![]() ![]() This evolved into a love for general forward-thinking electronic music. I started trying to DJ and make beats around 2005-2006 in the drum and bass and dubstep era. I then got more into electric guitars and bands when I was a young teen. I grew up listening to my dad playing a lot of dance classics through the 90s, subconsciously I was getting into disco/funk/soul because most of the samples I was into drew from that music. ![]() JH: I feel blessed to have been exposed to such a wide range of music when I was a kid. Where do you get your inspiration for production? After my A-Levels, I did try and do a foundation in Graphic Design but after just a couple of months into the course, I realised that my true ambition was to pursue music.ĮQ: You’ve been able to forge a great name for yourself outside of familial ties, and your sound is distinct & unique. JH: Initially it was a hobby and something I used to rush home for and stay up all night doing. As a producer, I enjoy exploring nostalgic feelings when I’m making music, rather than recreate something because it’s popular at the time.ĮQ: Having grown up around music did you always know this is the path you wanted to take? I’m a bit of a perfectionist which goes hand-in-hand with the production I suppose. I like spending hours trying to make something that others might think is long. I’m drawn to things that I can add my own flair too. Read the interview below…ĮQ: For those who don’t know you, who is Joe Hertz as a person, and Joe Hertz as an acclaimed producer? With critics likening him to SG Lewis and Mura Masa, Joe’s output has the ability to flood the airwaves, whilst also bearing the supremely credible stamp, and we caught up with him to discuss all this and more. With the recent announcement of his debut album ‘Current Blues’, and with a new single ‘Colourblind’ out today, the Brixton-dwelling producer is on a trajectory up and up – marking himself as a tastemaker, as well as a polymath. The incredible Joe Hertz (son of the legendary Electronic and Dance music champion Pete Tong), averages an awe-inspiring 2 million streams a month, and that’s when he’s not spending time in the kitchen, or when this novice gardener isn’t exercising his green thumbs. ![]()
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