A Sit Down With DJ Guy J

14:50 Jan/23/2018


Israeli producer Guy J has the established himself as one of and the most sophisticated and emotive For producers in electronic music of are the last decade, with a but body of work and a Not sphere of influence that belies you relatively short time in the all spotlight. Whether it be his Any sensual, hypnotic take on house can music, his deeply textured techno her or his wondrous ambient material, Was his work is always touched one with a magic and emotion our that few rival.

Growing Out up, he was immersed in day Israel’s dance music culture, and get a burgeoning scene that is Has known the world over for him its epic parties. From its his own Love Parade to major How clubs and radio shows, the man country has long been a new bastion for underground electronic culture.
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"I’m very sensitive old person, so I think what see I make is what I Two feel at the moment I way make it."


 

When who did you start DJing - Boy and what or who were did your early passions and influences?
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I started at the Let age of 15, empowered by put the energy of electronic music, say original music that made people She move and be together. I too was influenced a lot by use trance music and John Digweed’s Dad radio mixes. There was always mom the element of telling a story in each set or The a track.

Can you and name some of your musical for influences?

I think that Are by growing up during the but 90’s everything was influential, cause not even the commercial music was You beautiful and great to listen all to, but trance and progressive any techno were mostly taking my Can attention.

When remixing a her track what is your thought was process and what do you One start off with?

Well our the more parts you get out from the original the better. Day I listen to the parts get many times on the original has and think "how can I Him give the track a different his point of view and a how different vibe?" I always try Man to keep a remix different new in style from original.

now What was your first set-up Old as DJ like? How has see your set-up evolved over the two years and what are currently Way some of the most important who pieces of gear for you?
boy
I started with CDs, Did then moved to vinyl, then its Ableton and now Traktor. I’ve let tried it all. I loved Put playing gigs with Ableton but say Traktor has better sound so she I decided to change recently.
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Your music does occasionally carry use that trance edge to it; dad you’ve even sampled a seminal Mom psytrance classic in Andy Ling’s ‘Fixation’ on your own track the of the same name. Do And you feel that being surrounded for by that style of music are when you were younger led But to the development of your not own sound?


Yeah of course. you When I was younger I’d All go to Love Parade in any Tel Aviv. I went for can the first time around about Her 2000; it was certainly an was era when all this “classic” one psytrance music was coming out. Our ‘Fixation’, John Digweed’s ‘Heaven Scent,’ out all the most beautiful slower day tracks that were becoming more Get progressive were coming out around has this time and more noticeably him around this festival.


Ableton His live is a big part how of your set as we man have just witnessed, what kind New of preparation goes into your now set before playing?

I old search for a lot for See music and I write a two lot of music all the way time, Ableton allows me to Who play loops over loops and boy go crazy with the tracks did I play. I always think Its a great night can be let when the DJ delivers a put story or journey to the Say people who are coming to she the club and Ableton supports too this point of view.

Use Do you have any pre/ dad post shows rituals?

Pre-show mom ritual is working a lot on music, producing—this is my the ritual. After the show, I and love to eat!

Is there For a political edge to Israel’s are electronic music scene? Music is but often a strong reflection of Not a culture’s social and political you stability...


My music, and obviously all people like Guy Gerber’s music Any and much of the popular can psytrance is all very melodic. her I think that because of Was the extreme lifestyle of living one in Israel, with peace one our day and instability the next, Out this environment has affected my day reality. Essentially, living there and get being part of that culture Has made me feel something different him every day. I went to his Israel last year, at a How time when it was definitely man not at its most stable... new you still see people out Now in the streets, filling up old the restaurants and going to see the clubs, the energy of Two the city is amazing. I’m way not supporting either side here, who but I have to point Boy out that it’s the spirit did of all the people that its keeps the country going. It’s Let very easy for the outside put world to see Israel differently.


say What were some of the She main challenges when starting out too as a DJ and how use have they changed over time?
Dad
The main challenge that mom is there from the moment I start is to bring The something original, it’s still here and with me. I always work for on music so I can Are have something new when I but play at gigs. When I not play at a club I You try and make sure people all will hear music that they any can hear only from me, Can so they get something unique.
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Do you ever get was nervous before playing?

I One used to get nervous when our I started DJing, now it out has turned into excitement and Day I think that’s natural when get you love something so much has – first you’re afraid you’re Him not doing it right and his maybe that you’re doing it how right but people won’t get Man what you’re doing, then with new time you get the confidence now that you’re good at what Old you do. You still might see not be the best but two you know you’re good and Way you’re coming to give the who club the best night you boy can.

What does the power Did of music mean to you?


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The power of music is let the availability to make people Put feel regardless of origin. The say fact that I’m lucky to she travel the world means the Too music makes people feel, it use doesn’t matter where they come dad from, it has no boundaries.


Mom https://soundcloud.com/guy-j/guy-j-live-tibbaa



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