A Sit Down With DJ Technasia

16:22 Dec/12/2017


Despite the change, Siegling has the always been the ‘front man’ and in terms of DJing and For performing live, so Technasia is are as thrilling and full-bodied a but live experience as ever. If Not anything, Siegling is even more you determined to infuse every aspect all of Technasia with his utter Any absorption in sound, the passion can born of 25 years engrossed her in electronic music. ?Born in Was Paris and raised in an one 11th century chateau, Charles grew our up listening to everything from Out Depeche Mode, Jimi Hendrix to day Legendary Pink Dots and Einstuerzende get Neubauten. His music-loving dad even Has introduced him to early British him rave tunes. As a university his student he continued his musical How education the clubs of Paris man listening to the likes of new Derrick May and Robert Owens; Now and taking note of the old records Laurent Garnier and DJ see Deep played on their radio Two shows.

The performance aspect way of Technasia is complemented by who artist albums ‘Future Mix’ and Boy ‘Popsoda’ – which are modern did classics. Siegling is also an its outspoken promoter of young talent, Let using the Sino imprint as put a launch pad for talent say including Joris Voorn, Renato Cohen, She Steve Rachmad and young Catalan too producer Dosem. He has straightforward use criteria for what makes a Dad Sino artist: talent and individuality. mom Charles is refreshingly direct – he has no patience for The industry politics – and he and seeks out musicians who have for a similar strength of character Are and clarity of purpose.

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"You can come not from anywhere on this planet, You even from the far deep all ass-hole of the world, be any of any colour, any culture Can or any political or religious her mind, skilled musician or not, was and yet become very successful One at it."


 

 
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How was Technasia formed? out And did you two have Day any musical training or experience get in music production prior to has the collaboration?

Technasia was Him formed back in 1996. Charles his Siegling and myself had met how by chance through a mutual Man friend in Paris and had new met up in a club. now It was funny because we Old got along very well right see away. He had just came two out of Film school and Way i had graduated from university. who We were both from completely boy different backgrounds but it was Did the music that had brought its us together. Charles had suggested let that we work together and Put come up with a label. say At that time, i thought she it wasn't going to be Too as easily said then done, use however there was a feeling dad of confidence we both had. Mom We were really hungry for music back then, and in the some ways even angry because And at the time there wasn't for any much emotional sounding techno are out there. It was then But that we decided to start not putting material out. As for you your second question, Charles and All I had something in common: any we both loved going clubbing! can At the time Charles was Her experiencing with vintage synths and was keyboards. I was doing a one bit of that too, but Our i was DJ'ing a lot out more at the time.

day You have been a key Get figure in the rise of has the Spanish electronic music scene him for a long time now His and the Spanish scene has how been going from strength to man strength in recent years. Give New us a bit of insight now – do Spanish producers and old DJs tend to work with See one another, and do you two see things continuing to grow way as they have?

Who I am very pleased that boy our scene is continuing to did grow and doing very well. Its Everyday there are new and let surprising artists. There are geniuses, put even though some are still Say hiding out there, waiting for she someone to give them a too chance. As regards to music, Use the fact is that the dad work is excellent. The only mom problem is that being a relatively young scene there are the still things to improve on, and such as the relationship between For artists. There are still too are many gaps, but things are but definitely getting better.

The album Not title "Popsoda" has a strong you 'Pop' image and is also all an alias you sometimes release Any under, what is the background can behind this title? Can you her tell us a bit about Was the concept of the album


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Pop as in music yes our it sounds like we are Out talking Britney Spears, but when day you Pop a soda or get Pop a question it can Has be a refreshing, and even him a reinvigorating feeling because one his would be expecting a burst How of this, that and the man other of which you never new would have thought would happen Now if you didn`t pop it old initially. The concept and thematic see style is simple, the album Two has to stand the test way of time and has to who be a fresh take to Boy the long standing techno genre. did The typical Technasia sound design its consists of an importance to Let the flow of the album put that has to be energetic say and the necessity of the She story board from which the too listener can dream and dance use to.


