10 Questions for Paranoid London - In The Studio with Future Music

UK acid house and techno duo Paranoid London have recently dropped their latest album, Arseholes, Liars and Electronic Pioneers. We visited their studio to talk 808s, studio gear, live performances and the state of house music with PL member Quinn Whalley.
Arseholes, Liars and Electronic Pioneers by Paranoid London is out now: paranoid-london.bandcamp.com/...

[@BroknRobotMusic]

British music producers are the best, they NEVER take themselves too seriously. Whereas, everyone else will sit there on camera and tell you how deep and meaningful every bad analog kick drum and hit hat is that they have ever made.

[@williamwalsh8591]

so facts man

[@safeasmilk1]

Uhh this dudes cool but that whole trope of artists taking themselves too seriously came from stones and Beatles

[@williamwalsh8591]

@@safeasmilk1 u find this guy takes himself to seriously? I thought the opposite

[@lofinomad8315]

Damu the fudgemunk

[@outterspace1]

@@williamwalsh8591 vice-versa jesus he said the opposite ;-) haha

[@derekspitz9225]

"Record everything all the time". Wise words.

[@delta-9969]

But then the problem is you end up with hours and hours of crap to sift through

[@derekspitz9225]

@@delta-9969 Yes. How exciting!

[@cathalfolan8441]

@@delta-9969 It usually takes time to make something good

[@jamesorvis_mixhackers]

I could spend all night in a smoky pub with this guy, what a top fella and awesome story teller! Very inspiring talk and studio session on the other video too! I’ve been really into these lot for a while and the character of their music has always had me wondering how they do it, less is more and having fun is the biggest takeaways!

[@thevalueofn6994]

I think that we all agree that Quinn deserves more of our attention.

[@Satwamassive]

Yes, fascinating character.

[@DigitalStains]

Legends. Everything they release is absolute fire

[@DrTune]

Saw them perform last night in SF - was fan-fucking-tastic. It was _such_ a treat - wild, sweaty, intense acid house. Such a vibe, was totally mesmerising.. one of my all time favorite live electronic acts.

[@limsagen]

I used to live in the warehouse above those studios - good times!

[@bikes-life-hikes]

How funny : I was listening to the new tune in the car this morning on a acid 2024 play list! had no idea - then this interview popped up on my feed.. brilliant and freaky!

[@chochkataottrakia290]

What tune? What playlist?

[@DMS198526]

This dude is awesome 🖤

[@TobyBorrow]

Hats off for inventive monotron use

[@isaacbjorn]

top man, the real people to be around with, and their music has so much character ❤

[@mckaman8353]

kudos! best interview of 2024!

[@gymbruh1824]

Seen PL multiple times live now and let me tell you if you catch them in a intimate club like the old mint club Leeds etc, their bass lines absolutely take you're head off in front of a function one speaker

[@PAZPERDEE]

Throw it all together and see what happens, I love that, what a good guy

[@BoyRatty-ds7yb]

Bloody brilliant! 🤩

[@MikeM-fq8lc]

Having fun & bangin out great sounds!

[@supersmileyclub544]

Never heard of you guys before, just checked out a couple of clips, I'm a massive fan now, wicked stuff, nice one!!!

[@TeslaDanser]

The title!!!! Fair play lads absolute generals

[@user82938]

proper geezer. love it.

[@VNDM-MUSIC]

excellent

[@shaman4evah]

Best interview in a long time

[@DirtboxJams]

i love you guys.

[@LouisePlusOne]

Great interview!

[@magneticghostfrequencies]

Inspired

[@CarrierSignals]

Sick, u g ;)

[@CGI__]

thank you i always wondered how the snare drum is so long hahaha

[@topofthemornintoya]

The best.

[@clivemathieu9386]

Total madman

[@N0B0DY_SP3C14L]

Quinn! Yes, the Studio 440! The pads on it are just the cheesiest foam, but the sound of the box is FUCKING AMAZING.

[@tiagodungo]

It's arseholes everywhere, TV, radio, you name it - spot on mate 😆

[@MouldySoul]

Hey bud, I'm wondering about the 808 mod, I think it's just swapping out the timing capacitor in the drum env circuit for one with a longer timing. iirc snare is a mod that some people do to the korg volcas as well for a shplattier sound, think that might be an Resistor and Cap, maybe to do a highpass. Or adapting the filter circuit in the snare, again either with resistor/cap to move the filter freq. Last one/snare's just a guess though.

[@AL3SK8]

very interesting and funny, also his right wall looks like spinetta - artaud album cover

[@zzillezz]

Great interview, too bad the sound is distorted sometimes. Paranoid London rules!

[@MayzMatthiasYzebaert]

Probably recorded through a Monotron :-D

[@mrlinden]

I need a shirt! Make more shirts plz!!

[@jaguarvssnake]

Seconded!

[@PhilB303]

@@jaguarvssnake take a look at sports banger, think they are doing the tees.

[@acidbat4441]

gotta agree with the record everything part.. been saying that for years, that said.. i have a drawer full of hard drives

[@Lhenndyn]

Don’t smoke on the synth ! 😂

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Drinking game. Take a sip of trendy lager every time he says "like".

[@SnaFOo75]

he's a valley dood, bro!

[@vitaliiandronov8629]

i just got new monotron instead of broken one after the video

[@WolfeBMusic]

what is that thing he pulls out at 10:20 that has the masking tape on it marked "STUDIO"

[@Reallythinkaboutyourself]

@WolfeBMusic It’s a Korg Monotron delay. About £40-£50 new.

[@WolfeBMusic]

@@Reallythinkaboutyourself thank u!

[@whatkingdom9712]

Whats the Monatron he says everything goes through?

[@JalexWROK]

good think about identical and individual vision.

[@LarcTald]

Monotron

[@microman_mathtiiaasrosen]

the story is 50%

[@AndiGee]

Whats that thing at 10:20?

[@AndiGee]

Nevermind he said it later. The monotron

[@soupforare]

@@AndiGee They're good! wild cheap too

[@atanson322]

ok but why is he drinking modelo in london?

[@andrewfield8523]

I’ve been into electronic music for 30 years and have never heard of these pioneers

[@nobordersnoflags9905]

you should up your game then.

[@xsm5525]

I really enjoyed this interview, up until he pronounced behringer the wrong way

[@Samplers]

🤣

[@martingrafton4844]

Umm, at last a non-germanic bloke who actually pronuonced Behringer correctly. It's NOT BehrinJer!

[@TeslaDanser]

Fuck the Belleville 3❤❤❤❤

[@spngled8654]

That album title is gonna be shortened to arseholes, good message, politics is boring

[@glitterballz101]

despite the N p S G , this view makes me happy 🧞

[@stanislavdumstorf724]

Realest in the game right now

[@ultralife73]

The real deal, lots of anecdotes involving getting drunk. Also: MONOTRON EVERYTHING!

[@quentinr5]

monotron everything.... I

[@henriquematias1986]

Monotron is £1000 on ebay now

[@josehaya6362]

can`t believe that!

[@josehaya6362]

@@henriquematias1986 not true mate.

[@G.Man-]

​@@josehaya6362I believe @henri... was joking 😉😂

[@tylercontex133]

Cool man