MEES SALOMÉ on:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meesalomemusic
- SoundCloud: @mees-salome
HOW I MET THE BASS on:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass
- Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass
- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KipBo7
3 QUESTIONS to MEES SALOMÉ:
Q: Talking about your mix. How did you meet the bass once and what do these tracks mean to you?
A: Meeting the bass happened over time, but it all came down to my older brother. He is an amazing musician and has always been a huge inspiration to me. I remember watching him producing music and thinking: “Wow that looks cool. One day I will be that cool”. He is the reason I downloaded my first music software. I wanted to dedicate the opening minutes to him with the title track of his debut album called ‘Wordless Poem for Fiona’. He is also the one that gifted me my first electronic album, an album by Kraak & Smaak. Think that is when I met the bass for the first time, I was 9 around the time. When I was 17 I switched from singing and playing the guitar and drum for producing. This eventually lead to me to applying for the Conservatory in Rotterdam as a producer a year later. Here I was making more breakbeat kind of music. The remix of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’ is a track that I made during that time. But during this time I slowly started listening to more four-to-the-floor type tracks. I think that started with a pretty big obsession with Bonobo, which never went away. He still is one of my biggest examples in the electronic scene. Slowly my taste moved to the one and only Joris Voorn with his album ‘Nobody Knows’. I think this was my first real introduction to deep house music. After this I came in contact with the melodic geniuses Worakls and Bodzin. I decided to quit the conservatory around this time, because a professional career in music never felt as a possibility. Up until this point I had never made a single deep house or techno track. I clearly remember walking into the main stage tent at DGTL festival in Amsterdam. As soon as I enterend Adriatique dropped ‘Surge’ by Patrice Bäumel. I was so overwhelmed and inspired that the next day I made my very first techno track. This is when I really met the bass. With this first track I came in contact with Reinier Zonneveld and six months later my debut EP ‘Equivalence’ got released. I can say with confidence that ‘Surge’ changed my life. My second EP, ‘Ya Amar’, got released on Joris Voorns imprint Green and really launched my career. Within a year I went from meeting the bass to releasing on the imprint of one of my heroes. Who would have thought. Looking at all these tracks, there is one thing that they all have in common, which still influences all my tracks today, and that is melody and lots of emotions. Ending the set with one of the people that does it best: Ben Böhmer. I think music has the power to bring out the deepest emotions in people. Take you away for a moment, if you let it. It is a power that can be felt by every single person. To answer the question: these tracks mean everything to me. They lead me to where I am today and I couldn’t be more grateful.
Q: Would you still play some of those tracks?
A: At home, all the time! The second part of the set I would definitely play out in DJ sets.
Q: Which future Mees Salome projects are on the way? What can we expect later this year?
A: A lot! I have been working on a lot of new original music, talking to some of my favourite labels and artists. I’ve got a few great tours planned abroad. There also are some interesting and exciting plans for my podcast Distant in the making. So, lots of cool stuff coming!
