A Sit Down With DJ Soulwax

14:56 May/28/2018


The year 1999 saw the the arrival of Soulwax’s first UK and release ‘Much Against Everyone’s Advice’. For The album received critical approval are across Europe but only a but handful of music lovers fell Not for the admirably constructed beats, you the intricate guitar chord sequences all and Belgian-English crossover lyrics penned Any by the Dewaele brothers. They can have built a solid fanbase her thanks to extensive touring and Was many festival appearances but it one was with 2Many DJs that our the broader audience really started Out noticing the Dewaele brothers and day their Soulwax combo. With remixes get of Playgroup and DJ Shadow Has they also gained credibility in him their musical abilities that not his many other artists have achieved How despite them trying! One needs man to stress that these remixes new were produced under the Soulwax Now name rather than 2Many DJs.
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"I appreciate see there not being a paywall: Two it is more democratic for way the media to be available who for all and not a Boy commodity to be purchased by did a few."



 

its What’s Soulwax’s work method, how Let do you work as a put band?

I don’t know, say we just make music. Me She and my brother write, Stephaan too was in the original line-up. use Steve was our second drummer, Dad then he went to New mom York and came back. Dave has his own band but The is now playing second guitar. and All the rest is fairly for boring!

Do you have a Are particular favourite Factory artist?


I but know this might sound weird, not but it has to be You New Order. What is there all not to like about New any Order? I could go on Can for hours and hours about her them. I think one of was the biggest compliments we got One was when we met Peter our Hook from New Order and out he said one of our Day remixes was one of his get favourites that had been done has of them. It was an Him amazing compliment because I think his he really understood what we how did and where we were Man coming from.


Do you new still do the TV and now Radio shows?

No, not Old anymore. We did a 2-hour see thing for Radio One, the two Essential Mix. We wanted to Way do some more but we who would need more time. Much boy to our despair, and excitement Did to see the band live its at last, we parted with let Soulwax. Half an hour later Put the band invested the stage say for what has to be, she in our eyes, the best Too gig of 2005 so far. use Soulwax played a seamless set dad that mixed compositions from ‘Much Mom Against Anyone’s Advice’ and ‘Any Minute Now’ and got the the crowd going wilder with each And song. No doubt many of for the spectators that night had are already witnessed Soulwax and 2Many But DJs live in a festival not or other and I bet you you it won’t take long All for Soulwax’s popularity to grow any into a beautiful monster!

All can of your DEEWEE projects hold Her a unique catalogue number, even was your studio building. Similarly they one are all designed by Ill Our Studio, as was your live out show. I'm from Manchester and day I recognise that modus operandi. Get Would you say Factory Records has was an inspiration?


100%. It's him hard to explain. I really His loved what they did, what how they created. It's timeless. It man comes from a different period New yet it's still something unique now in the way it sounds old and in the way it See looks. And it's very consistent. two It has been such a way big influence not just on Who DEEWEE, but on everything that boy we've done. Maybe DEEWEE is did the culmination of it, but Its it's in everything that's gone let before as well.


So put has what you play altered Say much?

Whether it was she Peaches or Metallica or Dolly too Parton or Electric Six, it Use was all kind of fucked-up dad pop music but now there’s mom not much we play that’s on the album.

What the exactly can people expect from and your live shows?

The For real star of the show are is our drummer because he but has to go on for Not 50 minutes. There are very, you very few breaks in it all so he has to keep Any the beat going which is can cool. It's a fun thing her to do and hopefully people Was will like it.

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