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Simon Doty
Knee Deep In Sound, 2021
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Canadian prog house prodigy Doty’s productions have become popular with a diverse selection of DJs including Carl Cox, Joris Vorn and Hot Since 82, who released Simon’s Ananda Project-sampling The Beacon on his Knee Deep In Sound label. We caught up with Simon to enquire about his audacious sampling habits, and discover more about his approach to music production in general.
The Beacon uses part of Gaelle Adisson’s vocal from Ananda Project’s seminal Cascades of Colour. It’s a brave move to sample such a beloved track!
“It was a really personal favourite for me. It’s not something I’d normally do, but I hadn’t heard too many versions of it out there. So I decided, ‘let’s just see what happens’, if it ended up being just something for me to play DJ-wise, that was fine. We were pretty lucky that we ended up being able to actually clear it.”