Making his long-held dream a reality, Entita steps up with the Daily Routine EP on Dispatch Recordings. Blending rolling drums, heavyweight bass and collaborative energy, the project brings together solo work and collaborations with Furious Freaks, Serpnt, and Yatuza. We sat down for a conversation about the vision behind the release, the process of building momentum, and what it means to deliver on one of drum and bass’s most influential labels.

Daily Routine EP brings together solo work and collaborations with Furious Freaks, Serpnt, and Yatuza. How did the project take shape, and what was the vision behind pulling it all together for Dispatch?

Hello everyone, thanks for the invitation 🙂

There wasn’t a coherent idea behind the tracks on the EP at first. I got in contact with Ant after he played my tunes at Sun and Bass. The first tune I sent to him was One Day with Serpnt (it had a different name at that point), and he liked it straight away. Collabs with Furious Freaks and Yatuza followed shortly, and the EP started to take shape. Only at that point did I start to think about the idea behind the whole EP. I wanted to capture the state of mind of the period the tracks were written in. As I’m now a father of two and have a 9-5 job, it is a bit tricky for me to squeeze time for music into my day. I wanted to capture this struggle within the idea of the EP – hence Daily Routine. The actual name was borrowed from Yatuza, who sent me this track for collaboration, and the title really inspired me. It is related closely to my “daily struggle” concept. It’s about persistence, working on achieving your goals bit by bit, every day or every other day, squeezing an hour in at night after the kids fall asleep, tweaking a sound or sampling a vocal between meetings, always pushing the music forward.

Ant TC1 first connected with you after supporting your LFLF EP. How important was that early support, and what has it meant to now deliver a full release on Dispatch?

The early support, just the fact that my tracks were being played at festivals like Outlook and Sun and Bass, by people such as Ant or Doc Scott, was truly exhilarating. And also big thanks to Nymfo for signing those earlier tunes to LFLF, which led to this moment basically. Having a full EP on Dispatch has been my producer's dream for more than 10 years, so yes, it’s literally a dream come true. Big up to Ant for the support, this really means a lot to me.

The EP strikes a balance between grit and groove. Classic Dispatch DNA with your own forward-facing edge. How do you approach finding that balance in your production?

Dispatch is definitely one of those labels that massively influenced my musical taste. For me, grit and groove are the essence of drum and bass, and therefore, it feels natural for me to make such tracks. Not easy, but natural 🙂 I really love having rolling drums, which sound at least a bit like live drums, and heavyweight basses with a bit of funk, more than one note, some legato glides, and always there has to be that third element, like a funky or weird synth stab which adds to the groove. I also love to play with white noise on the bass and/or the drums to achieve that gritty sound.

Your solo cut ‘Dazzler’ has a razor-sharp feel, while the collabs each bring their own flavour. Can you talk us through the creative process behind one of those collaborations?

Dazzler started as a straightforward tune with a classic two-step beat and heavyweight 808 bass, but as I added that main synth it gave me the idea to make it a somewhat repetitive techno progression. It fit nicely with the concept of the EP, and I wanted it stripped, powerful and relentless to tear up dancefloors 🙂

‘Dutty Nutty’ with Furious Freaks has a real rolling energy. What was the studio dynamic like working with them on that track?

The initial idea came together quickly in just one session, when we got together in my studio. The Furious Freaks guys are great at coming up with ideas, which I can then develop. I laid down some drums, and Adam Bonduel from Furious Freaks came up with this reese-like riff at the end of the bar, and it immediately set the mood for the track. This old-school vibe was then reinforced with my classic wobbly noise bass and a sonar-like bleep sound from Honza. So the foundation was done in one session, but as per my usual process it took me a few more months to finish the track, get everything to sound right, add some edits and transitions, and the reggae vocal chops were just icing on the cake.

‘One Day’ with Serpnt feels both weighty and reflective. How did that tune come together, and what was the inspiration behind it?

