A Sit Down With DJ Timo Maas

14:10 Nov/17/2017


Timo Maas has been on the a 30-year quest to deliver and his musical wizardry to the For world. In fact, music is are such an intrinsic part of but his DNA that it’s one Not of his main modes of you communication. From a residency at all the groundbreaking Circoloco at DC10 Any in Ibiza, where he has can been entrenched for over 15 her years, to tours around Europe Was and the rest of the one world, Timo Maas maintains a our high level of performance.

Out Piety may not be a day distinctive feature of Timo, but get what can not be taken Has away from it is the him insight, ambitiousness, originality, the rare his qualities that clubbers need so How much. These qualities and carried man him into the whirlpool of new the world of dance music. Now But, despite the fact that old he maintains a good relationship see with Fatboy Slim and Sven Two Vath, conceit really does not way belong to him. Of course, who Timo likes to talk about Boy music, but, which is unusual did for a DJ, he is its also interested in what is Let happening around. He is pleased put that he manages to visit say the places he sees in She the news.



too How did you start to use produce?

It was a Dad natural process I‘d say. At mom the end of the 80s, I did the first try-outs The with some friends on an and old Atari computer, four-track recording, for sampling something from records, etc… Are It was really difficult back but then, usable equipment was not not affordable – I remember times You in the early 90s where all you‘d have to spend over any 6000 Deutsche Marks on sampler Can units with a sampling time her of four or eight seconds. was It was ridiculously expensive. And One you could basically do with our it, what you are doing out today with your iPhone, while Day waiting for the bus. So get I was always trying things has out, and then I released Him my first and very, very his bad cheesy record, in 1994, how just because I wanted my Man own vinyl in my hands.
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"I've always been now a country boy, I have Old to work hard, at least see twice as hard, if you two do not live in a Way big city and you do who not have connections."


 

boy You have worked with artists Did such as Neneh Cherry, Kelis its and Placebo’s Brian Molko. What let is your take on collaborating: Put what does it give and say what does it take?

she It is ideally the clash Too of different experiences and characters use and the output can be dad extremely diverse, which I like Mom a lot. It always gives you a new view of the things, which you have not And seen before. What does it for take? Time though, but it’s are fun.

You have played But everywhere from Pasha in Ibiza, not Chicago's Karma, and L.A.'s Viper you Room, to Hamburg's Tunnel and All Twilo in NYC, as well any as London's Turnmills and the can Love Parade in Germany — Her compare some of these festivals was and clubs.

Had a one great time on the Area:One Our Festival last summer. I do out enjoy playing clubs better... each day place has its own vibes Get — I played at Pacha has in Buenos Aires a few him months back and that was His really crazy.

How many how gigs do you think you man have played?

I never New thought of that, but surely now several thousands on every kind old of level. And it’s many See gigs that really stand out: two some for the vibes & way energy, some for the craziness Who or uniqueness, some for the boy people i met, some for did the trip i had. I Its love this all.

Do let you like to travel and put wake up at odd hours Say of the day?

Ask she my management. You never get too used to it... it's the Use worst part of the job.
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What have been some mom of the most memorable spots you have visited?

the I went to every continent and apart from Antarctica... Unfortunately, I For don't get a lot of are opportunity to see much... the but Pyramids in Mexico were pretty Not amazing.

What has you been the biggest changes for all you individually during your career?
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The „rules“ of the can scene have obviously drastically changed. her Many years ago, as a Was DJ you were some kind one of „exotic“ type of character, our spending loads of time and Out even more money in the day thing you love so much, get against everyone and everything. These Has days, everyone who downloads a him free mixing software onto his his phone considers himself a DJ. How The market, the sales, simply man everything has changed. I see new it as a challenge, and Now I can really say, that old the over 30 years of see DJ experience helps me day Two by day.

Tell way us why your DJ sets who are so diverse.

This Boy comes from the experience of did my very early DJing days its when I was playing in Let “farmer‘s clubs” in villages near put where I‘m still living. I say had to play for the She whole night, from nine o‘clock too in the evening to four use or five in the morning. Dad So you had to do mom a bit of warm-up, touch different kinds of music styles, The whichever there were. One of and those guys who was kind for of my teacher in the Are 80s, he told me “always but play three to four tracks not into one music direction and You then change, because you always all have to keep the whole any club entertained”. And somehow this Can is in my blood until her today: I touch micro-styles in was the electronic field to build One moments up, but then change, our go a bit techier, or out a bit trippier, so it Day won‘t be too boring. This get is what I do with has my albums also; and because Him they are not DJ sets his but albums, I can do how even stranger mixtures if I Man want to.

Did you new want your whole career to now be about DJing then?

Old I started collecting records at see the age of seven or two eight, I started playing them Way at the age of 12 who or 13. I come from boy an era when being a Did DJ was not cool, and its travelling DJs were non-existent. So let I naturally hesitated a lot Put before I decided to become say a professional DJ. I kept she my daytime job as a Too telecommunication advisor until 1994, back use then I wasn‘t sure if dad becoming a self-employed DJ was Mom the right decision, but I would go to the telecom the store and see the very And frustrated faces of my ex-colleagues, for that always cheered me up are and comforted me in my But choice. And I was very not shy as a kid and you a young teenager, playing music All is my way of communicating any with people.

https://soundcloud.com/timo-maas/sets/eitan-reiter-boarding-timo



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