Garage legend Todd Edwards teases new projects ahead of Jamie XX Lido festival B2B set

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We caught up with ‘godfather of UK garage’ Todd Edwards ahead of his B2B set with Bullet Tooth at Jamie XX’s headline day at the first ever Lido festival in London’s Victoria Park.

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00:00I am Todd Edwards. I'm known for being the godfather of UK Garage, one of the inventors,

00:05and I'm also known for my work with Daft Punk. So those are two major things I have

00:08under my belt, and I've been in the industry for about 30 years now.

00:11I'm playing a back-to-back with Bullet Tooth, which I'm really excited to play. He's a great guy.

00:16We did a couple tracks together, and I'm really looking forward to those coming out and working

00:19with him some more. With back-to-backs, I always try to follow the lead of, you know,

00:25the other producer, DJ, because I'm just a nice guy. So if Bullet Tooth plays a little darker,

00:31I'll play a little darker with him. I always like to slip in some of my own music as well,

00:35but really I just try to read the crowd and see what they're into and stuff. So, you know,

00:39England is my biggest market, so I have a tendency to, because they know my music,

00:43and I'm known for my music even more so than my DJing, I'll always test the waters and play,

00:48you know, some of my own stuff first, see if they respond to it. If they're there to hear my music,

00:53I will play a lot of my own stuff during my sets. But, you know, like I said, I'm a people pleaser,

00:59so I will do my best to try to keep the crowd inspired and interesting. You can feel the energy

01:04when it changes or if it goes down or if it goes up. So I basically will play, I mean, obviously,

01:09you know, festivals react a little bit differently than if you're playing in a club. So, you know,

01:15I don't want to say it's mainstream, but definitely like harder tracks that are more typical of festivals.

01:20I play a lot of edits that might use Tech House and I'll add vocals to it or add some of my own

01:27musical style to it. I always try to incorporate myself in whatever I'm playing. Because, I mean,

01:31the thing of it is, is when you're just DJing, you know, and you're not a producer, you can pretty

01:37much play anything. But as an artist, I kind of, it's not selfishness, but it's like you want to

01:41promote your own music, you know. So, and I have a label coming out called House of Todd Hot Records,

01:47which will be launching this summer. So I'm really excited to be getting out new music

01:52that's like my main focus right now.

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