#019 El Hornet on influencing Skrillex, Glasto with Beyoncé, and the new Pendulum album

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Pendulum are the biggest Drum n Bass act of all time. A controversial statement perhaps but one that ChatGPT agrees with. 

El Hornet is the band's DJ, a member since day 1 of Pendulum in Perth, Australia, and a man who has been on every step of the journey along with Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. 

They have a new album out called Inertia, and it's their first one since 2010. It's both very modern and very recognisable as a Pendulum record, which might say as much about their wider influence on dance music as anything else. 

We discuss the scene in 90s Perth, playing in punk bands, moving to the UK in 2003, taking over the scene and ultimately outgrowing it. Oh and playing before Beyoncé at Glastonbury. 

Some mad stuff in this one - you're gonna enjoy it! 

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Chapters:

00:00 Join Acid Nation

00:59 Intro

02:43 El Hornet

03:14 The new album

06:40 The influence on Skrillex

08:00 Breaking the DnB mould

08:57 Knife Party and being competitive

09:52 DJing after Andy C

11:09 Lightening up

13:03 “You blink and you’re a legacy act’

19:03 Genres are important

20:50 Dubstep in the US

26:07 Perth, Australia

35:14 Mining and meth

39:15 Moving to the UK

51:10 Breaking through

57:15 The new record

01:03:00 The DnB ethos

01:05:28 Singing over Drum n Bass

01:08:06 Current state of the scene

01:11:00 Beyoncé at Glastonbury

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