Since then, he has been making successful hits like "Heartbeat" and funky house remixes for friends like Maya Jane Coles and Disclosure. Fresh off an old school B2B garage set with Disclosure during Holy Ship!, we caught up with T. Williams about launching his record label, signing new artists, and his single "Back and Forth." He plays tonight, Feb. 5, at Audio for the Ship2Ship Tour with Destructo and Anna Lunoe.
Can you give us the short version of how your T. Williams moniker was born after years of work as DJ Dread D?
I was working with Cooly G and a guy called Switch. We were playing house music in our bedrooms. We were in my front room and we decided to change my name for one mix and it's stuck ever since.
For those not familiar with the grime scene, who is an artist you think would be a great introduction into it?
Wiley. He's been there from the beginning and still relevant to this day.
You're fresh off Holy Ship. What was your second experience like? Especially that B2B set with Disclosure?
It was really good, completely different, but I was ill for the vast majority of it. The B2B was a special set. You can catch it on YouTube. We decided to play old school garage. It was really special to play house and garage on a boat.
You recently launched your own record label, Today, Tomorrow Records. What has been most exciting about doing so?
I would say showcasing new talent that I feel hasn't had the light shone on them just yet and releasing music from my grime friends from the past.
How would an aspiring producer go about to catch your attention?
At the end of the day you can just send me music by email but to be honest I'm very personable. Come up to me in person when you see me. Anywhere you see me. That's how one of the acts got signed. He recognized me on the plane back from Ibiza.
Since you've been touring so much, how did you manage to work in your upcoming EP?
It's super hard to work on music when your are on the road but its got to be done so you just crack on.
Your newest single, "Back and Forth," is wonderfully complex. What were some of the processes going into the track?
Even with you seeing it as complex, its one of the easiest tracks I've made in a long time. There weren't any crazy processes. It just flows really easily. Its just a few days in the studio. Built for the clubs. There wasn't any intense process.
What's the perfect time to drop the track "Back and Forth" in the club?
At the peak time of the set, when people are going mental.
What's the best part about touring with your Ship2Ship crew consisting of Destructo, Anna Lunoe, and Motez?
You have the most amount of laughs and jokes along the way. They are all happy people, positive people.
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