{"id":64540,"date":"2021-12-07T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/?p=64540"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:51:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:51:24","slug":"deep-house-london-interview-with-sifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/deep-house-london-interview-with-sifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep House London Interview with Sifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sifa is a Belgian artist now based in Paris who has a real uniqueness to all the productions he puts out. Now with a new remix of Yabhodla Ingonyama on MoBlack Records, we caught up with him to delve a little deeper&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey Sifa, great to chat with you! Now you look back, how was 2021 for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey guys! The pleasure is mine. 2021 was for me very similar to 2020. I was lucky to be able to play a few gigs between August and December. Now we are mostly back on patiently waiting\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much has the last year affected the music you have made, the style and sound of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year has made me realize that in the end just do as you please. Let yourself go and see what comes out of it, no matter the genre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about growing up and getting into dance music &#8211; why did you love it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My previous house dance teacher introduced me to house that\u2019s how I really got into dance music. Before that I used to listen to it but only a few songs I liked on the radio. Probably that I\u2019ve heard many many songs before but I wasn\u2019t really paying attention to it. Until I probably was 15-16 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What styles did you love at first, why did you want to dj and produce?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a style that I like more than the other. As long as the song speaks to me I\u2019ll be into it. Can be soulful house, techno or anything in between.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the worst bits about life in music, as a dj, producer, label boss? Earning money? Social media? Staying in the headlines?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As every job it comes with some less fun moments. But in the end we \u201call\u201d somehow know what we are getting into when we start this journey.<br \/>\nObviously social media, staying in headlines are time and energy consuming but in the end it\u2019s part of the game now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1169204872&amp;color=%23fcdcf4&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"MoBlack Records\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/moblack-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MoBlack Records<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"MBR462 - Curio Tones &amp; Nomvula SA - Ingonyama (Sifa Remix)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/moblack-records\/mbr462-curio-tones-nomvula-sa-ingonyama-sifa-remix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MBR462 &#8211; Curio Tones &amp; Nomvula SA &#8211; Ingonyama (Sifa Remix)<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>How did you approach the remix of Yabhodla Ingonyama?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mimmo from MoBlack Records previously asked me to remix a track but I couldn\u2019t find the proper idea\/direction for it. A few months later he came back with Yabhodla Ingonyama and the remix process went just naturally. The vocal is basically doing all the work, all I added was more depth to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there rules about how much you must or must not do to a remix?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think there should be rules in anything artistic, otherwise it would be boring. The only rule I have (for myself) is that if I can\u2019t bring something extra to the original song, it doesn\u2019t make sense for me to start a remix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What gear do you use to produce and does that matter to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve mostly used the Juno 106, JP 8080, Korg MoniPoly, for drums and percussion it\u2019s mostly coming from samples. I don\u2019t thank that what you use matters, as long as it does the job for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s next, what else you working on?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up next is the single Fading To Silence with Boddhi Satva and LOV, a remix for Pier Bucci on State of Flow, a remix for Keene\u2019s Cacao Records and last but not least a new remix for Mr ID.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What hopes and dreams do you have for 2022?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As usual less negativity and peacefulness for everyone on earth. But that\u2019s another story&#8230;. Thanks for the invite and hope you all enjoy my remix of Yabhodla Ingonyama..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/mbr462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curio Tones feat. Nomvula SA \u201cYabhodla Ingonyama (Sifa Remix)\u201d is out now on MoBlack Records<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/mbr462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grab it here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sifa.music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sifa-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sifa is a Belgian artist now based in Paris who has a real uniqueness to all the productions he puts out. Now with a new remix of Yabhodla Ingonyama on MoBlack Records, we caught up with him to delve a little deeper&#8230; Hey Sifa, great to chat with you! 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