{"id":17289,"date":"2014-11-26T12:56:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouselondon.com\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2015-05-14T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:06:09","slug":"exclusive-interview-royksopp-djing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/exclusive-interview-royksopp-djing\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: R\u00f6yksopp On DJing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royksopp need little introduction, the Norwegian duo have established themselves as one of the most popular electronic acts in Europe, if not the world thanks to their high work ethic and excellent releases. With their new album, \u2018The Inevitable End\u2019 out right now we spoke to them before their DJ set at Plastic People last week\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

So it came as a surprise to us that you guys DJ as well?<\/strong>
\nSvein:<\/strong> With our obvious handicaps.<\/p>\n

Yeah, well being Norwegian, we figured it must be tough!<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> Exactly yeah! [laughs] No we have been DJing over the years, not a lot but we have. It\u2019s one of those things that we just enjoy doing because it\u2019s not as precious as making music is to us and I\u2019m not trying to slag off those who only DJ but that\u2019s our take on it. It\u2019s a fun thing for us to do and it\u2019s very much a spur of the moment thing, we don\u2019t plan ahead, we experiment.<\/p>\n

I went to an open mic hip-hop night last night and I spoke to one of the audiences members afterwards about how much I respect people who perform; singers, dancers, rappers\u2026 I DJ too, but I don\u2019t feel as vulnerable as I expect I would if I was performing.<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> To me it\u2019s not as if one is above the other though…<\/p>\n

No, not at all. I just mean that those who play instruments, dance, sing or perform in any of those more personal ways, invest a little bit more than a DJ does.<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> I don\u2019t consider myself to be a DJ on that higher level, excelling. I\u2019m not one of the top three DJs in the world, not on a technical level or in terms of reading a crowd. I just play a bit for myself and for those who seem to enjoy what I\u2019m doing. Without having seen you DJ, I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019re better than I am! People are good at different things.<\/p>\n

I always think DJing, at its very foundation, is about having fun anyway. You can push it up to the most professional level and be technical wizard who can read crowds like a psychic, or you can be at home with one turntable, playing your favourite jams to your friends. No matter that level you\u2019re at, it\u2019s still ultimately about having fun and entertaining yourself and others.<\/strong>
\nSvein:<\/strong> I totally agree, there are so many different schools of thought within DJing, as well. Some people are very dogmatic and decide, \u2018I can only play deep house and only from 89 to 91\u2019, tight mixes, long mixes etc\u2026 but we\u2019re from the school of having fun, not being show-offs and picking out tracks on the fly like, \u2018Oh, I haven\u2019t heard this in a while, let\u2019s play it!\u2019 We come from a very small scene in Norway, 10 people really, and only a few of us have been making music and some of this group have been leaning more towards the DJ side of things. There hasn\u2019t been a \u2018need\u2019 for us to be that skilled when it comes to DJing\u2026 I\u2019m playing myself down a bit here! As I said, I\u2019m less precious about it. I don\u2019t care if I fuck up a mix but, if I listen to a track I did a few years ago and heard a mistake in it, I\u2019d be very upset.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d be crying yourself to sleep.<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> Exactly!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your general set up? Vinyl, CDs?<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> CDJs. We did vinyl way back to try to be \u2018real\u2019 but I like CDJs. We don\u2019t have a particular style, it\u2019s all down to the mood, the crowd and the actual venue.<\/p>\n

Plastic People is rated by many as one of the best small clubs in London. The sound system is so good.<\/strong>
\n Svein:<\/strong> That\u2019s what we like because we sometimes like to play old and dodgy music which requires a good PA or sound system. One of the worst things that can happen to us is when we want to play some obscure eighties italo disco and the sound system isn\u2019t up to scratch. As soon as you know that\u2019s in place, it\u2019s good for me at least, then I can play my shabby records!<\/p>\n

The Inevitable End is out now, to pick it up click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>
\n For more information on R\u00f6yksopp<\/span> themselves, visit their website here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Artist Page<\/a><\/span>Soundcloud<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royksopp need little introduction, the Norwegian duo have established themselves as one of the most popular electronic acts in Europe, if not the world thanks to their high work ethic and excellent releases. With their new album, \u2018The Inevitable End\u2019 out right now we spoke to them before their DJ set at Plastic People last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":17426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3971],"tags":[4363,4364],"class_list":["post-17289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","category-interviews-london","tag-royksopp","tag-the-inevitable-end","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}