1.Growing Up
My father was also a DJ and a club owner; I have a strong memory of going with him record shopping when I was just ten years old. We used to stay the entire day listening to all kinds of music in the stores, trying to find good records. When I was 14 I started going to his club and I fell in love with underground music.
2.Inspirations
When I started, my biggest inspiration was DJ Marky. His technique and the atmosphere he creates was magical. When I saw him DJing for the first time I knew I wanted to do the same. Then later I discovered Laurent Garnier, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. Kraftwerk, who are also a big influence for me – they are the real pioneers of our sound and without them the music we listen to today wouldn’t exist.
3.Your Crew
I got into music ’cause of my dad. He told me to try to be a DJ after I was complaining about the resident DJ at his club. Once I started, everything made sense in my life – I found something that I loved and wanted to be for the rest of my life. I was only 15 years old at the time. I am 31 today and I’ve never worked with anything else besides music – I had some difficult times with no gigs, with no labels wanting to sign my music, no money and a lot of frustration, but I never gave up. When you love what you do it is easier to deal with these things. For the last three years I have been working with a good agent/manager and we have accomplished some nice things – she takes care of my stuff when I am touring and making music.
4.The Music You Make and Play
I play and produce techno and techno house. I like to do it sometimes more percussive, more peak time tracks, and sometimes more melodic and trippy; I think it gives more dynamics to the set, to create a nice journey for the audience. Right now I am playing most of my own tracks but I also play other producers’ tracks that I really like, like Wehbba, Maceo Plex, Pig&Dan and Trevino.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
I’ve been on the scene for 16 years and every day I discover some amazing new music and producers – I never get bored. Techno is in the spotlight right now in underground music so I am enjoying this current moment. Some acts that have blown my mind recently are Caribou and Bon Iver.
Futurism: The Motorik 5th Birthday Festival takes place Saturday July 2 at a secret location with Anna, Mark Pritchard, Motorik Vibe Council, Stereogamous, Groove Terminator and more. Final release tickets are available here.
