created to sell records to sympathetic world types.\u00a0 Buchanan understands this, \u201cit is a tricky definition.\u00a0 There\u2019s an old misconception that anything global or \u2018world\u2019 has to be traditional tribal music from the Sahara, when actually it could just as easily be neo-acid-psych-rock from Japan.\u201d
\nOften used as an umbrella term, global music covers many genres and in the late nineties it suffered at the hands of hype and the next-big-thing syndrome, with genres like Asian underground being push by music magazines to a point of doing more harm then good. Buchanan is of the view that, \u201clabels are helpful but only in a lazy sense.\u00a0 One person\u2019s underground is another person\u2019s mainstream.\u00a0 \u2018Asian underground\u2019 is a classic example of an old label that has lost its relevance and now means nothing.\u201d
\nWhile Australia has a healthy music scene Global music is yet to find a solid home. When international artist tour they do draw solid crowds however there has yet to be a regular party continue to push the sound. Buchanan is of the opinion that, \u201cthere\u2019s a good few non-traditionalists bucking the trend, particularly the Uber Lingua crew and producers like Mashy P.\u00a0 But when you have traditional world music juggernauts such as Womad perpetuating an old-school view of global music, it\u2019s very hard to rise above that and prove there\u2019s an alternative.\u201d
\nWith Australia being a multicultural society you would think that it would be a melting pot for different cultures and music. Buchanan has experienced this first hand. \u201cI\u2019m a Scotsman, living in Marrickville, surrounded by Greek, Chinese, Indian, Italian and Danish communities \u2013 I\u2019ve never lived in a more multicultural suburb.\u00a0 How far that tolerance extends is a matter for much debate.\u201d
\nName five artist or songs that we are likely to hear you play?<\/strong>
\nBondo De Role (Brazil)
\nMutamassik (Egypt)
\nStacs Of Stamina (Sweden)
\nGhislain Poirer (Canada)
\nDJ Rupture (Spain)
\nM.I.A vs Missy Elliot, who would win the battle?<\/strong>
\nHopefully they\u2019d just kiss and make up.
\nPunjabi MC or Jay-Z?<\/strong>
\nBeyonce.
\nSpank Rock or DJ Assault feat <\/strong>Q Tip?<\/strong>
\nSpank Rock would tap their ass.
\nBollywood or Hollywood?<\/strong>
\nEd Wood.
\nThievery Corporation or Asian Dub Foundation?<\/strong>
\nThievery would take it lying down.
\nStuart Buchanan from FBI\u2019s Fat Planet plays Dust Tones, <\/em>Saturday May 13th, with a Global Underground special featuring Earth Brown Kid, \u00a0<\/em>Sheerien Salindera from SBS Alchemy, Man About Town, <\/em>Mr Pez, <\/em>Frenzie and Bentley. It all happens at The Clare Hotel, Broadway. For more info check out ITM Whatson.<\/em>
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