With bass culture splintering all over the world, producers have been looking for ways to channel their sound in ways that were once unimaginable to listeners. Some producers went towards percussion, some with specific synthesized sounds, and others relied on atmosphere to distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack. In some unusual-but-wholly-sensible way, Blue Daisy fits that trifecta of sounds, going between rhythms, vibes, and beats with an ever-expanding soundscape that continues to grow with each release. With only two releases, he’s been championed by DJs and producers all around, setting himself up for a massive year ahead. Lying between the borders of hip-hop, dub, and tech, Blue Daisy delivers a mix that is a mystery to all listeners, as a tracklist was “unavailable.” It makes for an audible ride through the mind of a producer who is already one step ahead of most. Blue Daisy also had a bit of time to give us some info on his origins, his focus on spaced-out atmosphere and his future.

BLUE DAISY Q&A

URB: Who is Blue Daisy?
BLUE DAISY: A representative of outcast individualism in music. I move, not to fit in, but to stand out. Not a follower neither a leader, just an individual doing as he pleases and does what he loves without a care in the world.

URB: What/who gave you the push into making tunes?
BLUE DAISY: [Laughs] Believe it or not, the one musician/artist who got me into making music was Kanye West. After I heard College Dropout, something was ignited inside me and the fire burned me so bad that I had to soak myself in the world of music-making. But the number one influence has respectively been J Dilla. It’s an obvious pick, but the fact is Dilla made a monster that has brought about freedom in the production of hip-hop orientated music.

URB: What brought you to making spaced-out beats?
BLUE DAISY: From the get-go my sound was always on the experimental tip. I never was one who conformed to a pattern. The space spirit was always with me. It’s funny because I used to spit with my former crew, where I was the producer and there were may occasions when they just didn’t understand the sounds I was implementing in my beats, I was always told that I am either just ahead of my time or way behind. I now know I was ahead of my time.

URB: What are your top tracks to play out?
BLUE DAISY: I don’t DJ, I am a live set man. My live sets consist of improvisation and only my material. But top tracks to play out if I were to have a DJ set: Portishead “Glory Box,” Guilty Simpson “The Future,” and Aphex Twin “Windowlicker.”

URB: What’s on tap for Blue Daisy in the near future?
BLUE DAISY: 2010 is album mode and other ventures outside releasing music, but all in relation to music. I have my last single release out in a short while then after that the La Fleur Bleue LP will drop, that’s a collaboration project with LaNote, the vocalist on Space Ex, which came out last year. I’m also working on my solo album but that is not coming out for awhile. Got another full-length collaborative project [that] I’m working on with one of my peeps. Be on the lookout for a lot of work for Blue Daisy and some different stuff to come along with it.

Photo by Daniel Ackie

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