Exclusive Interview With Divorce From New York

Following his 2022 album, ‘Sausalito’, Divorce From New York returns with his brand new LP titled, ‘Brick Lane’. We go the opportunity to speak with the Spanish producer about the inspiration behind this Jazz / Chicago House inspired project.

With a name as unique as yours, let us in on how you acquired the name, Divorce From New York?

As I was strolling around in a market with my wife, we spotted a fanzine called ‘Divorce From New York’ with photographs of New York. We loved it, bought the magazine and I told her this name would be my next moniker.

Describe your sound using five words

I will describe it to you with four words: Make Bruk Great Again

Your recently released LP, ‘Brick Lane’, has a multitude of different flavours to it. What was the inspiration behind this LP?

I’m in love with broken beat, UK garage and jungle from the UK, house music from Chicago, the beats from L.A. I also love jazz and the nu-jazz. If you take it all and put it in a blender, I’d say this is the result of the album and the vision I have about music.

We can see the LP has been released via Tokonoma Records. How did this relationship begin?

I met Antonius and Takumi many years ago through social networks. Brought together by our passion for jazz, we showed each other many records and loved the same ones. When they started their record label, they told me they would love to release one of my albums on Tokonoma. Here it is!

What’s your favourite track of the project?

I couldn’t choose one, but if there is one that feels more special to me because of the way it was made, it is ‘Palo Alto’.

Who would be your dream producer to work alongside?

Without a doubt, I would love to work with Madlib on a Quasimoto album, with Yussef Dayes and with Moodyman. It’s hard to pick one hahaha

You have to show a crowd the best tracks ever created. What five tracks are you queuing up?

A bruk one that breaks your hip, a house one that doesn’t let you lower your arms, a nu-jazz one where you can’t stop moving your head, a beats in which your brain doesn’t stop grooving and jungle one that make you travel to space.

What’s next for Divorce From New York?

In the next few months, I will release a remix for Dampé on the London-based label High Praise Records ; another remix for Hugo Danin Trio on the Porto label Jazzego on vinyl and an unofficial remix I made for an Ezra Collective’s track that I think may become the banger of the summer. I’m also working on a new EP.