Same time as us making connections w lots of scenes in London, Amsterdam, LA, Tokyo - we'd seen some support from the twin pillars of crossover dance music at this time: Ed Banger's Busy P in Paris, and Fools Gold's Nick Catchdubs in NY. It was always apparent that the best DJs running these labels around this time had these large associated brands for themselves that defined their identity. But it goes without saying the label you RUN isn't the limit of your own taste. For all we were messing around in Plastic People, we really looked up to Fools Gold and Ed Banger who had kinda dominated this whole space of dance music you'd see in like, Urban Outfitters, and crushing it on Radio One. And it was always clear to me that the guys behind these labels had the same appreciation we had for hip hop and dance music and that we were all just trying to speak to the same idea. Anyway, Nick's now a mate. Very cool dude who is always shows love for what we're doing and we appreciate him.
