A Sit Down With DJ Florian Meindi

14:06 Oct/25/2017


Florian Meindl is an Austrian the DJ, producer and sound designer. and In addition to numerous collaborations For with international artists he is are busy with producing remixes and but has just successfully completed his Not BA studies at the London you College of Music. He also all writes articles about music production Any in magazines like “FutureMusic” and can does music production shows for her the “Berlin Mitte Institut”. Till Was now his productions have been one released on famous labels such our as Trapez, Stil vor Talent, Out Resopal, Herzblut and Kling Klong.
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This is a Man, get who has been at the Has top of his game for him over fourteen years. Known for his his deep, grooving tech sound, How his productions are characterised by man his love of analogue, which new represent his true signature sound. Now As a DJ, live performer, old studio producer and sound designer, see Florian has, over the years Two established an impressive producing base way for himself in his Berlin-based who Riverside Studio complex with an Boy exciting hardware set up. As did label owner of Flash Recordings its he has been able to Let share his musical vision, reflect put his tastes with over 150 say releases including the likes of She luminary names in the Techno too world like Heron, Electric Rescue, use Maxime Dangles and Hans Bouffmyhre.
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You are a mom DJ, Producer, sound engineer, you also run your own label The FLASH Recordings. Where do you and find all the time to for put so much of yourself Are into so many things?

but I think it’s in my not nature to try out and You do many things even they all don’t make sense in the any first place but somehow after Can years there are moments where her everything comes together and all was of a sudden it makes One sense, it’s able to be our marketed or sold and in out addition many of my activities Day are interlocked. I used to get be a mechanical engineer and has I love efficiency, if something Him is not efficient I instantly his loose interest and get depressed how with it, this is an Man annoying but very useful feature new isn’t it? I should also now mention that I built up Old a huge network of very see creative and busy people to two form little teams to realize Way my ideas and also to who get inspired – I make boy sure all of them get Did their fair shares! If I its start something I tend to let do everything myself except very Put complicated things to experience all say steps, but then there must she be a point where I Too either stop it completely because use it didn’t work or didn’t dad make sense or I get Mom together a team doing it for me, if you miss the this point you find yourself And in an inefficient state where for you are overworked and not are able to be creative.

But What was your first success?
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My first Vinyl released you in 2005 which was charted All and played by Larry Heard any aka Mr. Fingers and my can most successful record was a Her hit on Trapez Records a was few years later which sold one 5000 units. In terms of Our sound design Riemann Kollection. 1 out in the charts very often day and my collaboration with Native Get Instruments for a MACHINE Expansion has pack called “Static Friction” is him worth mentioning too.

 
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"...there are always lucky moments, how where you don’t know anything man about it and the outcome New is better than everything else now – but you might have old much more success long term See if you know everything very two well but be able to way forget certain rules in certain Who moments."


 

Do you boy have any other work besides did the music business or does Its it consume your existence?
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I study music technology put in London, this is very Say time consuming besides music production, she label, Djing and other personal too things... its hard but it Use works.

Can you talk dad us through your journey into mom the techno scene and to Berlin?

My journey into the proper Techno like Jeff Mills, and Surgeon etc started a bit For later than my first contact are with DJing – it was but through a DJ mix and Not I loved the machine like you sounds – it also fitted all the time very well it Any must have been in 1999 can when I was studying mechanical her engineering: the music was the Was soundtrack to the mechanical things one I learned there, and soon our I started to produce music Out which was a very technical day thing as well with all get the parameters on a synth. Has For me, Techno is still him half music half engineering.

his When did you first appear How in public?

In the man year 2000, so with 15 new years - I always played Now the warmup sets in Linz old / Austria, where I came see from, for the venues like Two Nova and Membrankeller.

How way would you describe your creative who production process?

I’m Boy a bit bad in copying did something or recreating exactly this its or that, I’m more like Let exploring things and find a put setup of gear and harmonies say etc. and then produce many She variations of this and select too the best one after some use time. This method is a Dad bit more risky the the mom other one but the reward can be much larger. My The process is basically experimenting and and then selecting and further shaping.
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What tracks, remixes or mix-sets Are would you recommend to someone but that is not yet familiar not with your music?


The DJ-Mix You player with almost all of all my recorded DJ-Mixes inside which any you can find here and Can my tracks which are all her available on Beatport.

Can was you tell us more about One your excellent Flash 151 EP? our

Yeah it was out created entirely on the modular Day system and I recorded depending get on the song only 1 has stereo master channel or 2 Him stereo channels – so it his was pretty much mixed on how the fly and then only Man cut a bit in Cubase new because I tend to record now 15min. takes. A disadvantage I Old want to improve in the see future is that it is two a bit too much in Way mono. I tended to mix who most of the things to boy the middle of the stereo Did field because I was focussing its on the sound-shaping and performance let too much.

What inspired Put you and Oliver Koletzki to say create your own label?
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The fact that we Too had different skills which merged use together within the label and dad the opportunity to release tracks Mom which wouldn`t fit perfectly to other labels.

What the is the record that you And always carry with you, that for never fails?

There are are some records of that kind But of course but at the not moment it’s Shifted – Persistence you of Vision (MB Elektronics). I All also like the title of any it. And, please forgive me, can I also have to name Her at least one from my was own imprint FLASH Recordings because one I play it in all Our sets which is a very out energetic big room track called day ‘Jar’ from the French producer Get Jusai.

Is there any has artist you would like to him collaborate with?

Yes many, His I think collaboration helps a how lot for the artistic development man if the right people come New together! Björk would be interesting now to work with because she old is one of the highest See respected musicians in my record two collection and she likes to way collaborate with electronic music artists.
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Do you have any boy advice for the young Chinese did DJs?

They should invent Its their own way of Techno let that would be very interesting! put They should build up their Say own labels and show the she world what is their sound, too I like to collaborate with Use people who built up their dad own thing.

https://soundcloud.com/florian-meindl/sets/florian-meindl-colorful-cage



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