English born and now San Diego native ASC has been producing for over a decade both in the sphere of electronic dance music and also for Hollywood film production companies.  His own label Covert Operations which racked up an impressive catalogue over the years. 

This month he is releasing a single on Samurai's sister label Red Seal along with a limited edition 12" vinyl as part of a new series dreamt up by Samurai head honcho Presha entitled HORO.   We caught up with ASC to find out a bit more about his Hollywood activities and his forthcoming release with Red Seal. 

Example : Your next release on Red Seal is accompanied by a vinyl only single which comes out on the same day.  As a record collector yourself Im guessing your pleased to be rewarding the vinyl buyer?

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ASC : Yeah totally.  I love the vinyl format and have been trying to bring back playing it more and more into my DJ sets, where setups allow for it.  When I'm buying music, I always buy vinyl or CD, as I want something physical for my money, so I love doing projects like this.

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Example :  Do you think Vinyl will become more and more a special colliectors thing as opposed to a normal way of purchasing music? 

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ASC :  More than likely, yes.  Times are changing, equipment is changing and people are embracing these changes.  The more modern approach to DJ'ing and music buying is purely digital so when you look at the likes of new controllers, hardware setups etc coming out, it's hard to see where vinyl fits in as a 'normal' way of purchasing music, as you say.  Personally, I'll be buying it as long as it's available and releasing my music on it until it's not tangible any more.

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Example :  You've been producing tunes for film companies.  How does that compare to making electronic dance music?   Do you work in a different way when producing for films and which is your favourite? 

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ASC :  Vibe wise, it's not too different to what I do, as my music is very cinematic and emotional usually.  Structurally it differs though, as I'm not writing music for the purpose of DJ tools.

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Example :  What have you got on the cards for 2012 ? 

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ASC :  So much stuff, but I don't want to give anything away just yet, so I'm not going to go into too much detail.

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Example : If you hadn't become a musician what do you think you would be doing now? 

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ASC :  I'm not sure tbh.  I was always a good footballer and had trials lined up for a local professional team when I was young before I literally snapped my ankle which put a stop to that.  It might have been a doorway for greater success, who knows?  It was around about this time that I really started to focus on music and I eventually finished university and went at it full time.

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Example :  First thing you do in the morning.? 

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ASC :  Get a glass of ice cold water or usually curse my neighbours for letting their horrible rat dog Yorkshire terriers out and waking me up.

Example : Interesting fact ? 

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ASC :  Holland makes more money exporting Soy sauce every year than Japan does.  Apparently. 

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Example :  3 tunes never out of your box at the moment? 

ASC :  Imagination Network - 01B, Oak - Escapist and a new untitled thing by myself which I need to title and send out

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aciASC - Droids and Never Enough is out on Red Seal + Accompanying Horo on 12.12.11