TECHNO HOW? is a brand spanking new depository for interviews with and tidbits on the real people making the inroads in techno and electronic music in the 2010s; much of the material here is exclusive to this site, and we invite you to kick back, have a read, and enjoy - without any subversive strings attached.
ANDREZ BERGEN, the editor of TECHNO HOW?, has written for music magazines like Mixmag and Wax in the UK, 3D World, Zebra and Beat in Australia, and national newspapers The Age (Australia) and the Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan). He's also put stuff together for Fun in the Murky, GaijinPot and Beatportal. Andrez is a published author (he wrote the novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat) and will be joined here by various mates.
Well, my personal principle – and my creative tragedy – is to be honest in what I do. So if I don’t like the sound of current trends I won’t follow them. Thus, I think my tracks became more technically complete, but maybe I’m putting less magic into them currently. OK, so I’m just getting older…
“I love the clubbing scene in Melbourne, [but] the festival scene is a bit oversaturated and too many of the same acts get booked too often. We have so many great and talented producer/DJs over here that just don’t get enough love… I can’t really complain, though – I’ve been fairly lucky with the amount and regularity of gigs that I get down here.”
“There’re a lot of punters out there who tune in to easy listening commercial radio five days a week and, come the weekend, they get hopped up on substances and become part-time techno or house fans. That ain’t me. I’ve got no issue listening to techno at 7:00 am in the car on the way to work. I do it all the time.”
“I’m definitely happy when the audience gets into my DJing – but what’s really important is to output myself through the actual sound itself rather than getting the dance floor excited.”
“Commonly, however, most people think of schizophrenia as related to those people on the train, bus or tram who’re seated there talking to themselves, quite often in heated debate, which is what I decided here to try out for size: Yacking with myself about myself. Weird concept, for sure, especially before breakfast.”
“With more and more digital set-ups and controllers currently out there or in development, there’s so much room for creativity for DJs both now and in the future. The old school needs to get on board, or it’ll be a bumpy ride!”
“Can you imagine going to a surgeon for heart surgery, and his only credential was that he thought it was cool to be a doctor so he illegally downloaded the heart surgery app?”
“Sometimes when you think you’re making completely different tunes, other people still see similarities and they label it as a typical ‘Bas Mooy’ tune. In the end I think that’s cool, since it means I feel free to do what I want and explore different styles and cross certain boundaries and still be appreciated.”
“More recently I’ve also been making drumstep, which is basically half-tempo drum & bass with dubstep-influenced bass sounds and drum patterns.”
“Your life experience can’t be duplicated or sampled. The ‘www’ Internet made the world much smaller, but time periods when and where and how life is experienced will always have a different effect on people and their music.”
