Most known for his work with All Money in artist Pacman Da Gunman, the two along with longtime engineer Syphon started creating an organic sound with nothing other than the love of music in mind in the summer of 2015. Since then it has been no surprise the type of culture and inspiration sound SpaceNTime created, getting the looks from Nipsey Hussle (RIP King), J Stone, Joe Moses, and Slim 400 before really showing the city of L.A. his true talent.
Born Varun Sharma, he grew up around several different areas of Los Angeles, California, where he caught glimpses of G-funk as a way of expressing a simple lifestyle. Showing talent from the start he was really inspired by not just Dr. Dre and Dj Quik but also Memphis Legends Three Six Mafia. He says I have a pretty strong blend of not just L.A. Gfunk inspired production but also majorly inspired by Memphis hip hop.
SpaceNTime to most surprise has no musical roots in his family tree. It was always against the grain with ridicule before people really saw him grow. His acclaimed hits have just hit the highest in his producing career by producing Pacman’s latest biggest songs “DID THAT Ft. Icewear Vezzo” and “ONE PIECE ft. Wale ” from his long list of classic records he’s produced for many known L.A. artists, these are considered in many people’s eyes are some of his biggest records Space has ever been blessed to be a part of.
Tap into our Quick Interview we had with the pleasure of doing with Space below,
Take me back to working at your uncle’s:
I started making beats in the 12th grade. I used to play ball religiously but eventually the love and curiosity of making music took over. My folks schedule and how they lived would never let me just bump so my uncle would let me work around the clock so it was 6 full beats a day for a good 2 years before I had the means to move out and get my own pad. The straight out grind was impeccable to the versatility I have now
How did you and Pacman Da Gunman meet?
Me and my engineer would cook music and invest in our careers for years before we really got shit poppin. He had a recording studio where a friend of a friend who did car audio was real close to Pac. He brought Pac through and we just vibed, played em beats, and went from there and just organically kept cooking music. He’s probably the hardest working artist I’ve produced for offtop. He is a monster in the booth.
What was it like working with Pacman Da Gunman?
Straight out he’s a perfectionist. I would cook up as many beats as possible and stay in a creative groove then when it’s time for his session I would shoot them over or at times be in the lab too and just go in on them. He takes time in raps and that’s why he is so dope and his lyrics paint vivid pictures. Amazing storyteller
You said you’re inspired by not just LA music but also Memphis, do you like making trap beats?
Shoot, I love making trap beats. It’s just my heart is deeply rooted in G-funk. I try to fuse the two genres together and sometimes it comes out crazy. I just know the way the producers in the south make their trap beats comes directly from a lifestyle. Here in LA it’s different creative energy you feel with it out here. I just enjoy the music that comes out of there and listen to it as a fan would anyday. Out here though just offtop my west coast production is just on a different level and it’s what they want out of me.
Even though we admit your brand is tough and very visible as a standout, how did you go about it?
To be honest, I always knew being a producer is much more than just making the beat in your house/apartment/studio. You gotta show your face, people gotta connect a face to the name when it comes to music. Otherwise, it’s not saying you won’t be doing big things in music, but you risk losing leverage in the game, when trying to run your own program or brand your beats to have this aura about em. A lot of the game is really business , as Dr. Dre says it’s the “Music Business” simple as that.
Truth be told, we believe it and it’s why we feel your name is really out there on a staple, what is next up coming for you music wise?
Appreciate it, man to be honest it’s a gang of shit that is pending to be released. I felt this time around I got off of social media and took the route of cooking/working in silence. I got two artists off top who I was lucky enough to produce their whole full length album. Cant say no names till they announce it but when they do best believe it’s rocking. I have also been working hard at fusing the UK/NY Drill music with the Los Angeles sound. I really got into that bounce just a little less than a year ago. I have a few major songs on that tip that’s on the way. I rather keep it tucked at this point in my career than just spill it all out there. Give it more of a flare when it drops out of nowhere, feel me? Haha
That sounds wild, we definitely will be on the lookout for your next wave. It seems as though you keep changing and improving your sound every quarter. We saw you have a sick website that has been in development for a while. Can you tell us a bit about that?
Yea definitely, aside from all that that I’m working on with other artists and labels, I’ve been working on my official streaming website which will be the first ever subscription model made by a producer to offer his beats on a subscription basis. We bit off more than we could chew but my team is immaculate and they are really going far with this so there is a slight delay. It’s close to being a full year of working on this and we are just taking our time to do it right and troubleshoot then re design then test again till we get it where we want and. The product is done but the marketing and the push to get it behind artists is the goal.