PARIDE SARACENI on:

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- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/paride_saraceni

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3 QUESTIONS to PARIDE SARACENI:

Q: Tell us about your mix – what do these tracks mean to you, how did they shape your career?

A: I have picked certain special tracks for this mix, starting from my earliest vinyls, which date back to 2007, including "Victor Casanova" by the Italoboyz duo, which was of great inspiration for me due to its very open approach to originally include cinematic recordings into a dancefloor-oriented piece of minimal techno; as well as my first Cocoon vinyl: "The Beauty And The Beast" by Sven Vaeth, remixed by Eric Prydz, which instead, at the time, captured my attention in a street of Florence, (which is where I bought this record) due to its bassline and very mysterious crescendo and dynamic flow which I immediately incorporated into my earliest productions.

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Q: Releasing your music on huge labels opens the world for a DJ. Which places are on your must-see list?

A: I hope to visit a lot of countries, especially the ones in South America, Asia and Africa, but mostly the more hidden places where this kind of experimental music has not yet managed to be heard, or better, "discovered" and appreciated. I am curious of countries under oppression such as North Korea or Iran, and I believe that once their people will be free from the current politics, new forms of freedom, and therefore, of musical exploration will explode along with artforms new to them, which I hope to be part of one day.

Q: Which new Saraceni releases are coming soon?

A: I have an upcoming remix for Maya Jane Coles on her I/Am/Me, possibly a new Truesoul and a new Tronic, and I am also working on lanuching Post Scriptum Music as a record label too, with the first release being an 11 minutes long piece I am working on since 2014. This will be a very special one, I assure you!

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NICO STOJAN on:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nico.stojan.music/

- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nicostojan

HOW I MET THE BASS on:

- Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass

- Twitter: twitter.com/howimetthebass

- Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass

3 QUESTIONS to NICO STOJAN:

Q: You´re currently in Mexico. The best place to escape from the cold winter?

A: I am very thankful that I can travel around the world with my music. Last year was the first time for me here and I really enjoyed it. So wonderful to meet a lot of friends here spending time with them in the sun and celebrating the new year together. It is the perfect place to escape the long gray phase in Berlin.

Q: Talking about your mix – what did these tracks mean to you in the past?

A: It was not easy to decide wich track will finally be part of the mix cause there are so many I was listening to while I grew up. But those I put in the mix are defenitely the ones meaning a lot to me.

Q: What´s coming up next? Are there any tour or release plans?

A: I will have my every year Australia/New Zealand tour in feb/march and the next release on our new label OUÏE is coming end of march. It´s the new Acid Pauli Album.

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BLOODY MARY on:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloodyMary.DameMusic/

- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bloody-mary

HOW I MET THE BASS on:

- Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass

- Twitter: twitter.com/howimetthebass

- Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass

3 QUESTIONS to BLOODY MARY:

Q: 2017 already started. Do you have any New Year´s resolution?

​A: We are living in a crazy world at the moment, so much hate for bullshit things. I don't have any resolution because I never do it, but I have a wish and hope that LOVE will surround us and help us to create a better world. Peace.

Q: Your imprint “Dame-Music” celebrates it´s 7th birthday this year. Is there something special scheduled for this?

A: ​This year is gonna be a special one. 3 vinyl releases are already scheduled. The first one (Dame-Music 034) will be an EP by myself featuring a remix by one of my favorite producers. That's all I can so for now, let's keep the surprise!

Q: We´ve heard there´s an upcoming tour in Asia and Australia the coming weeks. Tell us more about that!

​A: I'm always thankful with my job to travel the whole world. I'm more than happy to start the tour in South Korea, followed by China, then on to Thailand before finishing in Australia, where I will play at 3 different festivals. So far I think it's ​8 shows in four weeks across 2 continents. I'm really excited about this tour because I've never been to South Korea and Thailand and it's always a pleasure to discover new cultures & beautiful people.

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GABRIEL ANANDA on:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.ananda

- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gabrielananda

3Q to GABRIEL ANANDA:

Q: You released your music for about 15-20 years yet. Tell us about your mix. How did these tracks shape your artist career?

