In The Spotlight – Russel G
The VMM places In the Spotlight the new rising star of the UK dance music scene who is turning heads of the dance world gaining dj support for his productions from an array of World renowned DJ from Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren to Eric Prydz, Thomas Gold,Patric Le Funk and many more. Russell’s productions and DJ sets have also been heard on Radio 1, Galaxy & Kiss FM . Also Russell dj mix was featured on a 15 mins..mini set on DJ Tiesto’s Clublife Radio show where he was heard by over 100,000 people worldwide.
Russell G’s releases have graced hugely popular labels such as Armada Music, Black Hole Recordings, Baroque Records and Hotfingers & 303lovers, and 2010 seems to be another year that will see even more of Russell G’s releases grace these labels and the online radio shows and DJ sets. The VMM is pleased to get an insight into his career so far and catch up with Russell to find out what 2010 has in store for this new UK talent!
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The Interview
Hi there Russell G hope you are well!
Q: The VMM would like to know how is 2010 kicking off for you so far Russell?
A: 2010 has started really well, I started the year in Jakarta whilst on my debut tour of Asia and since then things have been going from strength to strength.
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Q: Russell can you tell us why you wanted to become a DJ producer and which dj’s you are influenced by musically?
A: I got into DJ’ing and producing as I love listening to and playing new music, I first started clubbing in 1998 and at that time my main influences were DJ’s such as Paul Oakenfold, Tall Paul & Seb Fontaine (some of their b2b sets were the best I’ve heard to this day!).
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Q: Can you tell the VMM what new releases we can we look out for in the coming months from Russell G and your other aliases?
A: The next few months are busy release wise, over the last week I have had 3 new releases (Whippersnap & Ascend on Baroque & PTB on 303Lovers) which have been hammered by a lot of leading DJ’s, the next couple of months see my debuts on labels inc. Hotfingers with a massive summer track called ‘Idera’, this is a huge chord laden track ideal for the summer, I’m currently awaiting the vocals for this, it’s going to be BIG!
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Q: Russell G can you tell the VMM what gig’s you have coming up around the globe in the coming months?
A: I’m just in the middle of organising some pretty exciting gigs and tours for the summer, keep an eye on http://www.myspace.com/russgdj where all will be revealed.
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Q: The VMM would like to know do you have any interesting Russell G guest-mixes we can look out for in the coming months?
A: I do indeed, again keep an eye on the Myspace page over the coming weeks. 
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Q: The VMM would like to know why do you like to produce different styles of dance music?
A: I’m heavily influenced by various styles and this definitely reflects in my productions, it’s also very important to me to have productions of my own that I can play at any time of the evening.
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Q: Can you tell the VMM Russell what studio set up do you have and what’s you favourite bit of studio kit at the moment?
A: I’ve recently made the move from Ableton to Logic which has obviously meant purchasing a Mac for the studio, that’s currently my favourite thing right now but there’s going to be a lot of purchases very soon which may well take that title.
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Q: Can you tell the VMM what you most love about djing and producing dance music in this new digital age?
A: Technology is moving at such a rapid rate now there is no limit at all to what can be done whilst DJ’ing or producing, the brand new Pioneer CDJ-2000’s and DJM2000 look amazing and I can’t wait to get on a pair of those.
Exciting times…
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Q: Where can our VMM viewers find out all the latest NEWS about Russell G and your allies and collaborations?
A: You can follow me and contact me via the following pages:
http://www.twitter.com/russgdj
http://www.myspace.com/russgdj
http://www.facebook.com/russellgdj
The VMM thanks Russell G for taking time out to speak to us and we wish you further success in 2010!
