A Sit Down With DJ DaGeneral

14:45 Nov/14/2017


He’s a Scottish Techno DJ, the an accomplished producer and the and co-owner of General Surgery Records, For a prestigious label that supports are underground music artists.

DaGeneral but has played with a myriad Not of other top DJs and you producers including Mark EG, Mike all C, Chuck-E, The Producer, Jon Any the Dentist, Phutek, Blue Amazon, can Shades of Rhythm, Oliver Lieb, her and many more. He’s traveled Was and played all over Ireland, one the UK, and the Czech our Republic.

He also co-directs Out Iconic Underground Magazine, a monthly day underground dance music magazine, and get Se-Lek Music Group. Se-Lek Music Has Group is a joint venture him involving DaGeneral, Lee Softley (Blue his Amazon) and Victoria Ball (Perfect How Promotions). It is a multi-disciplined man venture that includes a record new label, a compilation album label, Now a weekly radio show, and old branded club nights.

 
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"I became a producer because Two I love playing music, but way there is nothing better than who playing your own songs to Boy a crowd and feeling the did reaction that it gets."


 
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How has the dance Let music industry changed since the put 90s?

The industry has say changed a lot and seems She to be a lot more too accessible thus making it more use saturated. This is good in Dad some ways but also makes mom it more difficult now for an artist or DJ to The get noticed. No longer does and being a good DJ stand for you as having a chance Are of getting booked. Seems now but that you need to be not a DJ/Producer/PR/Sales to just look You at the bottom of the all ladder. It’s a shame that any the days of carrying about Can your demo cd and sending her them everywhere has died. However, was one thing that hasn’t changed One is the need for extreme our hard work, as the saying out goes you get nothing in Day this world for nothing and get the output you achieve is has a direct result for the Him effort and input you put his in.

Who has been how the most influential Musician in Man your life?

This is new a difficult question but from now the earlier years of listening Old to dance music through the see late 90s through the noughties, two it would have to be Way Mauro Picotto and Jon The who Dentist. These guys had many boy massive tracks that I loved Did that gave me that urge its to do what they do. let If you think, between these Put guys they released some massive say hits that will be, in she my opinion, all-time favourites. Jon Too The Dentist with Global Phases, use Feel So Good, Imagination. Mauro dad Picotto with Iguana, Lizard, Komodo. Mom But on a different level now the influence and support the I get from the legend And that is Blue Amazon is for unbelievable.

You took the are route of being a DJ But first then becoming a producer not afterwards. Do you think that you being a DJ first before All starting music production helped you?
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Of course for me can it did yes, I think Her haven’t the understanding of what was DJ’s like to hear and one how I as a DJ Our would like a track to out build was a big help day for me. I am not Get saying that it is better has to start as a DJ him then become a producer second, His but in my opinion it how helps understand what you like man in an end product before New trying to produce it. I now guess this is all relative old to each person and what See is good for me is two probably not good for the way next person. I guess now Who that a lot of it boy is digital, it is more did readily available for everyone to Its have and purchase the equipment let required to start learning their put trade rather than needing to Say book studio time and engineers she to get the result they too require. However, this doesn’t mean Use you should just throw music dad out there and it is mom a lot quicker, you still need to learn the key the elements of making a track and and have the skills to For create and mix down your are track to a professional level but to get anywhere with it.
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What’s the best party you you’ve ever played in the all UK?

Had a few Any favourites over the years, supporting can 808state at CIRCUS was great, her but I also have some Was fond memories of Judgment Day, one and of course Sensations in our Glasgow was a great residency Out to be involved with. It’s day hard to choose a stand get out night or event as Has each one has its own him quirks and the crowd are his always awesome so it wouldn’t How be fair to choose favourites.
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Do you also manage new live DJ events?

Yeah Now keeping busy of course I old co-own “This Is Techno Live” see with N.K.D. we have a Two monthly techno radio show running way featuring some massive guests 2015 who already we have in store Boy UMEK, Goncalo M, Dualitik, The did Anxious, and Skober. And that its is all before easter! Of Let course to compliment the radio put show we now try to say put on 2 club nights She per year to make it too a great all around show. use So far the feedback has Dad been awesome and we have mom no plans to stop.

