Rob Swaine meets Dutch house DJ and producer Bart B More.
Hailing from the Netherlands, Bart van der Meer, aka Bart B More, is not one to ignore. Having grown up on house music, it makes sense that he’s now rapidly becoming one of the front-runners within the scene. His face-pounding remix of Drop The Lime’s ‘Sex Sax’ saw him reach number 15 in the Beatport chart and his latest dancefloor-destroyer ‘Brap!’ is hot on its tail, having been released on the highly prestigious Boysnoize Records. What makes him so special is his capacity for diversity, blending together a plethora of different styles and genres into his main-room sound. His flair for originality with each new production has landed him releases on Sound Pellegrino as well as Toolroom Records, and unsurprisingly made him one of the most hotly sought after remixers.
Bart’s own record label, Secure Recordings, goes from strength to strength with each release, wielding massive support from Laidback Luke, Diplo, Erick Morillo, Armin van Buren and many more almighty dance DJs. This seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of noise touches down in Room One at Fabric on August 13th but not before answering a few questions we posed to the house maestro himself…
Are you looking forward to playing Room One at Fabric?
Yes definitely. Fabric is a legendary club, I've heard all the stories, and now I'm going to experience it myself for the first time.
What does playing at Fabric mean to you?
For me it's a recognition of what I've been doing. I know Fabric is very selective in who they book, so I think I must have been doing something right. Haha!
Do you enjoy playing to English crowds?
For sure, I think Dutch people are more reserved when they go out, but the English just let it all go and party HARD – it's usually pretty crazy!
'Brap!' and 'Romane' are two of your recent originals but are very different in style. Is it important to you that you don’t repeat yourself?
I don't think it's even that. A lot of producers stick to one style although they like different music too, and that's cool. However, I think that I should make what I feel like making and that happens to be a very wide range of music.
Where does the name, Bart 'B More' come from? It suggests a strong reference to Baltimore house?
Although I really like Baltimore house, it's not where my name comes from. My last name is van der Meer, and 'meer' means 'more' in dutch. B more stands for the drive I have to bring that bit ‘more’ with my music.
As one of the leading names in house music, where do you see the genre in 5 years time?
I honestly don't know. It's always surprised me the way house music seemed to be going, but I guess because it's become so mainstream lately I'm sure it will go underground at some point again...
How did you get into house music? What was the first record you bought?
My brothers were really into house music so I grew up listening to it. The first record I bought was Armand van Helden’s ‘Ghetto House Groove’.
Do you have any tunes that you just can't get enough of and make it into your sets every time without fail?
I like to keep my DJ sets fresh, but sometimes I bring back a classic. Lately I've been playing 'White Knight' by Surkin again, I love that track!
What are you mostly listening to on your MP3 player at the moment?
The Miike Snow, Kings of Convenience, Phoenix and Bibio albums have been on heavy rotation lately.
What's in the pipeline with regards to your label, Secure Recordings?
There's an EP coming up I did with Nom de Strip and Little Bastard, another collaboration with Tommie Sunshine, and we’re also bringing back one of the first rave anthems to come out of Holland: 'Rubb it in' by Fierce Ruling Diva.
Having been on tour for most of the year, what's been your highlight of 2010 so far?
Playing for 40,000 ravers at EDC in Los Angeles was amazing! Definitely a highlight!
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