Right on cue, it's Aroop Roy!!
Since the Academy’s next stop is
Tokyo, it’s fitting to hear from Aroop Roy, a member of Melbourne’s class of ’06 who’s recently returned to the UK after five years in Japan. While there he ran two club nights:
CDR-inspired evenings called
Exposure, and
absolute!!, which went global with a 2008 compilation placing Academy peeps,
Skymark,
Daisuke Tanabe,
sauce81, and
Daniel Brandt (as ½ of
Scott), alongside production heavyweights
Karizma,
Simbad,
Dego and
Kaidi Tatham. This week Aroop jets back to Japan for a month of touring (see the dates below), we caught up with him beforehand for an extended chat on life in Nippon and his forthcoming debut album, Nomadic Soul.
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