October 16, 2015
2-TIMES · Music
—
The Central
Executives for
2-TIMES
Based:
Stafford, UK.
Who are
The Central
Executives?
Up until recently,
the identity of
The Central
Executives has
been a loosely-
guarded secret;
veiled under
a shroud of
mystery &
intrigue,
following the
release of their
well-received
eponymous
2014 LP
‘A Walk In
The Dark,’ on
Golf Channel
Recordings.
We can reveal
that The Central
Executives is a
side project of
Dean Meredith
(Chicken Lips /
Rhythm Odyssey)
and Ben Shenton
(The Main Stem),
both also of
Mind Fair, who
additionally
record for
Golf Channel,
and Clover Ray.
2-TIMES
speaks with
Dean and Ben...
Describe your
key influences
for 2-TIMES' mix:
Delving deep
into the depths
of the dark, jazzy,
smokey joints that,
in parts, influenced
‘A Walk In The Dark’.
Taking in percussive,
heavy African jams,
sax-laden oddities,
rambling spoken
words as well as
Rhodes-looped
chugging grooves.
The deepest of
deep house vibes,
all carefully-
curated and
recorded through
their lovingly
put-together
audiophile
setup, all live,
one take and
exclusively
vinyl-only.