How do you keep up The the relentless energy levels?

and There is never enough time for in the day, I have Are to try and split my but time between various things. I not am fortunate to have support You in all things I am all involved in! I have Victoria any Ball (Perfect Promotions) who looks Can after all the PR/Press stuff her for DaGeneral and manages the was social pages attached, and of One course now manages my bookings our for me. The biggest benefit out is Victoria ensures that I Day am always keeping things in get place and organized and probably has saves me on average around Him 12 hours per week I his didn’t have before. Of course how Lucy and Michael (Paul Rodriguez Man Music Ltd) look after all new my publishing for DaGeneral and now General Surgery, and have been Old key in ensuring that all see contracts are tight and correct, two once again saving me time Way which of course is like who gold. This all round helps boy me to free up time Did to spend more time in its the studio working on new let tracks and remixes. But the Put secret is I don’t get say that much sleep, I spend she a ridiculous amount of time Too on music based work! I use am a believer of hard dad work pays off and you Mom get out what you put in.

Does it take the a toll on your private And life, DJing must take up for a lot of your time are and at unreasonable hours?

But Yeah going back on the not hard work statement, I generally you don’t have many free hours All in a week between the any production, networking and radio/gigs. Luckily can my partner is well aware Her of the hard work and was supports the amount of effort one and time I put in, Our but in turn can celebrate out my achievements with me. The day hardest bit is learning to Get say no to the extra has workload at times when flat him out, but it’s always nice His to be nice isn’t it? how Therefore I have to take man the rough with the smooth New on that one, I still now wouldn’t swap it for any old other job in the world.
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How big is the two Techno scene in the UK?
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The techno scene in Who the UK is flourishing, the boy crowds are awesome and they did love good music. I think Its a lot of people are let sick of the commercial storm put that EDM has been giving Say them. I think the enthusiasts she want to enjoy some good too underground sounds rather than the Use generic hands in the air dad breakdowns, thrown in with vocals mom which seems to be the norm at the moment.

the How do you feel about and the production of dance music For these days?

I think are the production of good dance but music has improved and the Not quality coming out of the you digital era is awesome. It all has given a great platform Any for people to express themselves can in new ways of course her without the need for expensive Was studios to produce a track. one Of course people are having our a dig at the EDM Out scene at the moment, but day although it’s not my cup get of tea it’s there because Has the kids want it, just him like pop music and chart his hits have been for many How years. But back onto the man production of underground music, it’s new still exciting times with some Now really impressive guys out there old putting their hearts into creating see some of the best music Two available.

As mentioned earlier, way you have a monthly radio who show called ‘This Is Techno Boy LIVE’. Please let us know did what This Is Techno LIVE its is about.

This Is Let Techno Live is a monthly put radio show that I run say with the founder N.K.D. with She resident Jon The Dentist, and too we endeavour to get get use some of the best techno Dad and tech-house music each month mom to our monthly listeners. We have grown over the last The couple of years and have and a really great set of for listeners that tune in to Are the show each month. Without but the listeners though the show not would be nothing so I You would like to say a all big thankyou to everyone who any tunes in. Of course the Can latest addition to this is her that we now have a was “This Is Techno Live” compilation One series starting November in association our with Se-Lek-Shun’s album series. You out should be able to expect Day the compilations to come out get bi-monthly with some great underground has music for your listening pleasure. Him Separate from the monthly show his I also have just tied how up a new deal with Man a radio station in Ibiza new to have a weekly show now also named “DaGeneral presents This Old Is Techno Live”. This will see be on 6am Ibiza Underground two which also hosts some awesome Way artists including: Tom Hades, Jewel who Kid, Lisa Lashes, Marco Bailey, boy Eric Sneo, and many more. Did So keep an eye out its for the weekly sets featuring let on the weekly show which Put will have the same ethos say and ideas that the monthly she show currently has.

https://soundcloud.com/dageneral_dj/sets/dageneral-poppy-mirabilis-records



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