Adam Curtain: The Ransom Note Mix

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A selector with fifteen years of crate-digging under his belt, fiercely devoted to the underground and always hunting for the next evolution of UK club music.

Adam Curtain is a serious selector, he always has been.

As the brains behind Trouble Maker, Curtain has spent well over a decade pushing and pulling at the seams of UK club music. Whether he’s steering his own imprints, releasing tracks on Love International and Alien Communications, or putting a masterclass on genre-fluidity through its paces at Houghton, Glastonbury, Fabric and Closer in Kyiv, he treats electronic music as a sonic canvas.

His sets are a masterclass in momentum, effortlessly sliding between tech house, breakbeat, electro, techno and house without breaking a sweat.

Tune in, read the interview below and let Mr. Curtain take you for a spin.

Ransom Note · Adam Curtain: The Ransom Note Mix

Where are you right now and how did you end up there?
Currently sat in my studio eating a pho, cycled here on a lime bike.

Monday morning – are you genuinely excited about your week, or just pretending?
Depends how heavy the weekend was…

Talk us through this mix. Where was your head at when you made it?
Wanted to create something that predominantly grooves & rolls through quite nicely with lots of weird and wonderful sounds to keep you interested. Maybe a curveball somewhere too.

What’s the first record that made you feel something you couldn’t quite explain?
Something by The Prodigy off Fat of the Land when I was a kid!

Walk us through a typical day when you’re not thinking about music at all.
It doesn’t exist!

What job did you think you’d end up doing when you were younger?
I wanted to be an archaeologist, I had a fascination with ancient egypt!

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had and did it teach you anything useful?
Working in a swanky restaurant when I was a teenager… it taught me that really wasn’t for me!

Stranded on a desert island with one person – who are you choosing, and how long before things get weird?
Probably Prince, we’re both a bit odd, so probably straight away?

If you had a working time machine right now, where (or when) would you go, and what are you hoping to find there?
Sounds cliche, but I’d love to go back to London in the sixties.

1What’s coming up that you’re actually excited about?
4 records coming out with some great labels and some talented collaborators!