
Joy Orbison: It’s OK, you can call me Pete. I just chose the name because I liked the sound of it. It wasn’t anything to do with Roy Orbison. And how did a skinny white kid called Pete wind up making bass music?
I got into drum ’n’ bass when I was like ten or eleven, mainly because my uncle made it. He’s called Ray Keith. Ray Keith is your uncle?
Yeah. I thought everyone knew that already. He probably only actually listened to my stuff about a month ago, though. For years I was into punk and collecting seven-inches and I’ve always liked bands. It is difficult explaining that you like Josef K to people who just assume you’re a garage kid. I started producing mainly because I was DJing and no one was putting out the kind of stuff I wanted to play. The day you made “Hyph Mngo”, did you feel all inspired like Keats and know that you were about to make this big piece of work?
Not really. It was one of the first things I made on my really basic set-up. No one can believe how crap my speakers are. They’re just kind of PC Workshop ones. It’s really cack-handed. I keep getting offered all these huge amounts to do remixes for people like VV Brown and I don’t think people realise how basic the approach is. So you made everyone’s favourite tune of the year by mistake on some PC Workshop speakers?
Sort of, yes. BUCKEN JERRY
“Hyph Mngo”/“Wet Look” is out now on Hot Flush. “BRKLYN CLLN”/“J Doe” is forthcoming on Doldrums. More at myspace.com/joyorbison.