here\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Hey Greg, welcome to Deep House London! How are things in your world right now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEverything is quite cool and I\u2019m really buzzing for what is coming next with many exciting projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow has it been getting back into partying and DJing again after the pandemic? What did you miss the most about it? <\/strong><\/p>\nThe come back was really crazy\u2026 I\u2019ve been deejaying for more than 20 years, and that\u2019s a special feeling and strong emotion to\u00a0 get back behind the decks after so many months without playing music. Deejaying was something automatic, normal and this time\u00a0 it was a new sensation. I had to chance to play a lot of party directly after the pandemic in my region and it was really good every\u00a0 time\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPlaying my music, sharing withe crowd and the public were the things I missed the most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow much has the last year affected the music you have made, the style and sound of it?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIt was a chance to have all this time in my studio\u2026 I approached differently\u2026 no real goal, no limit about styles\u2026 I got time and I\u00a0 took advantage of this. For example I produced from afro tracks, deep or techno track, took the time to contact some singers to\u00a0 made some vocal collaborations. I don\u2019t want to limit my music to one style\u2026 I know it\u2019s not the customs and codes of the\u00a0 electronic movement at the moment… but I don\u2019t care, as a deejay I play \/ produce many styles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat was the motivation behind starting your own label? What are some of the best and worst things about running a\u00a0 label?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nMotivation was to create a crew, a family, the beginning of Way Of House was marked by the signature of Joris Delacroix who\u00a0 became a really closed friend, and I run my label with Bastien Grine who I met and begun to play with in early 00\u2019s\u2026Best things is\u00a0 to get everything under control, I know where I want to go, I know with kind of music I want and I don\u2019t want to release\u2026\u00a0 Generate some new projects with my teams are always exciting from parties, releases or visuals. For example during the lockdown\u00a0 in November 2020, I organise a writing camp at Campuget Castle near N\u00eemes city with 6 of my friends and woh producers, we\u00a0 built 3 short-lived studio and made music locked up during one week, had good time, good diners and of course good wines\u2026\u00a0 we were only 7 friends making music, that\u2019s special feeling to create all together during this long lockdown. We made a lot of\u00a0 music and we will release it in 2022, on vinyl and digital : the casting producers was dope Wielki, The Dualz, Cebb, Joris\u00a0 Delacroix, Essence of Time. Worst things are papers works !\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat do you look for when you\u2019re signing new music? Is it all about the sound or are their many factors that go into the\u00a0 decision making?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nEvery time I ask myself if I could play it in my dj sets\u2026 that\u2019s my guideline. After that, the sound\/mixing have to be good, it\u2019s really\u00a0 hard to listen demo unfinished or spoiled by a bad mix. And a important thing, I look to the profile of the artist, the image that the\u00a0 artist returns is very important for my decision, I have to project myself in order to be able to integrate it into our family. As today I\u00a0 focus the label on 4 artists, The Dualz, Wielki, Cebb & myself we have to be all ok to get new comers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTell us about your new remix of Liza Flume\u2019s \u2018Hurt Me\u2019? What made you want to revisit this single a couple of years after\u00a0 it\u2019s release?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nI was watching at night a TV show on Netflix, suddenly I heard the track, shazamed it\u2026 directly as I had a lot of time I decided to\u00a0 create my own version in my studio. At the beginning that\u2019s was for fun\u2026 for my own dj sets, but after hearing the remix, my wife\u00a0 and my friends told me : you have to release it, you have to share it\u2026 I finished the track, the mix\/master and contacted Liza to\u00a0 ask here if she\u2019s ok to release it on WOH. I really want to thank Liza for believing in the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat are some of the key bits of gear in your current studio set up?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nFrom some years I decided to simplify my studio environment and choose only a few synths hardware, my favorite weapon is the\u00a0 Moog Sub 37, by his side the Virus TI, Roland SH-01A and the Minilogue XD. On my computer I work of Logic X, and I get virtuals\u00a0 synths as Arturia Suit, Diva, Plysix, MS20, Spire, Sylenth1\u2026 and of course some plugs as Fabfilter or waves suits\u2026 classic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow do you work, do you have an idea in your head you work towards or do you just experiment and jam and see what\u00a0 happens?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nIt depends of the tracks\u2026 sometimes I enter my studio and I have an exact idea in mind, sometimes just jam, listen to music to\u00a0 find inspiration\u2026 there are no rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhere is your best environment as a DJ? A small dark club or a huge outdoor festival stage? Late at night for the weirdos\u00a0 or early so you can play slow and eclectic etc?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAgain there is no rules, depends of so many details\u2026 I had as many good times in front of 300 people as in front of 8000\u2026 (I play\u00a0 less often in front of 8000 lol) One thing is sure, since the pandemic I prefer to play outdoor, I really love open air event, feel\u00a0 better and my favourite playtime is for the sunset, from the other hand it offer the opportunities to play various style of music, that\u2019s\u00a0 what I like.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat have been some of your career highlights to date and what are your aspirations for the future? <\/strong><\/p>\nI had some legendaries residencies in club as Barlive or Dune in south of France. I\u2019m playing for 22 years so I think about some\u00a0 many highlights :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMy festival an\u00eem\u00e9 in my hometown N\u00eemes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCercleafterparty of Etienne de Crecy in Toulouse 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nN\u00eemes arena with Viatlic 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRex Club in Paris 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFamily Piknik events 2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUnited events in Montpellier\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nKolorz festival 2015 in Avignon with Laurent Garnier and Maceo Plex\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFIB Benicassim festival in 2008\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPanorama Bar in 2009\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFor the future I only have one thing in mind : passion and pleasure\u2026 before the pandemic sometimes I was playing on some\u00a0 event cause I was paid for, because it was my job\u2026 but today it\u2019s totally different. I decided to take fewer dates to promote the\u00a0 good gigs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nValuing my sets has become important, and I work on it with a team now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat else have you got coming up\/are you working on?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAs I said before I made many music, during this period. Two tracks collaboration are coming with my old friend CEBB, called\u00a0 Versus On & Versus Two for November 19th, we will present it for Reunions Island Festival. Collaboration with my friends Wielki,\u00a0 The Dualz & Essence of Time will follow in 2022. And of course I will releasing solo original tracks which will be released every\u00a0 months in 2022!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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