of several genres. Danny isn't just into bruk, he also has a house repetoire as well as a love of all things soulful.

With a highly anticipated artist album to come next year, 2009 is certainly going to be a busy year for Altered Natives.

souledUp caught up with Danny and asked him a few questions:

SU: Tell us how you first got into production and what were the first pieces of kit you bought?

AN: I originally was a artist/graf artist and during the early rave scene I painted a few backdrops and flyers.

A mate of mine at the time was having a massive success with a jungle anthem and one night when this tune got dropped people lost it.

I was inspired by the ability to be able to touch thousands of people through music rather than providing the chemical stimulated visuals in a nightclub or rave. So it progressed from there.

I essentially started my entrance into production on a demo hip hop project called 'The Heretikz' which at the time was way ahead of its self, time and comprehension. Hip Hop was my first love and I was an aspiring M.C. too.

I gradually learnt how to use the sampler and MPC60 [Drum machine -Ed] from that and expanded from there. But I wasn't completely self sufficient and had to rely on my friend who's studio it was for downtime and his help, so I enrolled to do a diploma in sound engineering and midi technology where i learnt some skills and met my good friend Gambit from 'Artificial Intelligence.'

So, I did the course and left far more confident, looking at my music production from a whole different level ready to move all boundaries and goalposts.

My first piece of kit was a Macbook, entry level Logic, a basic audio interface.

SU: Where do you draw ideas and inspiration from?

AN: Life! I always have to explain to people
that you are listening to the equivalent of my diary,my music documents and how I was feeling at the time.

Love, hate, anger, laughter, sadness, joy and regret all are in my music.

I've written tracks at odd times, like deaths, and