{"id":20570,"date":"2015-07-03T23:51:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/?p=20570"},"modified":"2015-07-03T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:57:23","slug":"interview-technasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/ibiza\/interview-technasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Technasia"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 20 years, Technasia aka Charles Siegling, has been kicking it at the top of the electronic pile. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The French DJ, producer and spectacular live performer combines many different influences in the music he makes, and has been on a constant evolution through techno, house and everything in between. He has headlined every major festival and club, has run a number of labels and primarily releases on Sino and Technasia. he has also released three fine full lengths and in the modern era continues to work with the best of the best. Right now he has a massive collaboration with Green Velvet just about to drop, and it is the sort of monstrous, floor saying main room track that he has excelled at making all his life.<\/p>\n

We caught up with him to talk about collaborating with UNER, his Ibiza season for 2015, and all about that new hook up with Green Velvet.<\/p>\n

” …I’m living my dream gig on a regular basis”<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

How are you, how has your summer been so far?<\/strong>
\nVery good! Summer is always THE very busy time of the year for DJs anyway. June started off the charts with shows all over Europe and a kick ass Space Ibiza Opening Fiesta b2b with Pleasurekraft. I\u2019ll go on with a tour in Asia and Colombia in July, and a bunch of shows in Ibiza. August is mainly dominated by European festivals and some dates in Ibiza again (really looking forward to that b2b with Uner at Ushuaia Ants on August 15<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the thing you are most proud of in your career?<\/strong>
\nTo still be here kicking it 20 years after I started!To be honest, I think it’s quite easy to make a breakthrough in the electronic music world, as long as you have a certain talent for DJing or music production. The most difficult part is to be there to stay and grow. That is not given to everybody I think. It requires a lot of hard work, to be surrounded by a good team, and being able to reinvent yourself from time to time.<\/p>\n

Do you still set yourself goals, do you have things you would like to achieve?<\/strong>
\nMaking your way in this music world is a goal in itself, and a pretty tough one I would say. The market has become highly competitive amongst DJs because everybody think they can be one. The wrong approach is always to take the electronic music world as a hobby, forgetting that it’s above all a work.<\/p>\n

What is your dream gig, where is it, how big is the crowd, is it in side or outside, how long would the set be?<\/strong>
\nI don’t have a dream gig to be honest. I’m always very happy if the crowd and the promoter are. I’m able to do that most of the time, so I’m living my dream gig on a regular basis hehehe\u2026<\/p>\n

What else have you got coming up this summer?<\/strong>
\nMy new track made together with Green Velvet, “Suga”, will be out on Toolroom on July 13th<\/span><\/span>. This should be a great one and a good follow up to I Am Somebody. Driving beats, full of guitar riffs and kick ass Green Velvet vocals, I’m really looking forward how the track is gonna do. I don’t release a lot of tracks, but when I do, I make sure it’s always a bomb.<\/p>\n

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You often hook up with UNER – what makes your relationship with that guy so strong?<\/strong>
\nQuite a few things really. We are fiends, we share the same management and booming agency, we often share the same lineup, we are from the same generation, we don’t really play the exact same sound, although it’s similar and we appreciate our respective music. Most importantly, the symbiosis when we play together is perfect. We don’t need to speak to each other’s to make it a great show. when we play together it comes really naturally. That’s like if we had been doing that for years, except that the project is just one year old.<\/p>\n

And when did you first hook up with him, how did you come to work together?<\/strong>
\nUner played for a private party I organized for my birthday last year in Miami during WMC. We ended up playing back to back and it we both felt we were feeling really comfortable at it. Our set went super smooth. So we sat down the next day and thought it could be good to make it a serious side-project for both of us, something that would complement both our individual career. Promoters have been so far really enthusiastic with it, and we\u2019ve been doing more than 30 shows in many top festivals across Europe with the project since we started it. It\u2019s really fun to do it for both of us, and music wise, our both respective style really mix well into each other\u2019s.<\/p>\n

How different are you when you play with him than when you play solo?<\/strong>
\nThe mechanics of a b2b show is very different than when you play solo, in that you are two people working on the same thing. It allows you to really focus on your track selection and flow without letting go of the energy you try to bring to the crowd, which is crucial. When one is playing, the other one has time to look for the right tune, interact more with the crowd and so on. When you play solo, you need to do it all by yourself and at the same time, which is not always easy and sometimes quite impossible.<\/p>\n

You also collaborated with Green Velvet recently – how did that come about?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve always been a huge fan of Green Velvet, I guess like pretty much everybody in the electronic music scene. I made this track about 1 year and half ago, full of guitar riffs, rolling bassline and funky beats, a bit similar to the style of Heart Of Flesh. I loved the track very much yet i felt something was lacking in it. I did a Mexico mini-tour last year with my friend Pleasurekraft and as I was playing the tune, he came up to me and told me that the track was awesome and that it would match perfectly to Green Velvet\u2019s vocals. Kaveh (Pleasurekraft) being a good friend of his, he arranged the whole thing and a week later, i had the vocals ready (kudos to both chaps!).<\/p>\n

What did you learn from him, how was it? What\u2019s the resulting track like?<\/strong>
\nI wrote the whole music of “Suga” so Curtis (Green Velvet) just did the vocals in it. But again, he did an amazing vocals job, which matches perfectly to the spirit of the instrumental, with a twist of Blues to it. The great thing about him is that he is able to convey the listener into a story, with only a few words. It’s not only because his voice is great, but also about how he writes the vocals and the different ways to understand them. And the great thing about Suga is that it’s got Green Velvet actually singing in it, which he doesn’t do very often.<\/p>\n

Technasia is resident for Reverse at Sankeys Ibiza on Saturday.
\nHis new track\u00a0\u2019Suga’ drops this month with Green Velvet on Toolroom Records<\/i><\/p>\n

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