Slutty Fringe Mix Series #17 Anthony C (God Don’t Like It) on Mixcloud

Next up in our increasingly sporadic yet wonderful mix series comes a mix from God Don’t Like It‘s Anthony C. Responsible for many of the more interesting nights going on in London these days, recent GDLI shows have recently showcased the likes of Meursault, Drum Eyes and Becoming Real.

On top of that Anthony hosts the excellent Independent Music Podcast alongside Bearded’s Gareth Main, and has recently launched his own label Robot Elephant Records. Clearly a man who knows his music if not when to take a day off.

Anyway if all that wasn’t enough, he has begun cropping up on flyers as a DJ in his own right and today we are proud to host Anthony’s first ever DJ mix. Reason enough to catch up with him and chat shit.

Slutty Fringe: Hello Anthony, thank you for the mix. So promoter, DJ, podcaster, label boss… anything we’re missing out there?

Anthony C: Actually yes I’ve got a press agency too! The lovely Alice French does most the of the press stuff and I deal with getting the bands and labels etc. I’ve also been doing a bit of management on and off, working with the ace band Tristram who have a new record out in a couple of weeks.

SF: You’ve been doing the God Don’t Like It shows for a while now, what got you into promoting shows in the first place?

AC: I was always into music, going to gigs, playing guitar etc but what actually happened was I ran a catering company for a couple of years in 2006-2008 sort of time and this was earning really good money and I had some spare time on my hands so just thought I’d try to put on some shows!

When I started I had absolutely no idea what I was doing and I lost loads of money but was still quite fun.

SF: SP, what has been your favourite show to date?

AC: Christ… um… Bo Ningen at Queen of Hoxton sometime in 2009 was a total stunner, still the best time I’ve seen them in 20, 30 times.

I’ve gone blank this morning, not feeling very well, but there’s been so many gigs… at the end of the 2008 I did I more folky gig with Left With Pictures, Sons of Noel and Adrian, David Thomas Broughton & Magic Arm which was a really really special day.

SF: What have you got coming up over the next month or so that we should be putting in our diaries?

AC: Got loads of stuff coming up but if I was going to recommend a couple… On the 29th of November it’s Tristrams EP Launch at The Macbeth which should be a gooden. 30th November I have a brilliant Leeds band called The Horn The Hunt down to play they have been getting loads of coverage recently for their latest single Raptor.

Then on December 6th we are putting on a show to celebrate the launch of our ISVOLT Compilation of dark electronica from the US with Fostercare & Mater Suspiria Vision (hopefully, could be iffy) down to play with Spencer Rough Trade and myself DJing. There is tons more but thats some highlights!

SF: More recently you started Robot Elephant Records, was running clubnights just not stressful and money consuming enough?

Haha, well basically my flatmate is a massive music fan too and luckily has a regular job that pays pretty well and we thought we would team up to put out some records.

It was a learning process with the first couple of releases but now that seems to be going very well! I mainly deal with the bands and Seb does the shitloads of legwork that goes with it.

SF: What are the plans for the label then? Any interesting signings that we should be aware of?

AC: So we have a new release just coming out in November of Stearica and Invades Acid Mothers Temple two acts we are VERY excited to be working with and then in December the ISVOLT comp hits with White Ring, Rituallz, Mater Suspiria Vision and lots more. We have had lots and lots of interest in that so thats cool.

We are doing a single for a west coast Garage band called Bare Wires who Im not really so much of a fan of but Seb loves them.

And our main project for next year is that we have signed the utterly amazing Italian duo Husband and are going to release an EP and hopefully tons of stuff. We are so so so stoked to be working with them.

SF: And… you also do the Independent Music Podcast with Gareth from Bearded, what’s the deal with that then?

AC: Me and Gareth met after I asked him to DJ at one of my gigs and we really hit it off. We were chatting about ways to promote good music and Indy labels who were slogging to not much success and then decided to do the podcast.

Surprisingly its been really popular and we are loving doing it!

We recently launched a new website www.independentmusicpodcast.com and have done 26 of them now. They come out every Monday.

SF: Which finally and rather neatly brings us onto DJ’ing, this is your first proper mix, so again thank you for making it for us, do you just want to talk us through it a little bit, and is the kind of music you’re playing out at the moment?

AC: For the last 6 months I’ve mainly been listening to electronic music after getting bored of the happy happy, I’m a surfer, bartsimpson, Best Coast, Wavves, BORING BORING scene that everyone has been banging on about for this year.

I think it was Nosaj Things – Drift, that was the first record that I totally loved and the acts from across the world who get described as Drag or Witch House like Fostercare, White Ring, Horse Magyver etc.

Doing the podcast with Gaz has put me onto a lot of new stuff too, that and doing press for Drum Eyes, who are fronted by DJ Scotch Egg, so Shige showed me a lot of stuff.

Also there has been a big scene of people who haven’t really been into Electro getting into it this year with acts like Gold Panda, Becoming Real, Dam Mantle etc really crossing over. You can hear on the mix what sort of stuff I’ve been liking!

Excuse me if its a bit shoddy sure next one be much better! And thanks to my friend Memo though for help getting the mix together.

SF: Where can we catch you playing next then?

On Thursday (Nov 11th) I’m DJing at the Crippled Black Phoenix / Anna Calvi gig upstairs at The Garage till bout half 10 and then straight down to Big Chill House to go on till bout 1.

Then on Friday 19th me and Gareth are DJing at the new Bardens Cafe which is brilliant and on the 27th I’m at Nail the Cross. You can see all my stuff on the www.goddontlikeit.com site.

Anthony C Slutty Fringe Mix Tracklisting
Fostercare – Cold Light
Nosaj Thing – FWD
Unison – Outside
Husband – Love Song
Pictureplane – Day Glowwed
Fever Ray – If I had a Heart (Fuck Buttons Remix)
Esben and the Witch – Lucia at the Precipice
†‡† – Misery Walk
Two Fingers – Fools
Becoming Real Feat. Trim – Like Me
Emeralds – Double Helix (except)
Hounds of Hate – I like Triangles
White Ring – Roses
Salem – King Knight

Stream now from Mixcloud or download for posterity from here.