Charlie May: Creator of 'Xpander' & Iconic House Music Legend [Interview]
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- You might not know Charlie May by name, but if you like electronic music, you should. Charlie May is the (ghost) producer behind pivotal tracks and albums with Sasha (Xpander, Airdrawndagger, Involver, etc.), Spooky, UNKLE, James Lavelle, Junkie XL, and a who’s-who of top underground artists for the last several decades.
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His Wavy Gravy piano solo at the Re:Fracted show is the stuff of legends.
Absolutely spot on. What a show!
The re-fracted show... I would have given a leg to have been there.
i was there bro, mindblowing. legendary moment
That man defined progressive /trance scene, its that simple. At least from a producer's perspective. Huge huge respect for Mr. May. I mean just listen what he did in Mandalay's Deep Love track. He brings all the emotion upfront while not becoming cheesy in any way.
100%
Spooky - Gargantuan - absolutely massive album constantly replayed in 1994 onwards - totally epic/ambient/melodic/unforgiving
Gargantuan absolute classic
There's a track Charlie produced, Woke up late. One of the best thing I've heard from him ever.
Ugh, so true!
What a Legend! I discovered him listening through Sasha's music; I would buy all the vinyl records and CDs from Sasha. But later I discovered that the ones I really liked were produced by Charlie May. And from that moment on I realized that I love Sasha as a DJ and Charlie as a producer. Both are musical geniuses in their respective roles. Kudos Charlie! 👏😎
Amen to that!
This just popped up, an excellent interview, thanks. Top quality electronic music since the Guerilla records days. Some unforgettable sounds over the years that have the stood the test of time. Comes across an insightful and top fella. Thanks for the music Charlie!
a great musician with a spectacular artistic vision, thanks for the interview 🙏💪
Thanks for reaching out!
Charlie May is a legend 🙏
It was truly pleasure to listen. His music has inspired my music too, so much (especially Sasha tracks).
Me too! I was really surprised that 'Xpander' was his production/track. What a great interview/talk between these 2 man! Now i've got curious, gonna look up more about Charlie May!
He is a legend. One of the greatest producers in the electronic dance music scene. I’m surprised that he haven’t produced anything with another genius Nick Muir?
Absolute legend Charlie
Fantastic interview and very classy tribute to him at the start. Xpander was my anthem also and is the greatest electronic track ever produced. Charlie is a genius and down to earth bloke. Please invite him back on again and would love to hear his thought process on tracks like Xpander, Don’t panic, Scorchio, Live Bullet etc. I could listen to him for hours.
Thanks for the kind words! Would love to have him back on and get more into the nuts and bolts of those iconic records! Appreciate you reaching out.
Love this so much. You pretty much said exactly what I would say if I ever have the pleasure of meeting Mr May. Props for making this available for the rest of us. 🙏
Thanks so much, that really means the world to me!
That was awesome dude!! Classic stuff. Was just looking to listen to pin drop corporate entertainment on line so I didn’t have to fire up the decks ( one of my favourite progg records) and came across your interview with Charlie May! Big Sasha and Digweed fan as well as Dave Seaman, seen all 3 live a number of times and dig all of their records, sets cds etc. Global underground is like a religion to me. Appreciate your work, cheers
Thanks for that! I'm glad I'm able to connect with anyone else who appreciates how important this is! Be well!
Spooky - Little Bullet Part 2 - the TUNE of the 90s.
Great advice from Charlie. Does he still produce with Sasha on his latest tracks? Thanks.
So cool!
Dear Master Ross... thanks to share thsi Channel. I am a student to your course of Mixing EDM... Greetings from Chile. Heriberto
Thank you so much Heriberto. Appreciate it!
Thanks for doing this - one of my favorite videos on youtube. Ross - we have almost the exact same story for getting into music. Right down to wipeout, Xpander, and everything. It's wild.
That's awesome! I knew that this video would eventually find my people. Glad to meet you :)
Only now, 24 years on, am I discovering the hidden hand and the Role of Charlie May in Sasha's music. Thank you for this video Ross. Subbed. 👍
My pleasure, and thank you! This man deserves more recognition.
Thank you for such an inspiring interview with such an inspiring artist! CM legend! All his work has had a profound impact on me as a person and an artist.
Thank you for listening! What a legend indeed!
Charlie please consider a collab with Ulrich Schnauss, greetings to Dennis, Billy from final14 ibiza :)
it would be great if you could also do interview with the legend Oliver Lieb (L.S.G.), who was the nr. 1 master of futuristic music in the 90s and influenced so many people back then. He was the king of space and futuristic music, making all the music styles and unfortunately there is no interview of him in english so far. LSG - Into Deep is the greatest journey ever created in electronic music history for me.
I second this. Oliver Lieb is a legend!
Great suggestion!
Great interview
seal clubbing
Love this interview!! ♥
Thank u!!! Change my life too!
Glad to be connected in that way :)
We all must now down 2 Mr May if it wasn't 4 him sashà Simon white ect this music would never hav made the impact that it did god bless you Charlie 🙏
❤
Never heard beatless mix of Magnetic North, anybody know where find that piece?
I've never found it for sale, but you can find it on youtube if you search-ENJOY!
@@therosspalmer if you meaning this ua-cam.com/video/9QQxhdQKbRA/v-deo.htmlsi=_8IFeozjIxqJVQIR, I suppose its fake because it sounds like someone made it using stems from “airdrawndagger” which you can find. Just lowering bpm and placing different parts of track in another manner. Listen other tracks on guys channel and feels the same. Maybe I’m wrong, maybe Charlie for real made beatless edit)) anyway the man is a legend for me!
A beatless version of add would be epic
I honestly think Stars Charlie may g low remix is the greatest track ever..... stunning piece if music.
Sasha created xpander Charlie engineered it, is that not the way it was? It took 3 engineers until Sasha found the right engineer to get xpander to sound right and Charlie was the last engineer to get it right
Interesting take... As I recall, it was that Charlie had this gated pad riff (the iconic lead sound/synth/melody of the track) that was shelved. He dusted it off and that became the track. This would put Charlie as the chief composer/architect of the track, but I recognize that none of us were in the room so who knows?
@@therosspalmer that’s interesting mate, I guess they both played their part on it then. Charlie came up with the bass riff to sasha and Emerson- scorchio too
@@brendyd7 Yeah Xpander started off as an unfinished Spooky track. So if you want to say Charlie made it - well yeah he did, but Sasha helped realise it into a finished idea. A lot of people seem to get their knickers in a knot about how much the producers that work with Sasha did, or did not do in the studio - I don't get why because the tracks wouldn't exist without Sasha's ideas and input. Take Tom Frederiske for example - if you listen to any if his solo productions, they sound exactly the same as the Sasha remixes he worked on, but he was realising Sasha's ideas just through his production lens. Sasha is a DJ not a producer, and that's okay, he still knows what a great track should sound like, he just needs a bit of help to get there. It's a bit like if you were building a house from scratch - you have an idea of what you want the house to look like, but you need an architect to help you make the picture in your head an actual workable reality. I don't see the problem personally, it's not like the producers aren't credited.
@@androgyny77 i agree with everything you said there and don’t have a problem with any of it, just some things I’ve heard over the years and didn’t get the full picture of it
@@brendyd7 I think we all agree about everything :P. They are both amazingly talented, and they both have at least enriched *my* life beyond comprehension.