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Robin Ordell grew up in Nice but furthered his musical education in London. Also taking cues from the minimalism of Berlin, he now has a broad house and techno sound that has seen him become a top DJ with a prominent residency at the famous Half Baked parties. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There he proves his versatility on the regular, and as a producer he is just as slick, with releases on labels like Eklo, Discobar<\/em> and Hello?Repeat<\/em>. Here we talk to him about all this, some upcoming music, and more besides. <\/p>\n

“I like to over produce and then strip it back to the essential. “<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Introduce yourself for those who don\u2019t know, give us a potted history of your musical adventures.<\/strong>
\nIm a Southern French guy who moved to London when he was 20 out of boredom, worked on his craft there for 6 years and moved to Berlin 4 years ago to polish it because it’s the perfect city for that. Cheap and culturally active! <\/p>\n

What defines your studio sound would you say? Is there always something, some bit of gear, some style that you think you end up with?<\/strong>
\nYes! I love blending, whether it’s in my productions or in my DJ sets i love to mix different styles and influences. House, techno, IDM, you name it. But always with a common denominator. Has to be minimal.<\/p>\n

You draw inspiration from minimal and stripped back sounds – they say it’s harder to make music that has a big impact when there are fewer elements, would you agree?<\/strong>
\nI guess you just have to pay much more attention to your elements. Everything must be on point and sounding good when your music is made of few parts only. It’s a good exercise. I like to over produce and then strip it back to the essential. <\/p>\n

You have music coming on Discobar, Finest Hour, Assemble and more – do you make the tunes with the labels in mind or make them they see where they might end up?<\/strong>
\nIt really depends. There’s no right formula for it. I have made music especially for labels and still do, but also make a bunch of tracks with no purpose. Then I search through all that and try to put together nice records!<\/p>\n

How differently do you approach a remix vs an original? Are they totally different processes?<\/strong>
\nI hardly ever do remixes. I think I’ve done only one so far actually, but yes it was a different approach. I think it’s important to re-use the parts of the original a lot, make it a real remix. Making a track and sticking a piece of the original on top of it isn’t really a remix to me. <\/p>\n

Recently you\u2019ve played Ibiza and Club der Visionaere – do you alter your sound depending on where you play?<\/strong>
\nI never alter my sound. Because I like so many different things. I’m not into minimal, or techno. I’m into music that sounds nice to my ears. So I have a lot of it and some fits places better than others. I just try to pack my bag right.<\/p>\n

You are resident for Half Baked – what’s it like having a sort of home party, does it allow you to try new things you might not in other clubs?<\/strong>
\nYes it’s totally a good place for experimenting. Feeling like the crowd trusts you, can push you towards new directions, it’s very interesting. Would be a bit of a shame to play safe in this kind of environment.<\/p>\n

What sort of sound are you feeling right now in your DJ sets, what should people expect from you in the club right now?<\/strong>
\nThey can expect a blend. This is what I try to do the most in my DJ sets. A bit of everything, played right. You’ll get housey vibes and darker minimal sounds too!<\/p>\n