Jammin' Unit.
"The first night I met Cem Oral, I got quite drunk and stuck an IF? sticker on his shoe; while I wince at that now, quite memorably he laughed out loud, even when he couldn't successfully peel it off."
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Luke's Anger.
"At the moment, my cat keeps me amused by jumping around and trying to sharpen her claws on my Minimoog--oi, bad cat!"
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Shin Nishimura.
"Here in Japan, Shin Nishimura is usually referred to these days in the same tech/electro/house frame as Ken Ishii, Fumiya Tanaka, DJ Warp and Captain Funk. While his productions are nowhere near as hard as Shufflemaster, they can drift into similarly dark, edgy territory; he sits somewhere between Tanaka, Warp, and Takkyu Ishino."
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Little Nobody.
“Yeah, I’ve kind of lost count exactly how many names I’ve worked under,” Bergen acknowledges from his base of operations in Tokyo, Japan. “Most of them were conjured up either as a joke, or with specific musical perimeters in mind, but then the lines get blurred and I forget which category I’m supposed to be focused on. It’d be frustrating if I actually cared.”
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Patrick Pulsinger.
"I've always tried to escape from the style question - for a good reason. I've never found an answer that would satisfy me, nor would one appropriately fit the music I make. It's not because I want to be different or weird or anything, but I just don't believe in categories so much," says Patrick Pulsinger in gloriously evasive mode.
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Wyndell Long.
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Son Of Zev.
"Hmm… DJs. Well, all I can say is give up playing other people’s shite, play what you want, you'll go in and out of fashion - but that doesn't matter. The most important thing, and here comes a cliche, is to have fun... have a sense of humour, don't take anything too seriously, and everything will work out..."
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Enclave.
“This tradition of creative, live electronic performance was already well entrenched when I turned my attention to it by 1998. Why? Because people in Melbourne expect diversity in the arts. The city is completely overrun with it, and it has been for decades. It’s what Melbourne is renowned for.”
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Koda.
"The coolest thing about Melbourne at the moment is the constant mix of these artists who are still playing 'their' sound. The veteran/old school artists are still getting booked for gigs, playing next to the newer guys, so for a night out it totally sexes it up."
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E383.
"Think pretty much old-skool, I love the sounds of UR, Jeff Mills, Joey Beltram, Dave Clarke, Robert Armani, etc... the usual guys. I also know a few unsigned artists from Scotland who I have a lot of time and respect for... but not because they are Scottish, just for the fact that they produce quality music."
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Dick Drone.
Chigo joined the outfit “sometime after she was born,” reports Chichi, with a mischievous grin. “She makes the best abstract sounds and I love to sample her incidental percussion work and vocals. She’s a natural.”
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DJ Hi-Shock.
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Ben Pest.
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Paul Birken.
"The end is upon us. Don't be afraid to fail. Bargain bins aren't always the best sale. Mix your machines with raw emotion, but never raw chicken."
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Alone Together.
"Ota-san is one of the truly innovative (and nice) guys here in Tokyo; even Toshiyuki Yasuda thinks he's unique and crazy, and Cem Oral (Jammin' Unit/Air Liquide) rated Ota's track, Bara No Kodoku, as one of the highlights of 2008. 'It's a burner!', Cem recently enthused."
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Dave Tarrida.
“Some people just don’t like change very much. Nostalgia might have something to do with it, too. Since I’ve been involved in the scene, we’ve gone through tape, CD, now digital. I like the fact that the way we consume music doesn’t stay static. I’m sure well see even more changes in the years to come. As long as what comes out the other end sounds good, I don’t think anyone should care too much by which means it was made.”
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Bitch Shift.
"While his name itself might mean very little to anybody (bar his mum in Melbourne, Australia), Ben Mill is setting dance music critics’ chins wagging for his work under the ulterior alias of Bitch Shift – as an inventive producer and in-demand remixer, rather than a DJ."
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Si Begg.
“People confuse seriousness with integrity or meaningfulness,” he muttered at the time. “Just because you take yourself really seriously doesn’t mean what you’re doing is valid – and vice versa.”
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Steve Stoll.
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Zen Paradox.
"While fellow Melbourne artist Voiteck Andersen is the will-do enforcer you get to go hassle the party promoter who hasn't paid up, (Steve) Law is the shy, unassuming guy that Voiteck probably defers to most in the Melbourne scene."
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Isnod.
"Isnod used to be two people, Mark C and myself. I wanted to call us Nod, and Mark wanted to call us Is Don, as in the Aussie deli meat advertising slogan. So it follows that while 'is Don is good', Isnod is god. So - it was settled."
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DJ Warp.
"Sometimes I sing 'Danger Zone' in the bathroom. I like the music from Top Gun. When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot, and to this day, Top Gun is my favorite action movie."
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Alkan.
"The sounds I make are purely based on how dark I can possibly go. I come in trying to make something, and it turns out really warped out, which sounds great."
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Craig McWhinney.
“Red cordial keeps me fueled when making music, mostly, though I tend to produce in spurts, not long marathon type sessions."
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Bill Youngman.
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