1.Growing Up
When I was a child, the band which influenced me the most was The Prodigy. Thanks to its music, I started to get into electronic music. I grew up surrounded by music – my father is a flamenco guitarist and my cousin is a well-known saxophonist and flute player in Spain. Flamenco music was always in my house. I would love pop and hip hop music and I think all of this had a lot of influence in my life, so I ended up with all this [musical] cocktail that led me into electronic music.
2. Inspirations
Michael Jackson was my idol; I listened to him all the time since I was ten. I used to buy all his cassettes. I was inspired by many artists and music styles from pop, ballads, soundtracks to electronic music from my top artists.
3. Your Crew
I think that teamwork is the key for being successful in music. My current manager was interested in me from the beginning. At the beginning, I had to take really tough jobs to get by and help my family, however I don’t need to take these kind of jobs at the moment.
4. The Music You Make And Play
I hope that my album will have a great reception; some of the tracks are already included in Dirtybird, 20/20 Vision and Monaberry. The songs have a lot of groove and I believe that they can have a great impact – I hope people don’t stop dancing [laughs].
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
I think the music scene is really divided. In my humble opinion, the most important [thing] is trying to overcome your own limits. Anyway, as long as I have people’s affection I will consider myself a successful artist. In my opinion, the best DJ [sets are by] Dyed Soundorom (EB); every time I listened to him or any gig I share with him is just a simple pleasure. [His sets are] full of groove and very personal, played with analogue and digital, setting the beat in order to make the audience feel the vibe.
German Brigante appears atS.A.S.H By Night at Home Nightclub on Sunday February 7.
