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[rock the dub Interview]: J. Slikk

One fad that the forthcoming rock the dub compilation has done, aside from getting me some Afflicted tracks, is introduced me to even more new predisposition. Chicago's J. Slikk is just one of the dexterous cats I've had the pleasure of building with recently. He passed me a cut from R.O.E. entitled "Can't Pinch Myself", and, being a blogger, I get passed MP3s all the once in a while. Not very often do I get "that sensibility" when I hit play on a track anymore. Reasonable the bounce of the sample, the way it was flipped to compare with the beat, then the smooth lyrics? I was in awe. Since that every now, I've gotten to know J. Slikk on a combine of levels, and from the heat I'm hearing from him and his BPA band, I am honored to hit you guys off with this appraise we wrapped up a month or so ago...

khal: Commencement off, how did you get your start producing tracks? Do you be versed how to play any instruments?

J. Slikk: Fountain-head, I’d have to say I got my start when I was 13. One day I was sitting in my reside listening to music, when, for whatever perspicacity, I decided to take the first pursuit of Snoop’s version of “Lodi Dodi”, chop it, curl it over and over again, then dub the end product to another tape. I like to wake up that one my first official stress. I did it a few more times with other tapes, then go away from for a minute. Then I began to at most study how others got their start and what was hot at that incidental. By the time I was about 16 I saved up, grabbed me some supplies and got to work…...

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