With a career shaped by the dancefloor and a focus on instinct, timing, and energy, Clubby Boy has spent years refining a sound that moves across club styles.
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Now, he presents his most direct statement yet with the release of his debut album ‘Clubby Boy’, out via his new sub-label BOXX BANGERS.
The record signals a move away from the deep and soulful textures he has explored in the past, leaning instead into techno, electro, and hard house. Designed with peak-time environments in mind, the LP reflects the high-energy direction of his recent DJ sets while maintaining a consistent identity across genres.
In this conversation, Clubby Boy opens up about launching BOXX BANGERS, shaping the album’s sound, and how years behind the decks informed his approach in the studio.
EG: Hi Clubby Boy, welcome to EG. Your new self-titled LP marks a shift toward the harder side of your sound. What inspired you to launch BOXX BANGERS as a platform for that energy?
Clubby Boy: Thanks for the invite. I’ve been making deep and classic house for about 15 years at this point, and throughout that entire time, I’ve always made harder music and played it in my sets, but never felt like I had a solid identity behind the music until now.
EG: The album blends hard house, electro, and techno while still feeling cohesive. How do you approach combining different club styles without losing a clear identity?
Clubby Boy: This is something that is a more American take on production, DJing, and part of the reason why I waited so long to start BOXX BANGERS. Like, can I make deep or soulful music and also make heavy, hard warehouse music? So it makes sense for me to have two aliases, one for hard music and one for deep music. I love Paul Johnson, RIP. PJ was one of those producers who could make any subgenre of house, even minimal, and have his sound come through. I mean, he was making half of it before there were names for subgenres. I hope I have developed a sound where people can hear that it’s me, regardless of genre.
EG: You started DJing at 13 with your brother’s record collection. Looking back, what records or artists first sparked your love for techno and club music?
Clubby Boy: There are so many. I remember my brother Zack showing me Adam X and Kevin Saunderson records, but some of the standouts were the hard Chicago warehouse tracks like Cajmere and Derrick Carter – ‘Wet Dreams’. Just a raw drum machine and Derrick Carter talking shit. Also, Aaron Carl – ‘Down’, that one’s on the Classic Music Co. Doc Martin compilation that is one of Zack’s favorite records.
EG: This LP reflects the big room, warehouse sound you’ve been pushing in your DJ sets. Were the tracks written with specific dancefloor moments in mind?
Clubby Boy: I love long DJ sets and hitting different sounds throughout. To me, my productions are an extension of that. ‘Bang It’ is definitely peak time, ‘Battle Hound’ is a roller to start, really bringing energy up.
“I’ve always made harder music and played it in my sets but never felt like I had a solid identity behind the music until now”
EG: As someone known for long, eclectic DJ sets, how did that experience influence the structure and flow of the album?
Clubby Boy: I think that’s what made me most comfortable to play with different genres on the album. Trying to listen to the whole piece and imagine it as a short DJ set, something that keeps interest and also catches people off guard.
EG: Your ethos has always been “playing the right song for the right moment.” How does that philosophy translate when you’re producing in the studio rather than DJing?
Clubby Boy: To me, DJing is 100% an energy exchange between you and the crowd. It’s something in your subconscious that you form after years behind the decks, being in tune with the crowd, the club, and any DJs playing before or after you. I always play music I love, but the energy in the room helps dictate those selections. Production-wise, I think it probably influences my music, but not directly. In the studio, when it’s right, I don’t think about anything other than what I’m making, completely zoned in… or out.
EG: Techno has evolved rapidly over the past decade. Where do you feel your sound sits within today’s landscape?
Clubby Boy: That’s a hard one. I’d like to think it is informed by the past while doing something new?
EG: What was the most challenging or surprising part of creating your first full-length album as Clubby Boy?
Clubby Boy: I make so much music, so the hardest part or the most time-consuming was really trying to get my head in one space sound-wise. Really relying on what I think is cool and what I think sounds good together. Blocking out whatever’s going on in the scene.
“DJing is 100% an energy exchange between you and the crowd”
EG: When you’re not in the studio or behind the decks, what inspires you creatively—films, art, books, or something completely outside music?
Clubby Boy: I love being active. The more I skateboard, ride my motorcycle, travel, meet new people, and see new places. I take it all back to the studio and let it out into my music.
EG: If you could play the perfect warehouse set anywhere in the world, what city would it be in, and what time would the party start?
Clubby Boy: I’ve never been, but I hear Mexico City is going. 12 am.
Clubby Boy’s ‘Clubby Boy’ is out now on BOXX BANGERS. Stream and download here.
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