Ice-T & Mr. X Talk About EBE Nation and More!

We had the consideration of interviewing the legendary rapper, actor and file producer Ice-T and fellow hip hop pioneer and manufacturing associate Mr. X about their work within the digital dance scene with the formation of Electronic Beat Empire and extra!

Ice-T and Mr.X Interview

EDMTunes: What is the inspiration of EBE Nation data – and the inspiration for making a fusion label that encompasses hip hop, home, techno, funk and even glitch?

Ice-T: The inspiration is admittedly Mr.X coming again to the United States. He’s been in Europe for 15 years performing, and he’s additionally the person who produced my first three albums so we’re associates. He mentioned “let’s begin a label and are available again to the states and make some noise!”. The label provides us the flexibility so as to add new gamers into the sport as we need to and we are able to put out new music as we need to…[] We need to make one thing experimental…one thing that breaks the mould. We each made our careers doing one thing that couldn’t be accomplished. Now so far as all of the artwork and all of the music, that’s all Mr. X. That’s his mind, that’s what he does, and I’m simply right here to maintain this ship afloat.

Mr-X: For EBE Nation, my concept was that since I spent a lot time in Europe…[]…in these digital festivals and underground soiled and darkish jap european golf equipment. I acknowledged that I used to be one of many solely brothers there and one of many solely individuals and hip hop pioneers and have seen what actual techno of 2017 and 2018 actually regarded like. I wished to deliver that again to America.

EDMTunes: Who are the longer term artists and collaborators for EBE Nation in the long run of 2018 and begin of 2019?

Ice-T: Basically, we’re simply actually working with Mr. X’s music. We have lots of people within the pipeline, we’re not going to say every other names now. Also one other alter ego of Mr. X is ‘Charlie Funk’ and we’re gonna drop these first. Those are the primary 2 artists of the 12 months and we’re in search of different producers so we are able to hold it going.

EDMTunes: What was the conception of “The Brutal” EP?

Mr.X: The concept of the Brutal EP was principally how brutal human beings are to our extra-terrestrial brothers that come to this planet. So that’s why I had an Alien operating by the video, due to all issues, it’d be laborious in case you got here to a different planet and very first thing they begin doing is capturing at you.

EDMTunes: Tell us concerning the course of with second featured EBE Nation album – “Hip-Hop DJs Don’t Play Techno”?

Mr.X: Well, that’s what I heard on a regular basis, they’d say “Hip Hop DJs don’t play techno” and I mentioned “till they do” and I’d scorch the turntables with 60 data in an hour and these guys have been taking part in perhaps like eight songs…[]…and that’s the premise of the album.

EDMTunes: Who are the principle influences techno clever for ICE-T and Mr. X?

Mr.X: The predominant influences are Carl Cox, Jeff Mills, Aux 88, DJ Rush, Tyree Cooper, Jesse Saunders…switching between Chicago House and Detroit House…[]…I listened to Paul van Dyk when he was bringing out the trance scene. Plenty of these DJs influenced me, however since I used to be a hip hop DJ, it was by no means concerning the data that have been on my turntables…it was about what music I may placed on my turntables to make individuals dance!

EDMTunes: EBE Nation is the standing as a critical techno label – what is exclusive concerning the method in the direction of techno productions in relation to the hip hop influences?

Ice-T: I feel what’s distinctive is that we’re simply going to return into it “extensive open”. Islam (Mr. X) has had expertise with techno for 15 years and he’s going to put down the primary layer and god is aware of who we’ll deliver into the studio as we begin to develop. Anything can occur whenever you get a variety of inventive individuals right into a studio scenario, and that’s what we’re searching for. That’s what I name EBE – an experimental techno label. If it’s already on the market, why would we need to make one thing that feels like any person else?

EDMTunes couldn’t be extra stoked for the way forward for EBE – be sure you observe them and take a look at their music!