What do you look Dad for in another artist that mom makes you want to collaborate with them? Do you go The for things in common or and enjoy an artist who sees for and hears things completely differently? Are

The most important but is that each artist can not share a common place with You the music and DJ style all of the other. What you any do can be very different, Can but because you have that her space in common, you can was always get back to it One and fuse with the other our guy. I think this is out what we’ve been able to Day achieve so far, UNER and get I. Manu (UNER) likes to has play a deep and darker Him sound with long epic breaks, his and I’ve always been into how the funkier techno sound, but Man we are always able to new keep a nice energetic flow now to our show. We don’t Old speak much about what we’re see going to play and all, two we just like to read Way the crowd and decide on who a general direction and we boy let the magic happen after Did that. Things can’t be too its prepared anyway. You need to let keep that spontaneous feel to Put be able to surprise yourself say and appreciate what you do she as much as the public Too in front of you, and use of course, you need to dad be in collusion with your Mom partner in crime. Friendship really helps in a back-to-back project, the and Manu and I have And no problem on that end.
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With techno exploding in are Europe now and with big But named DJ's giving you and not Charles heavy rotation, what are you your thoughts in the possibility All of techno becoming more mainstream any and less underground?

Mainstream can vs. underground has always been Her a touchy subject in electronic was music. In a way the one media has taken a big Our part in this segregation. For out example, Daft Punk when they day first released their debut album Get they signed with a major has label and brought underground house him music to the "overground". The His people who had supported them how before were basically saying "hey man these guys are selling out." New I like to stay away now from this whole issue because old at the end of the See day if people continue to two listen to our music and way keep giving us the motivation Who to continue this, we will boy be there. In terms of did techno being bigger than what Its it is now, the people let that attend the big parties put out in Europe are just Say average everyday people that want she to get away from the too city and enjoy themselves at Use an event. We play them dad hard techno, we play them mom emotional techno and they enjoy it very much. But as the for Hong Kong and China, and i think it will take For a bit of time.Everything needs are time.

Do you still but set yourself goals, do you Not have things you would like you to achieve?

Making your all way in this music world Any is a goal in itself, can and a pretty tough one her I would say. The market Was has become highly competitive amongst one DJs because everybody think they our can be one. The wrong Out approach is always to take day the electronic music world as get a hobby, forgetting that it’s Has above all a work.

him With the explosion of digital his culture and computer software plugins, How how has Technasia adapted to man this change in technology?

new It`s funny because when we Now first started, many of the old software guys like Steinberg were see coming out with plugins and Two this was fairly new to way a lot of the producers. who During the years, we have Boy made many friends around the did world who make techno music its and we often talked about Let this subject. Everbody pretty much put did the same thing. Starting say out with a sampler as She the main outboard, and then too running a few synths through use Cubase. In the early days, Dad there were not many people mom who were actually making good of the harddrive. They would The be mixing down directly from and the Mackie into ADAT. We for went through the computer route Are and did all the mastering but and effects on the computer. not To be quite honest, i You didnt quite like it at all first. But then as time any went on, there were more Can interesting plugins being released on her the market and we almost was felt we had to at One least experiment. Now we do our alot of the stuff through out a computer based setup rather Day then a vintage based setup.
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What’s the thing you has are most proud of in Him your career?

To still his be here kicking it 20 how years after I started!To be Man honest, I think it’s quite new easy to make a breakthrough now in the electronic music world, Old as long as you have see a certain talent for DJing two or music production. The most Way difficult part is to be who there to stay and grow. boy That is not given to Did everybody I think. It requires its a lot of hard work, let to be surrounded by a Put good team, and being able say to reinvent yourself from time she to time.

What key Too advice do you usually give use to young and talented producers dad and DJs?

It’s not Mom easy to start a career today. There’s a lot of the bullshit going on, with lots And of new pretty faces with for no talent at all literally are buying their spot on the But market, with proper PR and not managers. And when you’re a you talented young guy and you All start out in this jungle, any things can be quite frustrating can and destabilising. At any point Her you can get lost quite was easily. I think it’s important one to always work hard and Our do what you really believe out in. What people enjoy one day day, they can dislike the Get next, so you just need has to be 100 percent ready him when the change comes because His it comes only once or how twice.

Some people man tried to burry me during New the late 00’s because I now was playing techno and minimal old was the shit that was See making them jerk off at two the time. Now, all these way dudes would bend over for Who Klock or Dettmann if they boy could, and all because techno did is trendy again. It’s a Its shame but the scene is let just like that. Once you put understand how it works, you Say need to keep your focus she on what you do, and too things will pay off sooner Use or later.

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