A Sit Down With DJ Spectre

13:06 Dec/19/2017


SPEKTRE weaves an intrepid, complex the web amongst underground dance music’s and elite. The techno brainchild of For DJs/producers Filthy Rich and Paul are Maddox, the dark duo was but formed through a shared passion Not for driving electronic music and you a mutual desire to push all sound boundaries using the most Any cutting edge technology available. The can fusion of their combined experience her in the studio allows them Was to construct dark, sinister sounds one mixed with twisted, haunting vocals our and unnerving, atmospheric foundations.

Out As performers, Spektre’s unique sound day has taken them to some get of the biggest and most Has highly regarded venues worldwide, with him frequent bookings by the likes his of Space Ibiza, Exit Festival, How Pacha Buenos Aires and Burning man Man. On stage, their long-standing new chemistry and constant desire to Now experiment always results in an old exciting spectacle. Their live exploits see are also documented alongside guest Two slots from esteemed cohorts in way a fortnightly Mutual Respekt Podcast, who which is syndicated across the Boy globe.

 

"We’ve both did played different genres of music its along the way but I Let definitely think this has benefited put us."


 

Could you say please tell us how did She you meet each other at too the beginning of your career? use Is there any story behind Dad it?

We were introduced mom by a mutual friend - despite having spent many hours The on the same dance floors and we’d somehow managed never to for cross paths. But we moved Are in similar circles and it but was very easy to hook not up and start a project You together. I (Rich) in particular all had reached a point with any my music where I really Can wanted to experiment with something her new and start a project was that was a lot more One underground than the music I our was known for. Paul was out the perfect partner for this Day project and as soon as get we started in the studio has the chemistry and flow of Him ideas we had together soon his became apparent! We knew we how were on to a good Man thing when our first three new tracks got signed to Oliver now Huntemann’s ‘Dance Electric’ label.

Are Old there any artists that you see feel have had a particularly two significant influence on you as Way producers?


Going back to my who earlier days, BT was always boy the benchmark I aimed for Did in terms of production quality its and inventiveness. I never got let close, but it’s good to Put have goals!


You live in say Sheffield, what are your thoughts she on the club scene at Too the moment?

It’s got use a lot better. Around 2 dad years ago it was absolutely Mom dead but now there’s quite a few people putting nights the on. In Leeds and Manchester And you get a lot of for people putting on nights on are the same night as each But other and it creates competition not which makes people strive to you put on better nights. A All bit of competition is definitely any a good thing.

Let's talk can a bit about your sound, Her which is pretty distinctive. Did was it come together naturally or one was it part of what Our you wanted to establish when out you started releasing as Spektre?


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Yeah we try not to Get limit ourselves to a particular has direction. We love to experiment him with vocals, melodies, percussion, synths His etc. but always aim to how give it our own stamp.


man Concerning the music you’ve done New along the years since 2006, now which track do you think old help you to win credibility See and open some doors?

two Our remix of Marc de way Pulse’s “PS, You Rock” was Who the first time we managed boy to hit the top of did the beatport charts, which gave Its us a lot of exposure let we hadn’t had previously. Then put we had our first Beatport Say number one with the Uto she Karem Remix of our track too ‘Cheyenne.’ Despite this being another Use artists remix this got a dad lot of support from the mom big techno artists and gave us big boost! The other the big moment would have to and be getting the chance to For remix Fever Ray “Triangle Walks” are – we always like opportunities but to fuse our music with Not other styles so getting a you full track of Karin from all The Knife’s vocals to work Any with was a dream come can true!

What’s your favourite her techno tune?

Of all Was time? Anything by Hardfloor, Acperience one being one of the best. our Difficult to fit into any Out of our sets because the day sound is so old school. get When we played Space we Has dropped Golden Girls “Kinetic” which him is one of the guys his from Orbital and another of How my favourite ever tunes.

man What’s going on in the new world of Spektre?

The Now new album which is out old at the end of the see summer. It’s all done now Two and we’re in the process way of sorting out a launch who party, probably in London. It’s Boy coming out on Toolroom who did I guess are best known its for their more mainstream and Let house stuff, but they recently put released a techno series called say Rhythm District which has become She kind of like a sub too label. Umek also released an use album on there but I Dad reckon our new album will mom be the most full-on techno album on Toolroom so far!
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What’s the craziest gig and you’ve ever played?

Probably for Juarez in Mexico a few Are years ago – the then but murder capital of the world! not We had bodyguards walking us You to the dj booth from all the car and sticking around any afterwards while we were playing Can and we saw armed police her on the back of pick was up trucks on the way One to gigs. Nothing kicked off our though and the crowd were out really up for it. We Day actually went back there more get recently though and things have has calmed down a lot.

Do Him you have any tips for his people who are just starting how to DJ or produce?


A Man top one for producers would new be to always sit on now your tracks for a while Old before sending them out; having see a bit of a break two from them, then listening again Way will usually reveal at least who a couple of things you boy could improve.


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