A Sit Down With DJ Henry Saiz

14:45 Nov/28/2017


Henry Saiz is the creator the of a style that is and a combination of his love For for all things electronic with are a deep passion for art. but His music, as well as Not his work as a sound you designer for film and TV all has always been marked as Any forward thinking in approach and can groundbreaking upon delivery.

Henry's her influences range from those genres Was through the full range of one electronic music and even to our metal, indeed he used to Out play in a black metal day band. He has curated and get currently plays in a live Has band nowadays that is much him better suited to disco dancing his and tours with them when How not recording or DJing.

man Henry’s constant growth across the new globe has enabled him to Now spread his music to new old audiences and is without a see shadow of a doubt one Two of the brightest prospects the way underground realm has to offer who today.

 

"The only Boy way to keep true to did my own style is continually its changing it, evolving."


 

Let Could you tell us how put it all started for you? say How did you realize that She that’s what you wanted to too do professionally?

Since I use was a child I’ve always Dad had a special relationship with mom music. Luckily, my parents have good taste in music so The I discovered artist such Vangelis and and Mike Oldfield when I for was very young. My older Are brother has also always been but passionate about music and he not even worked several years as You a DJ . When I all was a teenager I started any playing bass and I had Can several bands of different genres, her but my most important project was was black metal oriented. Later One I began to study sound our engineering and I became interested out in the unlimited possibilities of Day technology. Something I loved about get producing electronic music was the has creative control that it allowed Him me. I’ve always knew that his my ideal profession should be how related to music and after Man many years of hard work new my effort began to be now recognized.

What sort of Old projects did you work on?
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I did three cartoon two series for Disney and Nickelodeon. Way I did a lot of who commercials and a lot of boy things for advertising and some Did documentaries and some design for its TV shows. It's really, really let fun to work on that. Put But, at the end of say the day, you are not she doing art, you're doing the Too things they're asking for. Of use course you put your creativity dad into it, but the final Mom word is from a guy in a suit in Los the Angeles who may say "this And sound is not good for for business." It's well-paid and it's are a great job, but I But felt like I really needed not to focus on my own you music, so I stopped working All for them. Now I've started any doing some ghostwriting for some can pop and R&B artists in Her the UK, which I love. was [It's] really mainstream commercial music one like Britney Spears and Kylie Our Minogue—I love them. I'm also out doing some selected films and day TV series.

You’ve Get managed to incorporate vocals into has a lot of your work. him How important do you think His vocals are to a track?
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Yeah I’m playing with man vocals a lot lately. Vocals New are such a great way now to put something unique and old special on a track, and See it’s also a strong form two of communication because obviously the way message reaches the listener faster Who and more straight than an boy abstract sound.

You did have the experience of performing Its in various different places. Would let you say you prefer playing put in clubs and warehouses or Say at the festivals and open she air parties?

It’s very too difficult to choose between the Use two options. Each one has dad unique things that I love. mom When you play in a club there’s a very intimate the and special atmosphere and usually and the public who go to For clubs is people who follow are your work. Festivals are also but an incredible experience; during the Not festival days you feel part you of a tightly knit community all and it’s like you’re transported Any to a new planet. A can few days ago I played her with my band at Glastonbury Was and I can say that one the experience is unlike anything our else I’ve done before. In Out addition, festivals are also a day very good opportunity for showing get your work to a new Has audience.

When did you him start tinkering with production and his making your first tracks?

How I was listening to lots man of Warp Records at the new time I was in a Now black metal band. If you old like metal and you like see this energy, you can feel Two almost the same with extreme way electronic music and experimental music. who So I started to try Boy and figure out how these did guys did all this fucking its crazy music and all this Let complexity and technical epicness. The put first electronic music album I say did by myself was probably She '96 or '97 I think. too It's funny because it sounds use like it could be a Dad new record on Warp or mom something like that. It's proper experimental electronic music. I think The I have good technical skills and now because I started with for something really complex in the Are beginning. I'm going more minimalistic but and slow. Sometimes I think not I should release these early You albums on my label for all fun. Maybe I'll do it any someday.

When did Can you start to play as her a Live Performance? Do you was prefer to play this way One instead of a DJ set
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I used to play out live before DJing, but I Day decided to play only live get with my band, my music has is too complex for only Him one person on stage, and his also I love the band how feeling. I love both experiences, Man can’t decide.

What new are your thoughts on the now electronic music scene today?

Old The EDM hype is definitely see going down and evolving to two something better I think, nobody Way can predict where all this who is going but the fact boy is lots of people are Did starting to listening to electronic its music because of the hype let and then they are moving Put to let’s say more authentic say styles within dance music and she discovering artists like me, so Too that’s good. I don’t really use follow any trend and I dad always do what comes from Mom my heart and feels honest so I actually enjoy what the I do instead of focusing And on being "cool" and "trendy".
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Your musical language is are one that is pretty difficult But to describe, yet one that not is very simple to enjoy. you What do you love the All most about your musical style any and why? What artists have can helped define your current sound?
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The thing I’m proud was the most about my music one is I believe I’ve created Our my own style and people out who know my music can day easily recognise me. I think Get nowadays, it’s important to have has your own voice and personality him and make honest quality music. His Regarding my influences, I have how a huge range of musical man sources of inspiration. I’m extremely New open minded when it comes now to music, and I naturally old mix all those influences in See my music. If I have two to mention a few, I’d way say all kind of electronic Who music genres dance related or boy not, Scandinavian Pop, synth pioneers, did Progressive Rock, metal, Classical music, Its RnB.

Talk to us let a bit about your label put Natura Soris, what’s the concept?
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The concept is short she and simple: you, and most too importantly, your music have to Use be unique and honest. This dad was an approach I started mom this label with and that’s the approach this label follows the until now. It´s important for and us to treat our artists For not as ´music delivering employees´, are but as friends, who share but the same passion and similar Not interests, who have something to you say through their music, who all constantly evolve and do not Any limit their creativity, and who can aim to make this world her a better place through their Was art. Things were a little one slow with the label this our year will all the album Out madness, but next year it day turns 10, so we´re preparing get all sorts of special things Has to celebrate.

How him do you go about creating his a sound that has that How evocative power to bring you man back to a place in new time?

That’s an extremely Now complicated question. For me, it’s old still something magical, sometimes that see just happens for some reason Two that’s beyond us. When a way song takes someone to a who particular time or place within Boy their memory, it’s a co-creation did between them and the song. its This is not something I Let necessarily create when I’m writing put the song, it's a product say of my creation, and each She listener will have his or too her own co-creation.

Where use do you find your inspiration Dad and all the enthusiasm?

mom I know all that is too much to handle and The sometimes is really hard. But and I couldn’t keep that pace for if I wasn’t passionate about Are my job. The satisfaction I but feel when I compose a not new track or those moments You when I’m enjoying music with all my audience always remember me any that it worth all the Can effort.

https://soundcloud.com/henry-saiz/sets/henry-saiz-for-days-and-nights

 



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