Preditah’s name is a sounding gong. Famous for his float like a feather, sting like a bee instrumentals and remixes, his sound is rooted in Birmingham bassline but has since flourished in the London grime scene. Championed from Wiley to Jessie Ware, he chats to us about his new release with Yasmin, "Supernaturally", and why he's not looking to be the next DJ EZ.

 

I’ve been in Ibiza a lot this summer, it’s an exciting thing. The difference between playing there and the UK is that people are more excited because they’re on holiday. When you go to Ibiza you’ve got a mixture of people, though certain clubs, like Sankey’s, are pretty much made up of people from the UK. You can play tunes from London or Birmingham and they’ll go off even more cos everyone’s excited to hear UK music abroad.

The first time I played Sankey’s was pure love. I’m still getting tweets about it now, from people saying I made their holiday. It means at my next Sankey’s show people are gonna know what to expect and the hype will build around my set. At the minute the tunes going off out there vary, from ‘That’s Not Me’ and ‘Shutdown’ by Skepta. ‘Feed Them To The Lions’ goes off as well.

 

 

I tend not to play old school garage. The grey area for me is obviously EZ is the garage guy, and I don’t wanna come across as another EZ. I’d rather play a remix rather than play what everyone’s already heard. However, at the minute I play at Tinie Tempah’s pool party which is more of a commercial crowd- that’s the time when I’ll come in playing more commercial music, like those ghetto, bait garage tracks. If I’m in a club like Sankeys or Amnesia I keep it on the ground and play new stuff.