Alexander Hislop was born in London and lives in a flat overlooking the canal in Dalston, East
London. He works in A&R at Warner Records and runs GETME! which is a label,
club night and collective. I have spent many a night huddled up in the corner
of a packed club at a GETME! night, I even earned the name Punchy, but not
actually sure how I feel about that, particularly as I can’t remember the
friend of a friend that honored me with the title and that the name Punchy
makes me sound like a brawler. Brawler no, apparently its all down to my
penchant for dancing with my fists, something I, until now, was unaware of.
Regardless of the fists, thankfully Alex was kind enough to let me into his
bedroom and he has also put together WIYB’s first bedroom mixtape.
Do you work in your bedroom?
I mainly work
in my bedroom on my computer, exciting! I have a good set up for listening to
music, much nicer than being based in an office.
What does your bedroom mean to you?
Somewhere to
read books, sleep, not be disturbed, draw and hide things under my bed.
Is there something in your bedroom that means a lot to you?
I have a
massive T-shirt collection which means a lot to me as it reminds me of growing
up and all of my good / bad purchasing choices.
Tell me about the designs on the
T-shirts?
They are all
GETME! T-shirts. The genie one is designed by Dan Freeman who does nearly all
our illustration work. The big GM is the first tee we printed – Robert Mathieson designed it, I think that's the last one I have. The foot graphic is by Jiro Bevis, one of my favourite illustrators.
What makes you happy?
Good brain
chemistry.
What is your favourite colour?
Red.
What song do you find yourself
always going back to?
Animal
Collective – Street Flash
What song have you currently got on
repeat?
Dusky – NobodyElse
If you could time travel where would
you go and why?
2020, maybe bring
back a sports almanac and clean up.
What is your favourite word?
Abomination.
What would you save if your bedroom
were on fire?
My computer as
it has all my photos on it.
What would your super power be?
Flying would be
good, I can already time travel though, right?
What keeps you awake at night?
Anxiety and
coffee, perhaps anxiety brought on by coffee.
Naked or bed clothes?
Just a T-shirt
and socks, no pants.
You have kindly made the first ever
bedroom mixtape for What's in your bedroom... it is very different to what you
would play at a GETME! night, it feels filmic and dreamy, was that
your intention?
I suppose I
compiled some songs I would listen to by myself in my bedroom rather than at
3am in a club. It’s pretty sombre, a homage to all 14 year olds freaking out in
their bedrooms.
Track listing:
01. Philip
Glass – Opening
02. Aphex
Twin – Qkthr
03. Brian
Eno - In The Future
04. Berberian
Sound Studio - The Sacred Marriage
05. Dean
Blunt - Coroner
06. Dosh
- Bring The Happiness
07. Halls
- Winter Prayer
08. James
Blake - I Only Know
09. Washington
Philips - Denomination Blues Part 1
10. Moodymann
- Mahogani 9000
See and hear more about GETME! on the website and Twitter @thisisgetme
Special thanks to @suzieseal for lending her jumping skills
Special thanks to @suzieseal for lending her jumping skills
















































