A Musical Educator
Crispin Dior is the man behind the indie-electro-folk eclecticism of Adventures in the Beetroot Field, a very popular club night at London’s Fabric nightclub, and he’s one of the people who have brought the much loved Field Day festival to Victoria Park in London since 2007. Crispin Dior was in The Ballroom, keeping the crowd on their toes in between our live acts with remixes of The Stone Roses’s “Fool’s Gold”, ensuring the blood was kept pumping. We caught up with him between sets to find out what else he, as an innovator in the field and a man who knows how to party, sees as the future of the clubbing scene.
The Creators Project: What installations have you seen that you like?
Crispin Dior: Well I really liked Felix’s Machines, I think that’s really where it’s at as far as performance goes. Clubs should embrace this kind of stuff, it’s become incredibly stagnant and a new punk needs to kick things around again. Everything sounds like a homage to something, so to see Felix doing his thing is really impressive.
What can we expect to hear from your set?
Well I don’t really want to play music that everybody knows. For me there’s no point in preaching to the converted. It’s fun playing a party set and watching people enjoying themselves, but for me, at an event like this the point is to push boundaries and educate people. So I’m going to play a bit of hip hop, a bit of dub, and join my own dots and present new music to people and educate them.
So what new music have you heard that you would like to educate people with?
Well, I want to hear young kids that have something to say about society. But I think this idea, The Creators Project, is brilliant, with the sounds and all the visuals. I think there’s room to embrace what is happening here but on a smaller scale. I think that is the next step. These days, you can go to an art gallery and it can be more in your face and can instantly present you with something. Though having said that, Flats are bang in your face, aren’t they? Bless them, it’s fifteen minutes of hell. Excellent.
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