You’ve played twice in Turin at Azimut club for the Genau parties. What kind of relationship do you have with the organization? And do you have a specific connection to Italy?
I absolutely love Matteo & Christine from Genau Turin who run their nights at Azimut, they are the most beautiful humans ever and good friends. Yes I do, I am half Italian, my gran was from Florence.
In the interview with Numero Netherlands in March, you mentioned: “I think there’s kind of a stigma in the techno scene of girls that were models. I’ve tried to hide my past, although I feel like I shouldn’t have because I was a successful model, and it got me to where I am today”. Could you further describe the stigmas, the issues or the misconceptions that exist in the techno music scene for models who also want to pursue a career as DJs?
I just feel that women who were or are models are not taken seriously in the techno scene, I mean are people born with only one talent? No! People can have many talents. Why can’t you be a good dj or producer if you were a model doesn’t make any sense. As much as people think modeling is sitting looking cute, not everyone can actually be a model no matter how they look. It’s not easy & It takes lots of discipline and real skills, it’s not as “easy” as it looks, that’s for sure. It’s also a form of art and I just feel people get judged in this scene and usually by people who have no clue about anything as usual. I actually saw today on a post of another artist and the comments were appalling saying just a model and fake dj and all this other hate all because she looks good in the video. It’s shocking & disgusting.
Throughout your DJ career you have explored various musical genres, from psytrance to minimal techno and to hard and acid techno. Were these transitions gradual due to influences or specific events that led to your evolution? Do you feel you have found your definitive style?
I started out playing and producing minimal but it transitioned pretty quickly into hard techno, it was only a short phase back when I lived in LA right in the beginning. Psytrance has been a part of my life for many years so that will always be in my blood and isn’t going anywhere and I feel the same with acid , it’s my signature you will rarely find a track I produce which does not have 303 line.
Next month you will release a track on the second V/A on your label NowNow Records along with other 15 artists (Sina XX, Part Time Killer, Drazzit, Vizionn, just to name a few). Driving basslines, pounding beats and hypnotic melodies that come with us for over an hour and a half. It is an album characterized by heavenly tracks (“Sarasvati,” “Resurrection,” and “Faded in Paradise”) and infernal tracks (“Don’t Flirt With The Devil,” “Infernal,” and “Object Of My Desire”). Your track “We Are All Connected” is located right in the middle of the album. Is this due to a real connection that ties all the tracks together? What is the story behind your track?
Thats cool you spotted that as that wasn’t even intentional being right in the middle but i love that “connecting all the tracks together” The full phrase is we are all connected like tides around the world, in this humans, nature and the world are all interconnected as we all are in a way, which brings about a sense of unity and shared experiences between us all, connection is essential for our functioning on any level :)
After last year’s success, you are going to host your second label night in Amsterdam during the ADE in October. Besides you, there will be Felicie, Jacidorex, Jan Vercauteren and Nur jaber. The purpose that unites all of you is the same: to burn the dancefloor for over 8 hours.
Yes I am so excited for our second ADE showcase, I cannot wait for this & im super happy with the lineup, it’s on fire :))