In a recent interview with Ibiza Voice, Italian techno giant Joseph Capriati spoke at length about how much of a positive impact Carl Cox has had on his career and personal life.
"I learn from Carl every day," explains Capriati. "He teaches me many sides of the DJ life in general which I never experienced before."
Capriati revealed he only met Cox five years ago at Space Ibiza and they've been friends ever since.
During an interview with Billboard Magazine — where he looks back on his 20-year career — Dutch superstar Tiësto has admitted it was a chance encounter with Sven Väth that inspired him into a life of music and DJing.
"When I was in the scene first, I heard a DJ from Germany play [named] Sven Väth, and I listened to him for six hours and there was not one single record I recognised," explained Tiësto.
Jeff Mills reckons science fiction and the themes around futurism and how the human race might react to alien life could shape the dance music world in the future.
Speaking to The Vinyl Factory about his new audiovisual experience, dubbed 'Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind' — which aims to immerse the audience in an audio-visual experience that asks how humanity would react if an alien life form presented itself to us — Mills has gone into detail on how science fiction has influenced his latest project.
Pete Tong reckons the dance music market in the US and Europe has "peaked" but "no one wants to say it too loudly," declared the Radio 1 DJ during a recent interview with Billboard Magazine.
He doesn't reckon there will be a crash, though, but rather a slowdown that's more like a "puncture".
From Rinse intern to Radio 1 regular, with a weekly Sunday night/Monday morning slot from 1-4am, Monki — aka 25-year-old Lucy Monkman — is the face of the national broadcaster’s latest specialist show. From an eclectic background playing everything from grime to UK funky, these days her sound, also highlighted on her own Zoo Music label, is mostly centred around the various teeming rivulets of house and techno.
Words: JOE ROBERTS
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You've got to hand it to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett — the brains behind virtual band Gorillaz — they've managed to convince the entire world, including Radio 1's Mistajam, that they're actually real.
Adding to the virtual band's allure, Mistajam has just finished interviewing band members 2D and Murdoc online — and thanks to some clever special effects wizardry and acting, the interview comes across as strangely convincing, in a Who Framed Roger Rabbit kind of way.
Boys Noize is in the midst of his European Warehaus tour, which has been inspired by the rawness of his new album, 'Mayday'. Having just released the second part of his ‘Mayday’ remixes EP today — which features remixes from Tensnake, Raito & Jensen Interceptor — we grabbed a chat with the Berliner to talk about the allure of warehouse parties, how influential the UK scene has been to his career to date and what the Boysnoize Records camp has coming up this year.
“Everything around you is so cluttered. If you go online and look at social media, it’s this big bombardment of stuff. I really wanted to de-clutter everything.”
A jet-lagged Nik Void — guitarist, singer, and now chief synth modulator — is trying to explain over Skype the minimalism at the core of Factory Floor’s new album. It’s only their second; despite having been around in various incarnations for over seven years, the band have never been the most prolific when it comes to traditional releases.
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If there’s one thing Japanese DJ Hito knows — it’s Sake. It was her love of the traditional rice wine that cemented her relationship with techno don Richie Hawtin, alongside her outstanding DJ skills and formidable record collection, and has seen her spin with Hawtin at his famed ENTER. parties since 2012.
First learning to DJ in his early teens, Ilario Alicante is no stranger to the decks. After a record-breaking debut at techno festival Time Warp aged just eighteen, he’s gone on to release records on some of techno’s most respected labels — Bosconi, Tenax and, most crucially, Cocoon Recordings.
