The name marcus intalex , where does that originate from ?

 
from me being one half of uber jungilists da intalex and my first name being marcus.. put them together and the magic happens…

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How did you get into djing and producing ?

 
probably the same as most people.. just thru a love of music and a desire to get on the decks

and play it.. inevitably that’s leads into the same desires to get into the studio and try to create music ..

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How did you go about getting signed/releasing early material ?  

the first track we did was with l double who already had a label and the next few was on our own label..

so it was relatively easy.. most the music we did was getting support from some of the scenes major players

so we knew we had some sell-able product..

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1.Originally it started to get faster..over 50 bpm faster from the early nineties to the mid nineties .

2. it doesn’t get faster anymore(thank Fuck)

3. it used to be very innovative and ground breakin

4. it’s no longer that innovative and ground breaking apart from a few select artists

5. it used to be about beats and basslines

6. its now more about horrendous riffs and fugly bass noises and seeing how many ideas u can actually fit into one tune.

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Ones to watch , any new artists to keep our eyes and ears open for ?

lynx, commix, alix perez are my favourite younger artists at the moment..

but anybody with any taste will already know about these people..

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Any advice for budding producers, on getting signed , getting yourself heard ?

 
be yourself.. dont try and sound like the latest trend . be patient .. things don’t happen over night.

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Lets talk about the label , Where does the name ‘Soul:r’ come from?

From the combination of the word soul and the letter r which stands for records..

it also looks good on paper and is easy to say..

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What does the future hold label wise? anything you can tell us about releases or side projects?

Few things ready to come .. notably the archive series which will be a bunch of ten inch vinyl releases of various artists ..

theres also another wicked lynx 12 and hopefully an album from the said man at some point soon..

also working on a jointy mp3 store with some other very reputable labels

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what was point was in releasing the 11th hour tune in 2006, with a message that was a few years too late,

better late than never.. tell me why was it years too late???

and do you appreciate the irony of having it battered on dub for months

by a select few djs before it's released to the masses?

Hmm let me think.. erm no it wasn’t ironic at all.. things come out when they do for a number of reasons and believe me we got a list of reasons as long as my arm…

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What are your thoughts on the digital scene , i.e mp3's , filesharing , effect on the music industry as a whole ?

what music industry.. there aint really one left.. its fucked.. more and more labels are shutting
down across the whole of the music scene,.. to younger generations buying music is seen as
something that old people do. It’s a very interesting time..

I dunno what is gonna happen.. we are building an mp3 site at present out of necessity really..
vinyl sales have diminished immensely over the past 24 months.. we now have no choice. Ive
already seen the fabric mix cd available over a month before release on file share programs..
how on earth are companies who invest a great deal of time and money into what they do
supposed to survive when things like this are happening virtually everywhere???

Tell me why do people who do mixes in there bedroom put the mixes on the net?

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How do you see the dnb scene in the future , say 5 years time ?

No idea to be honest.. musically I feel there is a new generation of talent ready to steal the scene away from the old guard..

i am personally all for that.. change is good and change is definitely needed..

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Whats in your mp3 ipod at the moment? What other musical flavours do you enjoy/listen to ?

The smiths , joy division , jose gonazales , cinematic orchestra , augustus pablo rythmn  and

sound pole  and plenty of good minimal techno stuff. Plus many others..

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I have tinnitus due to the time spent in nightclubs/raves, has it affected your health

in anyway being in this sort of enviroment?

Can u ask that question again.. I didn’t quite hear you…

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Thanks To James @ Fabric for arranging the interview.

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