We at Free Radical Sounds were keen to interview him at the Free Radical
Sounds ‘Dublick’ club nite where John throws some choice bass end
scandalous
selections to an enthusiastic crowd.
Apart from myself in Freaky Beanz I work in a band called "Koot" who are
classic slackster - psychonauts who write songs that are rocky but are well
deep and funky in the way they nod their heads to a number of different
styles of music.
Smart Monkey : With Freaky Beanz I pick up on a lot of influences such as
Ska and reggae and hip hop where does all of that that come from ?
Smart -Monkey- What is the future for Freaky Beanz how do you see it?
Smart Monkey : Tell me about the Euphonium which is on "Pearly King Skank"
We left Jon then to drop some more of his bass heavy - heavenly - skalicious tonnage, thanks Jon.
Interview : Smart Monkey
John : Well that came from the music that was around me and I guess I got
more aware of it in my later teenage years. I come from slap-bang middle
of the Carnival, apart from hip-hop and reggae, there were a lot of radios
stations, LWR, Kiss, Powerjam, Touchdown...and a lot of what I liked came
from them. I would spend a lot of my weekends tuning-in. 
Smart Monkey : What do you think about people picking up on Ska music in
it's third generation ?
John : I think it's very lively music as well as the rocksteady style and
that it's great as long as you can do something with it, apart from using
it as a back - beat to something. You can make some really good music, the Ska may be a little hectic for some crowds but generally it goes down really well on the night as long as people are 'avin it.
John- Well I hope to see Freaky Beanz on "Top of the Pops." with a full
live band, kickin’ arse .We'll get some singers to front the outfit.
I have started writing songs which were. based originally on collected
samples but I'm trying to get more away from that by using real live
instrumentation.
John : OK, the featured artist on the track is Stephen Large on the
euphonium. Steve is a member of Koot and this instrument has been hanging
around on top the vocal booth for well.. maybe about two and a half years.
And we felt that it was time to blow the dust off it and to get it out and
to hear what it sounded like. It seemed to be the perfect instrument to
sit
on top of the Ska track. providing a bit of raspberry flavour........
