Quickly becoming one of the most sought-after DJ and producers in the UK, the new king of collaboration Interplanetary Criminal is carving his name in the highest echelon of British beatsmiths. The Bolton-born talent has had huge success over the past few years, with a number one single (“B.O.T.A” with Eliza Rose), UK headline tours and now-iconic Boiler Rom sets all correlating to cement him and leave us desperate for new music.
It’s just as well then, that IC is back! Following on from his terrific garage-meets-drill hit with Harlem Spartens general Blanco, “Races”, the producer returns with another highly innovative and unexpected collaboration, “No Time”. Enlisting Canada’s elusive and eccentric emerging star SadBoi for an emotional and effervescent performance, IC brings his deftest UKG sonic refinement to this new one. It’s a welcomed change of pace, and a clear sign of the producer’s diverse and constantly evolving craft.
Wonderland premiere the captivating visuals for “No Time”, and catch up with the producer to discuss the year to date, the link up with SadBoi and the inspirations of the new single.
Watch the video here…
Read the producer’s thoughts…
You’ve been busy this year, how has it treated you?
I feel blessed always, to be honest – I love to keep my head down in music especially when I’m home, I’m always messing around with idea’s in my flat, this year I’ve learnt how essential it is to take time off for myself but within weeks I’m always very keen to get back into the club.
Congrats on “No Time”! How are you feeling now the track is out in the world?
Thank you! I’m so gassed to finally have this track out… SadBoi is so sick, her delivery on this track fits perfectly, its super slick – I’m over the moon to have had the opportunity to collaborate, the track is fun but no nonsense, it embodies a lot of what I play in the club.
What were the sonic inspirations for the cut?
For me, the best way to drive a sound forward is to take reference from what came before me… I’ve been playing around with the ‘Electro’ ‘Filter House’ sound for sometime but nothing stuck…. Think “Wearing My Rolex” by Wiley or “Perfect Exceeder” I know it’s exclusively not a British sound but as far as I remember growing up, UK dance music leant that type of sound for a while – the addition of SadBoi really elevates the track and brings it into the world of 2024.
How did the link up with SadBoi come about? What worked well about the collab?
I first came across SadBoi over a Nia Archives stream at the Lot Radio in NY, I loved her tone, the attitude… was great watching her do her thing, fast forward and I was send her “U Dun Kno” track, the flow of her vocal and lyrics, I just knew I had to work with her, she is one of the most exciting artists I have worked with, forward thinking, super cool, she knows exactly who she is as an artists and her delivery on this track was so effortless, I’m really gassed to have a single with her.
Your collaboration game in general has raised the bar this year, is that something intentional?
For me, yes – the scene that I came from, we sample a lot of vocals, that off rap, drills, R&B, grime, it’s really integrated with the underground UK culture, but for me – touching on driving a sound forward – it’s important to put out stuff that feels fresh and exciting to people, but still feeling like it exists in both worlds, I worked with Harlem Spartans legend Blanco on my last single, that was a super dark 2-step Garage track and his flow worked perfectly the same way that the SadBoi record works for me, its like 2 worlds colliding but making sense.
What’s to come for you this year and beyond?
I have lots more music to come this year, featuring people I have admired for a long time, my label ‘ATW’ has just started running again and we are putting out lots of stuff from a lot of artists I have respected over the years and the younger generation of artists who are always pushing the UK sound forward… I’m just about to go on my US tour which I am so excited about too, its funny to see this sound working overseas it really does feel like an exciting time for UK music