A Bridge Far Away Interview

A Bridge Far Away is a new music project from leftfield Dubstep producer Krystian Taylor (a.k.a. Forensics) who we featured heavily last year. We caught up with Krystian to find out more about A Bridge Far Away and whether we will be hearing more from Forensics in the future.



EXAMPLE: What got you into producing and how would you describe your sound?

ABFA :My music's quite minimal and grainy. Plus I suppose eerie, atmospheric, textural... I'm not very good at these describing words! Before producing dubstep I'd only dabbled with music production, and played in a few bands. Hearing Horrorshow by Loefah was the main thing which inspired me to start trying to make my own dubstep.

EXAMPLE: Who would you say has influenced you?

ABFA: Well, again I'd have to say Loefah - for producing Horrorshow! But once I'd started to make my own stuff I quickly decided to ignore what other people were doing and try to find my own sound. There are plenty of producers I like, but I can't really think of any which have influenced my production as such. Burial maybe. I should probably allow myself to be inspired by others more often, I'm a bit too introverted for my own good. Guess all the music I listen to has some imapct though - everything from Chopin to death metal!

EXAMPLE: What's the difference between ABFA & Forensics?

ABFA: Forensics is mainly a dubstep/140bpm thing, and ABFA is a lot more eclectic. Plus Forensics is just me on my own, ABFA is more collaborative - involving various friends here and there. I'm not planning to DJ as ABFA either. But that aside the sound isn't massively different, ABFA's just a new focus for me really.

EXAMPLE: What ABFA releases are forthcoming?

ABFA: The first album ('Enchanted') is out 1st February on Methodology Recordings. And the second album ('Reverence') will follow later in the year. There are a few other bits and pieces in the pipeline, but nothing fully confirmed as yet.

EXAMPLE: Are there any new Forensics releases in the pipeline?

The Reinventions EP (& Exile/ Not Alone VIPs) dropped on Eight:FX late 2009, and two tracks with Two Oh One (Atmosphere/ Night Rider) were released on Digital Sin. The All to waste EP (with Indi Kaur) is forthcoming on Bass Punch Records, not sure of the release date yet but I know it's BAPU012. It features two tracks from me & Indi, along with remixes from Kulture & Atki2. And that's it for the moment, really focusing on A Bridge Far Away now. Have had a couple of provisional offers for Forensics vinyl releases though, so we shall see!

EXAMPLE: How about new Forensics mixes?

ABFA:Don't have any planned I'm afraid. Recorded one with Two Oh One recently (for Knowledge
Magazine), but that wasn't dubstep - it was a 111 mix.

EXAMPLE: What's "111"?

ABFA: It's a new 'movement', started by Two Oh One. It has a focus on art & meaning, and there are producers from a wide range of scenes involved. The music's all at 111bpm basically. There are three 111 tracks on 'Enchanted' - 'Drift' & 'There is a map' (both featuring Indi Kaur), and 'All fall down'. There will be more on 'Reverence' too.

EXAMPLE: What tunes can you not live without at the moment?

ABFA: 'Just human enough' by Two Oh One springs to mind, a lovely track. Haven't really been listening to much new music lately though, mainly just focusing on my own nonsense.

EXAMPLE: Where do you think dubstep is heading this year?

To be quite honest I have no idea! It seems to be getting more popular all the time, but my finger isn't really on the pulse any more.

Here are two FREE remixes of Drift ft. Indi Kaur, by Grievous Angel & Demon (Macabre Unit) - as played by Friction (BBC Radio), Jus Wan (on the latest Hotflush Records podcast) and many others.

For more on A Bridge Far Away go to myspace.com/abridgefaraway, or for Forensics check myspace.com/forensicdubstep.