London’s mulletover has long been the darling of the late-night, illicit party scene over in the Big Smoke. Roving from place to place, utilizing everything from car parks to warehouses, the night has won itself a loyal following of up-for-it clubbers who dance the night away to top-notch underground house.

In the middle of it all is Geddes, the founder of the party, resident DJ, and overall musical guru. The London native has crafted his own fusion of house and techno, which can be heard in his highly regarded DJ sets, and now on wax via his own label murmur. Home to up-and-coming artists like Bearweasel, Nick Curly, Tom Demac and Rekleiner (Geddes’ own collaboration with the Audiofly boys), murmur has quickly set itself apart from the morass of record labels and releases that have come to typify the digital era.

Geddes will be making his Sullivan Room debut this Saturday, November 14th, as KGB and Basic NYC team up to present a sampler night of London’s finest music. Geddes took a moment to update us all on the roots of Mulletover, parking lot parties, and what’s coming up on murmur this year.

The London party scene has always had a bit of a mythic quality to it. Tell us about what’s happening these days in London, what are the clubbers getting most excited about?

It’s difficult to say really. There aren’t so many parties happening now as there were a few years back. With the downturn, it’s pushed a lot of people off of the idea of throwing parties, therefore there’s a group of key people in London now who are able to promote top-notch events. I think generally people are wanting that all the time, a party people get excited about. There’s about five or six events here that sell out and you’re guaranteed a good time. I suppose the guys with the vision and heart have continued to do what they love

Talk about how mulletover came together and how you first got involved with it?

I wanted to do a night and originally started mulletover with a guy called Jafar. We were due to do our first party but the venue we were using got closed down. Jafar knew Rob (my partner in mulletover today) who coincidently was doing a warehouse party on the same night. He had a spare room upstairs and the party went ahead. We did another party and it was decided we’d work together under the same banner. Jafar did his own thing after awhile but Rob and I continued and here we are five years down the line.

You guys have done parties in a whole bunch of locations. What’s been the craziest spot you’ve ever done?

A basement of a Kwik Fit garage that held 1,000 people without a license.

We’ve noticed from the Mulletover parties that there’s a big variety of music with multiple rooms and different sounds. Talk about the philosophy behind the lineups, and how you guys choose what goes into the party?

We like all kinds of music and as the party has grown and rooms have been added, it’s made sense for other genres to be introduced. Although our main focus is house, we like the second room to complement that. For our last party, Horse Meat Disco hosted the second room with Kenny Carpenter from studio 54; people love an alternative to the more heads down kind of vibe that’s happening in the main room.

Murmur has become quite a label to watch in a pretty short amount of time. How are you able to set the label apart from all the others that are out there right now?

The most important thing is quality and that’s how you stand out from the crowd. For me, there are far too many labels out there they have the wrong ethos. For instance, how many digital-only labels exist on Beatport and don’t even get their tracks mastered ?! Everything – from the music, artwork, artists – is important for me and murmur. We want to do things in the right way.

Running parties, running a label, producing your own studio stuff…what are your priorities right now, and how do you make time for all of it?

It’s very difficult as I chose this industry as my career. I love making records but it’s hard to sit down and concentrate on beats with everything else going on around me. For others, it’s easier as they don’t have the responsibility of a label or a club night, however I’ve not done bad so far! I think for now I will concentrate on a solo EP. Most of my releases recently have been collaborations.

You guys did a bunch of events in Ibiza this season. What were your thoughts on Ibiza this year, with all the new restrictions – no DC-10, enforced closing times, no all-day parties?

It’s changed for sure, but I’m sure it will evolve and new things will pop up. Everything moves in cycles.

Talk about what you have coming up on murmur and what we can expect for 2010 from you?

We have remix package of Tom Demac’s “Crewcuts & Curls” featuring remixes from Jamie Jones, Wolf + Lamb and Luke Solomon. A new EP from Meat & Chris Wood which I’m excited about, a various artists thing with something from me and all of murmur’s roster. I have a few remixes coming and the first murmur compilation in the first quarter of next year.

Finally do you have your most recent top 10 for us.

I guess you should pop down to Sullivan Room! 😉