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We join our lightsaber with Antony from Anomalous visuals for another night of star wars literally@ Bussey Blg with our favourite warriors of Reviveher.

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Sometimes we forget the human side and if our clients understand us as creative and person will meant a brighter work flow in every sense of the word.

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Hey Bro

Shoot session @#A_SPACE, studio located near Angel station.

Lovely day it was, the sun was up to his task, exhibition going through and nice chat with my friends Sam and Antony from AV.

We set up the lights and all the gear, this kind of work is very sensitive in terms of lights and shadows and finally deciding what to capture in very sharp way, so definitely a great challenge in hands.

After couple of shoots using different settings I must say that was so much fun when you entered to unknown territories and the final outcome is always a mystery.

Ethyl is one of those names that keeps in your skull for his skill on the decks and natural approach in life, we had a chit chat with some biscuits and herbal tea.

1. Where did you come up with Ethyl and Why? There is a long and winding story to do with the name but I'm not going to go into it. It's not interesting enough.   2. Tells us about your childhood, were you a naughty boy? That's quite a flirty question. Not really though, no. And as I got older I regretted more and more not playing up when I was a bit younger. I'm a Home Counties boy and had a bit of an idyllic British upbringing.   3. Let's talk about the famous garage where all the magic happens with your good mate Flori. Explain in as much detail as you can, if you've got a sofa or some dirty posters on the walls.  And how is a normal working day in there? Ah so garage as in the place you keep your car rather than the music. Most of the Ethyl and Flori bits have been done in my room but the odd bit was done in Flori's cellar (where his set up is). For the first time I've got my studio in a separate room to where I sleep so that's been nice and good for my insomnia. Not much room in there though, I've got my decks, a lot of my records and all my studio gear in there so it's snug. There are a few ego massaging flyers and posters from places I've played at on the wall, and a big dot-to-dot that I acquired somewhere.   4. The first time I met you was at one of the secretsundaze parties on some rooftop (my memory sucks), but an amazing day it was. Has working alongside names such as James Priestley and Giles Smith had an impact on you as DJ/Producer? The Bussey building rooftop, Peckham for the secretsundaze 10th birthday celebrations. James and Giles are pros man, it's great to work with them but I definitely see the pair of them as friends first. Those parties have certainly had an impact on what I do. I went to some of the early ones in my formative years and they were really special parties.  

5. I can tell that you're a perfectionist in a good laid back way. Undoubtedly you master the decks and in your sets we can see a "story" being told. So before any gig is there any ritual regarding the tracks played on a live set or does it just happen in the moment? My ritual is packing my record bag. I empty it and repack it before every gig. I still like going through that process and 'preparing' in that way and that is part of the reason I play records. I don't like having an endless supply of music at my finger tips. I want everything I have with me to be with me for quite a reason.   6. We can read in all your bios that your genre is between house and techno, is this true? Or do you have the curiosity to inject other sounds in there like drum n bass or jungle or other? Definitely closer to techno these days. A bigger room you can be more focused on subtlety I find. Stick within a genre and work with the subtlety of records. In a smaller room it usually makes sense to be a bit more 'interesting' so that's when I might be a bit playful. I don't play drum n bass or jungle, on the very rare occasion I might play a solitary garage track from my collection but I think there's plenty of variation within house and techno to keep it moving.   7. Performing in some of the most renowned worldwide venues such as Fabric, Space Ibiza, La Terraza Barcelona and others, what is it that makes u tick over all? Oh I don't know mate. I've been very lucky that's for sure. Played some great places and some great parties. I'm just glad that there are people that are obviously into the same as I am.   8. Imagine that you're god and have the power to command three wishes, anything possible and imaginable, what would they be? Firstly I'd want Bernard's Watch, that's a given. After that, I don't know. I suppose I'd feel obliged to plump for some kind of worldwide peace, hunger and sickness related wish.   9. What annoys you the most about the nightlife scene and negative issues that could be dealt with in the future? Requests make me laugh. They don't annoy me unless they're delivered with a certain negativity but it always amuses me that someone would want to request something they've heard before. Maybe they've been listening to it at home and in the car all week and they come out and want to hear it again? I don't get it. Surely you'd want to hear something you've never heard before. I'm certainly having the best time when a DJ plays nothing I recognise. I can understand with a band, you'd want to see them play your favourites but a DJ's just playing recordings, it wouldn't be any different to what you've heard before.   10. Ok a pause about Djing, the other side of Tim that we should know? I used to be a tennis coach.   11. Every year we've the polls to decide who is the Best DJ, the Dutch DJs with staggering reputations and split opinions in terms of who really is good or not, so I ask you who is a truly gifted DJ and what qualities should he/she have in your opinion? Whenever I'm asked this question I always feel obliged to pick the bigger names that everyone knows but it's probably better to do the opposite. Joe Ellis from UMHS/FreeRotation and Miles Sagnia from Atmospheric Existence are two guys that are absolutely on point every time. Proper DJs. October is also great but maybe too similar to me and Flori to big him up too much. For me the best DJs, beyond constantly digging for those special records, have an ability to know the vibe of their records, pick them and match them to the right time of the night. With some people it's innate it seems.   12. Tim thank you so much for this interview, besides being a good friend of mine you're a truly talented DJ/Producer, for me personally it's always a 'Kodak moment'. Thanks Tito, you're too kind. Was a pleasure.