Some lazy nim called Julio Bashmore the new Joy Orbison (are we really there already?), but he isn’t. His real name is Matt, and he’s a young producer from Bristol who is doing his best to make his city’s basements hear something they haven’t wanted to hear for about ten years: house music. He made us a mixtape, which is nice.

Vice: Hey man, how busy are you at the moment?
Julio Bashmore: I’ve been mental busy this week. I’m doing a remix for Delphic. They keep saying “more vocals”.

Everyone likes vocals. What are you working on after that?
I’m going to get this remix out of the way, and then a Mary Anne Hobbs thing. Then it’s back on the production horse for some stuff for Dirtybird; Claude VonStroke said he’s keen for me to put out some more.

That’s nice. What’s his real name, by the way?
Barclay Crenshaw.

What? That’s way better than Claude VonStroke.
He doesn’t really need another name, does he?

Maybe when he becomes older and wiser he will release an acoustic album under Barclay Crenshaw.
Really? I think Barclay Crenshaw sounds pretty tough. He loves his D&B; maybe if he makes some, he’ll use it.

And write a song called “The Bullet” that has gunshots for hi hats.
I can only hope so. I might actually try that myself.

Why do dance music producers like yourself and Barclay Crenshaw insist on using mainland European names instead of your own? Is it to make you seem more sexy and smelly?
Maybe. Actually, at a night I played this week there was this good-looking Spanish dude with really long hair and a finely cut beard; I think everyone thought he was Julio Bashmore.

He sounds like a cool guy.
I made a point of not speaking to him.

Hyetal is a Bristolian with a real dance name.
We met just the other night, actually. We’ve been talking about doing a collaboration. He might well be my favourite producer in Bristol right now.

Do you get much support as a house producer in Bristol?
Well, there’s not many house producers here, so most of my support comes from London and overseas. But the dubstep community here is open-minded and there are a few who are into what I’m doing.

Julio Bashmore’s EP “The Bongo Chronicles” is out on Dirtybird here. And you can listen to Julio B’s exclusive mix for us below.

Julio Bashmore – Vice Mixtape

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Here’s the tracklisting.

1. Deadboy - “Heartbreaker (Julio Bashmore Remix)”
2. Cooly G - “Love Dub”
3. Deadboy - “U Cheated”
4. Julio Bashmore - “Around”
5. Son of Aphrodite - “Vibrations”
6. DJ Sneak - “Fix My Sink”
7. Blackjoy - “Untitled (Solid Groove Remix)”
8. Mosca - “Gold Bricks, I See You”
9. L-Vis 1990 - “United Groove (Baobinga and I.D Remix)”
10. LV & Untold - “Beacon (Mount Kimbie Remix)”
11. Breach - “Fatherless”
12. Julio Bashmore - “Um Bongo’s Revenge”

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