Interview With Kode 5 Recording's DJ Mystery

Kode 5 has gone from strength to strength in 2013 with No1 releases in the download stores from the likes of Stormski, Scotty Breaks and many other new and established producers in the NuSkool scene, we caught up with DJ Mystery to have a chat about music and life in general......

Your first taste of the rave scene was back in 89, the 'Summer Of Love', was it really the way people say it was?

I will be honest with you it indeed was a special vibe that lasted only a few years from what I remember.

What was the greatest year of the rave scene in your opinion?

I would say it was for me 1990-91 this was the start of the Belgian techno scene and I really got in to DJ’ing with this genre, I was hooked instantly.

Fast forward to the present and you have, along with 4 other like minded people, started Kode 5 recordings, what was the inspiration for this?

It was from a night out with Max MC, he was really set on the idea so it was time to get the wheels in motion, Gaz Pritchard was also really happy to set up a label so we decided to go for it and set it up as the vibe we wanted was old skool so we teamed up together and created Kode 5....5 members Dakoda, Mystery, Max MC, Disrupta & Kosine.

Although Kode 5 caters for a variety of genres, its fair to say that it is a 'NuSkool' label. A lot of the releases to date and forthcoming offer a 2013 take on the 90's rave/hardcore/jungle sound, how are the 'oldskool' heads taking to it and can it be as good as those classics from the golden era?

Indeed we are a 91-94 vibed genre brought back up to date with the present scene, as I’m an old skool DJ it’s sort of in my blood to know a good old skool tune and a good nuskool one. I also started to play this nuskool sound out in my sets with DJ Timeless, the nuskool vibe really started to grow on us both and it also showed as the old skool crowds were liking the nu sound we were playing. So I would say if you like your old skool then you’re gonna like the nuskool its a no brainer for me as some really serious tunes are appearing in this nuskool breaks/future jungle scene at present.

Not wishing to put you on the spot but which releases on Kode 5 have stood out for you so far?

Ha ha!.....tuff question....that would be the ones which I’m always playing then between Stormski-‘Dream Of Heaven’ & Mastergroove-anialite....Seriously love all the tracks on Kode 5 but these 2 have been played the most from me.

Stormski - Dream Of Heaven [KODE 5 RECORDINGS] - OUT NOW!! by DJ Stormski MASTERGROOVE -ANIALITE (OUT NOW) -KODE004 by KODE 5 RECORDINGS™

You've only gone and signed old skool legends, Nebulla II!! Tell us, how did this come about?

Well it came about after Kosine booked Nebula II for a Brighton Originate  gig last year, the rest is history shall we say..

NEBULA II - ONWARDS - (OUT NOW) KODE028 by KODE 5 RECORDINGS™

And you also run regular events, what can an attendee expect and anything coming up soon?

The night is called Conception it’s a Kode 5 based night which is run by various members of the group and a few very good south coast DJs in the team. Basically our nights are all about the old vs the nu you can expect some seriously awesome tuneage on one of our nights out its basically a very varied night of not just old skool we aim to cover the nu skool scene as that’s also where the new ravers are.

DJ MYSTERY NU SKOOL BREAKS N FX SUMMER VIBES MIX 5 -VOL 32 by DJs TIMELESS & MYSTERY

Forthcoming south coast events are:

Conception @ Winchester Club-Bournemouth -September 6th

Conception @ Volks Club -Brighton -September 27th

Thanks for taking the time to chat with the Strictly NuSkool Blog, just to round things up, what’s coming up in the near future for the label? Also, any shout outs and big ups?

For the label we have a new nuskool album ‘en route’ for September called Conception...some very big tracks from most of our artists on board the kode 5 label...defo one to keep an eye out for if you’re in to your nuskool/future jungle breaks.

Shouts out to all involved in the Kode 5/Conception family & friends for helping us keep the scene alive..

Check out this Kode 5 recordings set by DJ Mystery and follow the link to their soundcloud page where you can hear al of their back cat and forthcoming tunes too....

DJ MYSTERY NU SKOOL BREAKS MIX 3 (KODE 5 RECORDINGS BANGERS) VOL 29 by DJs TIMELESS & MYSTERY