A: Its all in a chronologic order. First contact with a kinda minimal, drum based music is come together from the beatles. I found it in a pile of old 7"s from my uncles music box. I couldn´t read, but the record with the apple was my favorite. I think that this song is still so modern. "Infinity" blew me away. Its actually not a theme of 4 or 8 bars, it has 5! That makes it, besides the music, so special. Still inpiring. "Rhythm Is A Dancer" was my first dancing experience on a school trip. These layers of sound and groove put me into a trance in seconds. Masterpiece. "L' esperanza" itself is a nice track and the video on TV made Sven look like a nice guy. So I decided to go on his party after the Loveparade 1995 which led me into the world of "real techno". That day I decided to become a musician for electronic music. "Gravitational Arch of Ten": Beauty, mystic and pure love for life. This is techno for me, I was never so interested in dark techno. On that party in 1995 Sven played black labs, space bar. On a tiny video cut I could find it and it stayed in my head and on my search list for over a decade. When I finally found it i made a remaster and edit. And eventually this year I rereleased it on soulful techno records. Richie Hawtin is not only a cool guy with a laser outfit and an image of a half god, he actually really created landmarks in electronic music. "Panic Attack" was probably 10 years ahead of time and is a blue print for minimal music which got big around 2003. So in the late 1990s I entered the clubs and made my first records. Especially in the last years before 2000 the music was so hard and hypnotic. I only liked a few tracks, especially Marco Carolas "Hypnotisamus". I think you cant nail it more. In the early 2000s I started to focus on my roots, melodies and emotions. At that time Mathew Jonson popped up with his unbelievable melodies and aestetics. He inspired me a lot! I am still a big fan of him. One of a very few real musicians in techno. Until 2010 I dont remember so many tracks right now. Next mindblowing thing was Rainbow Serpent festival in Australia. Everybody in gothic or tribal costumes and smiling and dancing on a totally different music. Glitch Hop. 100 Bpm, kinda dubsteo like but with a totally different approach. Instead of beeing dark and as hard as possible, most of it is so positive and playful. I start right now to bring this style into my productions. My Favorite track of this and last years is "Sordid Affair". It touches me, it sounds great, its cool. What a perfect track. Maceo Plex is a real master in my eyes and deserves a mention here.

Q: You played your music all over the world yet. Which place has always been a special one for you, a place you won´t miss?

A: That is really difficult to say. There are so many great events and each has a special vibe. I love to play on open air festivals, but there are also a lot of great club events. Playing Thuishaven or Georgies Wundergarten, as well as Awakenings is always special. I was in Morocco for the first time this year and this was also a really great event with a lovely crowd. So it is not easy to pick the one and only here :)

Q: Which new projects can we expect soon?

A: We really worked hard on the complete Gabriel Ananda project the last months, and have a lot of amazing projects coming up. We will release a „Selected Remixes Compilation“ with 20 of my favorite remixes from the last years beginning of 2017, I´m already working on a studio album, some great cooperations and EPs and we will have the first label night from my new label Soulful Techno at Artheater in Cologne in February and this is just the tip of the iceberg. So it will be another exciting year.

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AFFKT on:

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AFFKT/

- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/affkt

HOW I MET THE BASS on:

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3 QUESTIONS to AFFKT:

Q: You just released your album ‘Son of a Thousand Sounds“. Does this title describe your music right?

A: I guess it describes what I do as an artist. During the years I have been producing many different styles of music so this is reflected on a natural way on my music. I just want to do music with total freedom; that was the initial goal I had when I created this project and I think that’s how it always should be.

Q: You built up SINCOPAT to a world wide respected label. What´s your secret for this success?

A: The secrets of Sincopat’s success are first the love, work and respect we invest on every single release, and second trying to release timeless music - sometimes more dancefloor oriented I would say, and sometimes more to listen and enjoy also outside the club. I always like to think how the people in the future will feel Sincopat music, and I have the feeling we will still sound as fresh and special as today.

Q: Are there any news you want to tell us – what´s coming up in 2017?

A: Next year comes as exciting as this past year, I have finished 4 new remixes coming out in December and early 2017 for Henry Saiz, Mason, Bufi and Martin Eyerer feat. Ruede Hagelstein. And I am working on new EPs and few more remixes at the moment. I am focussed as well on preparing a new live set, and it’s being a lot of fun but there’s still much work left. On Sincopat we have a lot of amazing music coming, EPs and Albums; just to name a few, by the end of February we have the first album by Piek and on March Vomvo 03 signed by Pete Oak, also EPs by Audio Junkies, Patrick Kunkel, Bufi, Darlyn Vlys, Anii, Alext Stein, and many more!

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