SOLID BUMP RECORDS

In celebration of Solid Bump dropping Laberge’s debut, “This Feeling EP”, we took a minute to pick the next generation of disco house’s brain on process, funk, and kittens…

Solid Bump Records: How old are you?

Laberge: I am currently aged 22.

SBR: How did we meet?

Lbrg: It was a lonely sunday, I posted on “casual encounters on Craigslist” you replied… actually I think I added you on myspace and you sent me a message about my track.

SBR: Describe your sound. What sets it apart?

Lbrg: I like to think of my sound as warm and mellow. I like to remind people where the sound comes from, vinyl.

SBR: How does the current “Disco House” revival distinguish itself from the style of a decade ago?

Lbrg: More compression and not many people getting their music properly mastered. There are lots of dudes doing great things though – Hugo van Dyck, Get Famous, Le Pimp, Skingz and Snolan.

SBR: Vancouver has a lot of up and coming artist that seem to be similar in musical vision to you with people like U-Tern and the White Light Mix series. Is Vancouver developing a sound?

Lbrg: I don’t think Vancouver has ever had a true “sound”. If you look at the pool of talent in a city like Toronto, Vancouver never has really had much of an influence on music itself. Though there is plenty of talent in Vancouver, I have to think our best artists export themselves.

SBR: What is the process of a Laberge track? Where does it start? When is it done?

Lbrg: There isn’t so much a process as a “happening”, things usually come together over time rather then in a processed form. The idea for the EP was to create a warm, consistent sound throughout all 3 tracks.This was the project from the very start.

SBR: What attracted you to Solid Bump Records?

Lbrg: The fact that your previous releases were awesome. I bought that Chat Noir tune the day I read about it, before I had even contacted you guys.

SBR: On a certain internet music forum you have been known to post Lulz cat pictures. Give us the death blow of all Lulz cat pics.

SBR: Favorite canadian snack treat?

Lbrg: While it’s not a snack or treat, the single greatest piece of food on the earth is a Croque Madame. Make one today. Its basically a sandwich with special cheese sauce, mustard, black forest ham. you top it with more cheese sauce, and put an egg on top of it. The french are gluttons.

SBR: Give us a link to a song that you consider “one of the greatest”.

Lbrg: Absolutely one of the best funk tracks ever. Few people can come close.