One day, Sam from ZeroZero wrote to me, asking if I could book him for a gig in Prague. I’m not really a promoter, but before that I’d booked our mutual friend Brian Brainstorm. So I followed the same pattern and organised a smaller gig in Cross Club here in Prague. That’s how our friendship began. He’s a really cool and nice champ, great DJ and amazing producer, so I wanted to make a collab with him. I sent him this tune, maybe even a couple more, but this one stood out. This was five years ago, the tune wasn’t far from finished, but it lacked something, and I couldn’t move forward with it. Sam added that missing something with cool turnovers and edits and polished the sound of the tune. After that, it sat for a while on our disks. I played it in my sets as a dub, and it worked great on the floor. One day, I sent it to Ant, and it was signed to Dispatch 🙂. The tune was originally inspired by DLR’s older work, but after Serpnt’s edits and the addition of the vocal, it took on a life of its own. The vocal underlines the whole tune and the idea of what one day can bring.

‘Daily Routine’ with Yatuza rounds off the EP with serious intensity. Was that always intended as the title track, and what does it represent for you personally?

As I mentioned, there wasn’t an all-encompassing idea behind the EP at first. The title Daily Routine was actually the title of a track Yatuza sent me, and I borrowed it for the EP in the end. We have been friends for some time and always wanted to make a collab. I’m actually not great at collabs, although this EP might suggest otherwise :D I have my own way of working, and it’s hard for me to tune into someone else's vibe. But in this case it worked. Emanuel sent me a few WIPs, and I chose two or three, but in the end, I only felt this one. The title of the tune really inspired me, and while I was working on the track, the idea of daily routine – this relentless daily hustle: get up, eat, tend to kids, work, do some music, sleep, repeat – started to take shape. I reworked a big portion of the track, but the intense, relentless vibes of the main wobble remained alongside other cool elements Emanuel had in the original. I added the weird stabs and went hunting for a vocal that would say something about daily routine. Initially, I found this daily routine of Hunter S. Thompson narrated by Joe Rogan :D Haha, check that one out. Maybe I’ll use that in another cheeky tune. But in the end, I found another which sat better with the mood of the track.

There was mention of an additional track being left on the cutting room floor. How do you decide what makes the final cut for a release like this?

Yes, we talked about it with Ant – that it would be nice to have more solo tunes on the EP – and I had this heavy rolling WIP with darker vibes. But I got stuck with it, and I knew, given my time, that it would take months to finish it. I didn’t want to delay the EP any further and preferred to focus on polishing the rest of the tracks. Maybe this track or parts of it will see the light of release.

You’ve been steadily building momentum in the scene. How does this Dispatch debut fit into your wider journey as an artist, and what do you want listeners to take away from it?

Often, I still feel like a novice in this whole music production game, partly because I don’t really have so much time to invest in it. But I try hard. So to release on Dispatch for me marks a milestone in my musical journey, something like turning from padawan to master haha. But there’s always so much to learn, to try, experiment, and understand. I guess it can be the start of the next phase in this journey. We shall see. The EP, the idea behind it, is about achieving your goals. You just have to put in the will and time and persist, push for it, and amazing things will happen. It’s also about hard work and habits – about the boring daily routine where you put in the work bit by bit, overcoming struggles, ups and downs – but you are slowly, steadily on the path to get whatever it is you want.

And finally… if you could take just one drum and bass track, by any artist from any era, to a desert island, what would it be and why?

That’s a hard one! I’m usually into a more broody and darker side, but on a desert island, I guess it should be something a bit more cheerful. So what comes to mind without overthinking is: Break – Music Is Better, as it combines melodic elements, heavyweight bass and rolling drums and brings out all sorts of emotions and memories.

With the Daily Routine EP, Entita not only realises a decade-long dream of releasing on Dispatch but also underlines his ability to balance collaboration with solo creativity. It’s a milestone that captures the graft of everyday life and turns it into music that resonates across clubs and headphones alike.