{"id":19570,"date":"2015-06-09T17:34:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T15:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/?p=19570"},"modified":"2015-06-09T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T15:37:18","slug":"exclusive-interview-with-marc-miroir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/exclusive-interview-with-marc-miroir\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview With Marc Miroir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Miroir is the boss at the Berlin-based Paso Music label. A true innovator in his field, he\u2019s been working as a DJ and producer for over two decades now, and shows no sign of wanting to give up any time soon. <\/strong><\/p>\n

If anything, Miroir\u2019s work is only getting better with age, which comes to light quite brilliantly on his latest\u00a0EP, Let Me Go<\/strong>. The release has just been granted a brilliant selection of remixes by the likes of Fred P<\/strong> and Deadbeat<\/strong>, so we decided to drop into Marc for a quick chat\u2026<\/p>\n

“I don’t like playing disco or pop in my sets.”<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Are you busy at the moment? What\u2019s really exciting you these days?
\n<\/strong>I just started to work on my new album, which is going to feature a lot of club tracks. I\u2019m also very excited about my own monthly party, \u201cMembers\u201d, in Berlin\u00b4s Kosmonaut club, which is growing and becoming more crowded. We just opened the club\u2019s garden which is very cool too.<\/p>\n

My label work on Paso Music is also very exciting, and I\u2019m now running that on my own. So it\u2019s a lot of work between listening to demos, production and the promotion, but after all these years, I still love it.<\/p>\n

Tell us about the remix package on Paso. What inspired and influenced you to get this one remixed?
\n<\/strong>Elif Bi\u00e7er and I still love our original track, because we made it with passion and love. We think that it\u00b4s the perfect tune to get remixed by our favourite\u00a0artists, and we are more than happy with the results.<\/p>\n

How do you think you have evolved and changed in musical terms since you first came involved?
\n<\/strong>I\u2019ve been working as a DJ for more than 20 years, and a lot\u2019s changed since then. I still play vinyl in Berlin, but when I\u2019m travelling around it is more comfortable to play with USB. Especially when there are rarely 1210 turntables in all the clubs.<\/p>\n

Of course, my musical style has developed, but my style was and is always between techno and house. I love playing long sets where I can play different styles. But always electronic music. I don’t like playing disco or pop in my sets.<\/p>\n

Change wise, how do you think the scene has changed for the good and the bad since you started out?
\n<\/strong>When I started in 1993 the electronic music scene was small and it was one scene. Everybody loved the same music! The music was very special and the vinyl was hard to get. Now the scene is divided into different styles: techno, hard techno, house, tech house, electro\u2026.sometimes I feel it\u2019s all a bit ridiculous. I don\u00b4t like this separation between techno and house. When I play a long set, I usually play several styles.<\/p>\n

Now music is easy to get, even for free. That\u00b4s a bad development. Due to the digitalization of DJing, everybody can do it. Some guys think it\u2019s all about getting famous and big gigs \u2013 which it obviously isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Do you think there\u2019s such thing as the \u2018underground\u2019 any more? Is there still one to be found in Berlin do you think?
\n<\/strong>I guess it depends what you define as the \u2018underground\u2019. If you consider the likes of Berghain to be underground, then for sure there is.<\/p>\n

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How do you feel about the early days of the label in hindsight. What would you have done a bit differently?
\n<\/strong>Overall I think we did a good job during these years. We probably should have released some tracks by now well-known artists which we refused at that time. But it\u00b4s better to look forward.<\/p>\n

You tend to release nearly all of your music on Paso. Is this a conscious thing?
\n<\/strong>I made some bad experiences when I released my tracks on other labels. You have no influence on the release date, on the artwork, on the promotion or on anything. When I release my stuff on Paso Music I can decide about everything and I appreciate that.<\/p>\n

But I had several releases on other labels like aras, Enough! Music, Bondage or LevelNonZero.<\/p>\n

You mentioned your new album. How different would a new album sound, do you think?
\n<\/strong>It\u2019s a lot more of a personal record, so it\u2019s quite different than the last one. I can\u2019t say too much about it now, but there will be a collaboration with Hard Ton on it.<\/p>\n

Do you feel the art of proper DJing is getting lost amongst sync buttons and Ableton technology?
\n<\/strong>Yes. I think every DJ should know how the mix with records to get a better feeling for mixing at the right time.<\/p>\n

What else have you got coming up\/are you excited about?
\n<\/strong>After the remix package of \u201cLet Me Go\u201d there will be a 12\u201d released on Enough! Music with a strong remix by Valentino Kanzyani. Watch out for that!<\/p>\n

Marc Miroir\u2019s Let me Go (Remixes) are out now on Paso Music<\/em><\/p>\n

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