I’ll never forget the first time I heard “Rollin Like Scottie” on Enforcers 3. It captured everything I loved about the music, abstract sounds, bass that made the walls shake, a rolling amen and a Jekyll and Hyde nature where the track flipped from nasty and evil to beautiful and uplifting. Originally by Agzilla and DJ LSK, Goldie helped revamp “Rollin Like Scottie” for inclusion on the classic Reinforced picture disc.
Now 26 years later Agzilla is about to release his debut LP on Metalheadz, we caught up to discuss Headz, Scottie, the influence of Goldie and the futuristic soundscape that is “Cats Can Hear Ultrasound“.
You started off, like a lot of us, listening to Hip Hop in the late ’80s then Hardcore in the early ’90s. Can you tell us a bit more about this time, what you were playing and any particular artists or tracks which got you into the early rave scene?
First of all, I’m incredibly grateful for having been there and that I got to take part and experience the whole thing. Magical times. We were sold on this and went all in. Considering the small population here, the scene in Reykjavik was electric and thriving. I had a store back then called “The Underground”, where I sold records and streetwear clothing. I wanted to share with the other kids what I had discovered in Europe. After the Hip Hop era, Dance music took over my world. We were throwing parties wherever we could (legally or illegally) and doing radio shows. We bought a bunch of people over to play and it was a regular thing. In terms of artists and labels, the material I was playing at that time included: Shut up and Dance Records, Ibiza Records, D-Zone Records, Think Tank, LFO, 808 State, N-Joi, 4 Hero, Egyptian Empire, A Guy Called Gerald, The Shamen, Quadrophonia, Altern 8 and all the old R&S stuff, tracks like “Dominator”, “Mentasm” and “Vamp.” Continue reading “Talking Headz, Scottie And “Cats Can Hear Ultrasound” With Agzilla”
