{"id":5217,"date":"2014-06-26T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouselondon.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2015-05-14T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:11:08","slug":"exclusive-interview-lars-vegas-detroit-swindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/exclusive-interview-lars-vegas-detroit-swindle\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: Lars Vegas (Detroit Swindle)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago Deep House London caught up with a good friend of our sister site, Deep House Amsterdam, one half of the mighty Detroit Swindle – Lars Vegas. A few weeks back we reviewed his latest effort with fellow Dutchmen Cleavage, which came out on Toolroom – and, so we decided to grab a quick chat with the globetrotting DJ\/producer to find out what he’s been up to…<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re on your own today, is this something you guys do quite often?<\/strong>
\nNo, not often. Maarten\u2019s a family man, so he needs time with his wife and kids \u2013 this job takes a lot out of your social life and I\u2019m single again so for me it\u2019s easier. For him it\u2019s a bit more difficult, he\u2019s on holiday in the Caribbean for a week and a half, so I\u2019m doing this weekend by myself, but normally we do it together.<\/p>\n

How is it being alone?<\/strong>
\nA bit strange, I mean I\u2019ve been DJing solo for many years anyway so I\u2019m used to it but it\u2019s a lot more fun together, always. With the DJ sets, I never know what record he\u2019s going to play next and now I have to select all my own records, which is also fun you know, it\u2019s a change of pace.<\/p>\n

You have more control I guess.<\/strong>
\nYeah, but I think we\u2019re a better combo together than we are when we\u2019re separate.<\/p>\n

Great. And how is everything going production-wise at the moment?<\/strong>
\nGood, we\u2019re a bit slower at the moment because we\u2019re touring a lot and we\u2019re also working on our live set. We\u2019re still working really hard, just not a lot on new releases. I mean, we\u2019re always making tracks, we take our laptops with us on the plane every flight we have. But we\u2019re working on our live set and we have our first live gig this month, with another six over the coming year. The guys from Roland decided to give us the new Aira line so that\u2019s going to be a big part of our show.<\/p>\n

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How are you finding it?<\/strong>
\nReally good man, really good. Before we had the new Maschine from Native Instruments, both the big and the small one, and that really became an important part of our workflow but this is a new kind of vibe, really cool.<\/p>\n

How long have you had it for now?<\/strong>
\nJust a week, so we\u2019ve been jamming on it a lot already.<\/p>\n

The new toy!<\/strong>
\nYeah [laughs].<\/p>\n

Tell me about your track on Toolroom?<\/strong>
\nI knew the guys from Cleavage for a while already. One of them, Rubix, we had the same vibe in Amsterdam, we were playing a lot of the same parties together. He started a new project with a friend, a bit like what Maarten and I did, and they have a lot of success now \u2013 it\u2019s a bit more pumping than what we do so I decided to work with him under my Lars Vegas monicker and the track\u2019s really cool man.<\/p>\n

Yeah, we reviewed it here on Deep House London actually! Do you have any residencies booked in over the summer?<\/strong>
\nNo we don\u2019t usually do residencies, because Holland is a different market for us. We\u2019re bigger abroad than we are in our own country, but we host our own party in Amsterdam at Studio 80, it\u2019s called The Great Escape. For the rest\u2026 we have the usual crew of friendly promoters who book us all the time.<\/p>\n

Do you have any places that are high up on your list of favourites?<\/strong>
\nWe went to South Africa recently, that was amazing. I\u2019ve never dreamed of how it was\u2026 I can\u2019t even explain. There were 1,200 people singing every one of our tracks, they knew everything! We went to Cape Town and Johannesbourg and we go back in October this year, I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n