Q&A with DRS and Zar By Sam Yates
Originally published on UKF
Everyone in this scene is collecting milestones. Some arrive through hard work, some through luck. Some come in the form of breakthrough moments, lifelong friendships, creative highs, devastating lows, or the people we lose along the way.
Right now, Delroy Pottinger (DRS) and Pierluigi Zardetto (Zar) find themselves right in the middle of a big, joint milestone of their own – releasing their long-awaited double LP ‘Milestones’ on both Space Cadet and Footnotes.
To celebrate this first-of-its-kind double album, double label release, the pair sit down in each of their studios to reflect on four key milestones for any artist. We cover each of their memories associated with:
- Early career moments
- Major turning points
- Significant highs or lows
- The road to ‘Milestones’
With careers kicking off in different centuries, we get perspectives from staggered generations of drum & bass. Yet despite the years between them, both artists share strong ties to Manchester, and a love for the soulful, hip-hop-influenced side of drum & bass – those common threads run throughout their stories.
As the inspirational tales of a rising producer and a veteran MC converge with a landmark project, Milestones becomes more than an album title. It becomes a snapshot of two artists who continue to evolve, learn, and step forward…