This month is our tenth Kittencast and it comes from radio personality, Black Butter promoter and DJ – Coco Cole. We love Coco’s mix – it’s eclectic with a track listing that’s packed with bass, deep house and techno – there’s even a secret track that’s yet to be released on Black Butter. It features some tracks that we really love on this blog (with Rumah’s ‘Vex’ making it’s second appearance on a Kittencast). We caught up with Coco, so read on to find out some more and stream her mix below…
Who is Coco Cole?
A little concoction born from rural soils, spiced with a 90s upbringing, teenage rebellion sensibilities, lashings of peace and love and pumped by a constant quest for deep, dark, bass driven music.
Who are your influences/what’s your style?
I’m actually very influenced by people who have nothing to do with the type of music I play. I find paying attention to people in the same field as me makes me loose focus and originality… it can also be incredibly intimidating!
Sooo I draw a lot of influence from art and culture in general. My friends and the people I work with are incredibly influential; they are ridiculously hard-working, creative and driven. They’re all excellent blaggers too! ha! Musically and creatively The Knife, Little Dragon, Lauryn Hill and CocoRosie are a massive influence. I often listen to them to ground myself. On that note, I’m also very influenced by my 15 yr old self. In my naivity, I was so confident, ambitious and always creating back then. I thought I was the dogs bollocks so I gave everything a go, whereas now I work with a lot of musical geniuses so its hard when I have them to compare myself with. So I quite like to remind myself every now and then of that ruthless teenager.. I thought I could take the world on.
Big ups have to go to Annie Mac & Peter Tong who have traversed the worlds of radio and DJing whilst maintaining their integrity and positioning themselves as pioneers of various musical trends and scenes. Very admirable.
What you listening to on repeat atm?
On repeat. Constantly.
- The Knife – A Tooth for An Eye
- 2ndSun – Bespoked
- Prince – Controversy
- George Fitzgerald – Thinking of You
- A forthcoming Black Butter track [last tune in the mix 
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]What would you do as a Techno Kitten for the day?
I’d purr on down to wherever Nina Kravis was and just sit on her lap getting stroked all day. Safe.
Follow Coco Cole on soundcloud and facebook and stream her mix below (and download for free)
