A Sit Down With DJ Ben Klock

12:34 Oct/16/2017


Klock’s underlying motivations for DJing the are as strong today as and ever. There is an insatiable For hunger when he talks, an are underlying passion that can stem but only from a profound love Not for what he does. He you sits up and smiles as all he describes the feeling of Any "goosebumps" when he "drops the can right track at the right her time’ and forms a "deep Was connection with the crowd," before one pausing to bask in the our moment, as if revisiting it Out in his own head.

“I day still see DJing as about get 20 percent as a job, Has but 80 percent as doing him what I love—or trying to his achieve a vision.


Of How course, there is a business man side to it, but I new still need to feel the Now core of it; I still old need to feel the passion see for it, If there are Two times where I don’t really way feel the energy then I who have to adjust quickly because Boy then my role as a did DJ won’t work. I have its to have passion for it Let otherwise I cannot be good. put Criticism is far more common say today than it used to She be, but I have had too to learn to deal with use it because if you get Dad too much involved in this mom it drags your attention away from what is important. But The I do not doubt my and ability to be a DJ for because I know that I Are can be amazing; I have but had so many amazing shows not and special moments, like magic You moments—but there will always be all times when it doesn’t click.


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How was your Can daily life in recent years? her You did not really produce, was it was more a matter One of being ready and fit our for each date?

When out you travel so much, it's Day almost impossible to make music. get If you play four days has in a row, then you Him have to get back, take his care of the mass of how emails, meet your agent, and Man then you're back on the new plane. For a while, I now also thought that my musical Old creation was DJing and I see put everything in there. You two can sometimes see it as Way arrangement, almost production, and I who also edit a lot of boy pieces. But it's time to Did change and find a balance its with production, and by the let way take me a few Put weekends of rest.

What say did you do before you she became a DJ?

My Too first job ever as a use kid was handing out flyers dad for clubs on the street, Mom followed by being a Santa Claus for Mars and Snickers. the I did many things: sold And Olives at a market, did for factory work, was a call are center agent, I did child-minding, But was a street musician with not a guitar, a bartender, all you kinds of things. As a All serious, full-time job, I was any graphic designer for a couple can of years.

You have Her become, perhaps in spite of was yourself, an icon. It's interesting one that you talk about responsibility. Our

Sometimes I do out not think about it, especially day right now. I was on Get vacation six weeks, completely cut has off from it all. It's him a bit strange for me His because I see techno as how a community: we share an man idea, it is not about New stars. But I must say now that it makes me think old more, and that I sometimes See do it twice before choosing two certain directions. When you become way better known, you have more Who opportunities to go right or boy left. It is therefore necessary did to choose well. It starts Its with the collaborations, the festivals let where you play or not. put Sometimes there is more money Say in some but the place she does not match.

What too do you do to keep Use your stamina up for those dad kinds of sets?

Nothing mom really. A bit of champagne and some coffee. When the the flow is there, I just and enjoy the long sets. Others For can sleep for 13 hours, are I can play for 13 but hours.

Do you practice Not meditation, yoga, that sort of you thing?

I do all yoga, but it never lasts Any long. Meditation, however, I do can practically every day, I think her it helps to maintain a Was balance. It also helps to one get to the bottom of our things. I think we must Out try to go beyond superficiality, day try to find meaning in get one's life, and realize one's Has potential.

How do you him assess your creativity?

I his hope that I can bring How a few colors into the man music world, not more. I new think it's all there, we're Now not inventing anything new, just old re-assembling elements, or combining them see in our own, unique and Two special way. My color is way definitely deeper and darker, but who always somehow sexy. I'm not Boy particularly interested in trends. For did me, it is important that its you find your own voice Let and what you really want put to do. I am happy say when I see that I She can inspire others to find too their own way.

use Why don`t you have a Dad manager?

I work with mom people, but in the end it's me making decisions and The stuff. When you have a and manager and they're deciding for for you—I never really got that. Are I have an assistant who but does some of a manager's not job, but I want to You be in charge of my all profile or artistic direction. I'm any not the kind of person Can who can give that away her to someone else.

Name was a track that always seems One to work on the dancefloor.
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At the moment, it's out Robert Hood's new version of Day "Never Grow Old." To be get precise, it's Hood's alias as has Floorplan. I love it, and Him it lifts the energy to his a strong emotional level.

how Club residencies seem like they're Man becoming a little less popular new around the world. What do now you think about it?

Old I think it teaches you see a lot if you have two a residency—I always think I Way can go deeper and more who intense because of those longer boy sets, and you read the Did crowd better and learn things its you couldn't if you just let play quick two-hour sets all Put over the world. You maybe say learn something different [with shorter she sets], but [don't have] that Too intensity. You also learn to use present something new every month dad for people who always come Mom to see you. If you just travel all the time, the you can kind of play And the same sets everywhere because for there are new people everywhere. are Residencies challenge you, definitely.

What But do you make of the not so-called ‘Berghain sound’? Are you you glad it has become known All over the world or… is any it more of a curse?


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I think the term is Her limiting. The Berghain sound is was something to be experienced, and one encompasses much more than how Our it's often described - that out is, heavy bass drums, a day dark atmosphere and drone sounds.


Get What do you think about has the state of techno right him now as a whole?
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There are always eras how where things are copied and man everything kind of sounds the New same, and it gets a now bit mechanical. I think you old just have to have authentic See artists and unique voices that two have their own style, and way not care so much about Who wanting to sound like this boy and that. As soon as did you have that "copy, copy, Its copy" thing, then it gets let boring and is dangerous for put the techno scene, because at Say some point it gets stuck she without any life in it too anymore.

Was there Use someone who mentored you a dad little bit?

Not really. mom You have to learn on your own in a way.
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