I nitiallya breakcore/IDM producer, by her own admission Brooklyn-based Octo Octa was relatively late to the house music scene, yet like a duck to water Maya Bouldry-Morrison’s breakout single Let Me See You (2011) and slew of subsequent releases have positively radiated with authenticity.
Fully embraced by the house music community, Bouldry-Morrison has approached DJing with equal legitimacy. Her vinyl-only sets and mercurial blend of mixing styles display a natural affinity for house music tradition amidst an uncanny ability to connect with audiences on a transcendental level.
WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT HOUSE GROWING UP?
“As a teenager, I was a big drum & bass, jungle and hardcore lover – that was my punk rock. All my friends were in punk bands but I just wanted to listen to Dom & Roland. I started getting into electronic production with a few friends, making experimental noise, IDM and eventually breakcore in my early 20s and then I finally fell in love with house music. After seeing the response to my debut single Let Me See You, I realised that this was what I’d been looking for the whole time.”
DO YOU HAVE A ‘GREATEST HOUSE TRACK’ OF ALL TIME?
“Oh gosh, I wascalled First, I love dubs and almost always play dub versions of house tracks in my DJ sets, but the sampling is fantastic, it has a really wonky bassline and Kenny Dope’s drums are spot on. It has interesting production, great drum programming and doesn’t sound like anything else, but it’s still a recognisably great house track from start to finish. When you listen to Todd Terry records, most of them are extremely weird too, but they’re so recognisably house and this remix is equally in that space.”
