Jerome Sydenham speaks to Berlin's SLIM Mag about what the freedom of self-employment means to a cat like him, past and future of his Ibadan label, and the many other projects he is involved with.
After his recent release through the label, Adam Beyer's Drumcode blog chats to Jerome Sydenham about his perpetually developing sound.
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Premier modern music visionary. Launched his career as A&R for Atlantic Records and went on to found the legendary label Ibadan
Few producers/DJs measure up to the legacy of Ibadan Records' Jerome Sydenham. With a career launched from an A&R position with Atlantic Records during the peak of the 90s New York house era he is today regarded one of electronic music's premier modern visionaries. Hits like the award winning house tracks 'Sandcastles' and 'Timbuktu' - both co-produced with Dennis Ferrer - and the monstrous techno slammer 'Elephant' co-produced with Rune has cemented him as a master craftsman of the global dance music spectrum. Kerri Chandler stated about his skills that "Jerome has an impeccable sense of arrangement - he's up..
The Ibadan boss is as busy as ever, 15 years after the label began. RA's Todd L. Burns visits his Berlin apartment to find out how he makes house (and techno) look so easy.
