Bass producer David Kennedy has swapped the Ramadanman moniker for Pearson Sound.
It's become one of the most recognisable monikers in bass music. Ramadanman has produced some of the best known cuts in dubstep, with tracks such as 'Carla' and 'Blimey' finding their way into the DJ bag of the most discerning collectors.
Over the past year, though, Ramadanman has begun to evolve into Pearson Sound. Real name David Kennedy, the producer at first used the moniker as a means to test some house influenced material.
Set to curate an instalment of FabricLive, Kennedy aims to use this as the point where Ramadanman segues into Pearson Sound. “Well I originally wanted to do the mix just as Pearson, but understandably Fabric didn’t want that – Pearson doesn’t have the same back catalogue as Rama, the bigger tunes I’ve made have been as Rama… so understandably they wanted him present. But yeah, I do want to start focussing on Pearson" he told FACT.
Continuing, the producer spoke about the freedom afforded by using a new name. "Though I don’t know if it was so much that people thought Rama sounded a certain way, musically or whatever, it was more just fun really" he said.
"Though retrospectively people have applied some element of sonic differentiation between the two names, which was never my intention but it’s quite nice, sometimes to see how people interpret it… like, ‘that’s the housey name!’, and it’s like ‘well, I did do a drum’n’bass tune as it…’ But it’s fine, that’s what music journalists do.”
Sorry Dave!
Finally, the producer reflected on the importance of a brand. “I know how the music… well, not necessarily the music industry, but it’s all about branding now. You need a name, a logo, a concept, and I can understand how Rama might seem more of a brand, but I’m not interested in any of that really. I just want to write more music as Pearson and let people judge it on (the music).”
Ramadanman / Pearson Sound FabricLive mix is due to be released on March 18th.