Wheel Of Genres

It’s been hard keeping tabs on Cutloose over the last few years.

There have been frequent trips to America and two new shows in the works, as well as the long promised Cutloose album, which has been delayed so many times now that he’s loath to talk about it.

“I get a lot of people frustrated about it and I have to say to them, ‘Mate, you think you’re frustrated? Quadruple that by a thousand million,’” he laughs. “Basically I’ve shut my mouth about it in the last eight months and let the proof be in the final pudding, when it does come out. The most important things for me are the two new shows that I’ve been working on, which are really unique and different.”

The first is Cut n Cook, Cutloose’s crossbreeding of DJ set with cooking demonstration, which has already featured at Blah Blah Blah festival, where a pumpkin risotto was dished up for anyone willing to give it a try. Now comes Wheel of Genres, Cutloose’s response to the music fan who claims to like everything.

“I’ve got this Vegas gaming wheel, but instead of prizes I have about 20 genres of music. I get somebody from the audience to spin the wheel and whatever genre of music it lands on, I perform a ten-minute mega mix of that genre. So you’re going to hear the big hits all rolled into that ten minutes. Then I’ll have someone else come up and spin the next genre. There are so many genres: they can be played together or they can be played separately – but it’s all music, and that’s the point behind the show.”

But before Cutloose can roll out either show, he’s first got to tackle both Valley Fiesta as well as Parklife. “I’ve got two Valley Fiesta performances,” he explains. “One for Infusion, which will just be a straight-up Cutloose party set, so I’ll be mashing instrumentals from rock & roll to hip hop with a cappellas from electro and fast and slow hip hop. The Roller Disco show will probably be a little more disco and I’m going to get on the mic and have some fun with it.

“Parklife’s going to be the same, but with a little more classic party: dub step, drum & bass and some electro and indie rock thrown in there as well. It’s going to be really in your face, but fun!”

CUTLOOSE PLAYS PARKLIFE OCTOBER 1 AND INFUSION AT KALIBER AS PART OF VALLEY FIESTA OCTOBER 7.