Low-end inspiration: Flava D is at the forefront of bass music

Do you reckon this type of bouncy, vigorous bass sound has the potential to conquer the US as dubstep did?

I feel like there’s potential as there are a lot of people using a lot of bass inspiration and making cool stuff. But there’s some that are just jumping on it because it’s really popular right now. They’re not necessarily doing a good job of executing that sound and it’s kind of taking a commercial turn. I hope it doesn’t get really commercialised and get ruined. If people continue to come up with creative ideas and not repetitive bass sounds, it could have a really long future ahead of it.

Bass music is killing it once again in the UK. Do you think there’s a possibility of it becoming as popular as house and techno are now?

House is always going to run things. I wouldn’t say it could overtake house, I think it can do well in itself. It’s really thriving right now and it’s a completely different sound. There’s been things in the charts, not bass music but tracks with elements of what we would consider to use in our music. It’s flirting with that whole bass sound. What the bass scene is really missing right now is a big vocal track, something that’s in the middle but has enough to cross over, too.

Something like Magnetic Man and Katy B’s ‘Perfect Stranger’ in 2010?

Yeah, something that’s not cringe and still sounds authentic. Just a good track that can reach out to more people without ruining the sound.

Why do you think that sound is so popular right now in the UK?

People always love dubstep and the mad bass sounds where you think ‘how did they make that?’ The ones that make you screw your face up. It’s almost a mixture of garage and the grime bass sound, but there’s also a house loop. You’re merging all of those sounds into one and it’s a good way to please someone that’s in to all of those. It’s easy to dance to.