Hologram Hookers show it all
I first started producing my own tracks around 1995. I bought a Yamaha SY85 synth/workstation. I had no clue about music production but i knew i needed a sequencer and this had it all. I could record 8 tracks including drums and make complete songs and arrangements [..]
Orlando B twists the disco
When I was about 15, my mum had an Atari ST1040 and also the Notator SL sequencer software. As I was listening to a lot of dance music on the radio I hijacked the computer and started to make my own tracks using Notator and a GM keyboard. Even before this I always wanted to make my own music but this is how I got started [..]
Roman Zawodny mixes it proper
Since leaving Reldz I have focused on pushing a sound that is edgy, tribal and futuristic. I want to concentrate on this underground vibe and get artists that really jack the house back into the mix. Minimal and hardgroove techno have recently saturated the market and now I want to bring people back to the roots by featuring EP’s from techno soldiers like Lester Fitzpatrick, Wyndell Long, JC, Beatcompute, Jerome Baker, James Hammer, Steel Grooves and myself [..]
Elektrax Music – 2010’s Harbingers Of The Sound Of Now
For me, over the past 18 months, one of the more inspiring label bosses and foresighted individuals working within the techno/tech-house realm of things has been Simon Nielsen, aka DJ Hi-Shock, who’s based in Sydney, Australia.
He runs several labels including two I’ve worked with myself (Elektrax Recordings and Hypnotic Room) and two I haven’t but [...]
D.A.V.E. the Drummer: To The Beat of the Drum
We recently got the chance to interview D.A.V.E. the Drummer again on the back of a superb new mix compilation he’s just done for Elektrax, titled Seriously Techno – done, as he reports, “Using Traktor and a CD player in the studio” – and he has simple hopes for the release, a limited edition affair of 300 copies only, all individually numbered: “I hope people like it – and I hope they get into the tracks,” he says [..]
Bill Youngman interview
This is what the Tresor site says about Bill Youngman: After years of jazz and classical guitar training, Youngman decided in ‘94 to put the strings aside for a bit of electronic dabbling. Being influenced by instrumental music, drum ‘n bass, hip hop and bleep techno resulted in his take to be coined “electrostep”. [..]
1 on 1 with V1NZ
V1NZ got his start in New York City. Outlaw parties held in warehouses and parks along with events at Roseland Ballroom quickly turned his interest from bands such as Sonic Youth and Nine Inch Nails, to Jeff Mills, Surgeon, and other pioneers in the techno scene [..]
Interview with Paul Mac
British DJ/producer Paul Mac has been one of the most consistent and more innovative people we’ve had our eyes on (and ears out for) well nigh on almost two decades now. Both for his individual work and his cuts with Ben Sims, Mac has scintillated most people’s senses [..]
Patrick Pulsinger gets priceless
“I’ve always tried to escape from the style question – for a good reason. I’ve never found an answer that would satisfy me, nor would one appropriately fit the music I make. It’s not because I want to be different or weird or anything, but I just don’t believe in categories so much,” says Patrick Pulsinger [..]
Interview with Wyndell Long
Andrez chats to one of our favorite contemporary Chicago DJ/producers, Wyndell Long – a man who’s previously worked with Mike Dearborn and popped up on superb labels like Peacefrog, Djax, Pro-Jex and Primate.
