A Sit Down With DJ Serge Devant

15:43 Jan/22/2018


New York resident Serge Devant the is turning heads. Jamie Jones, and Lee Foss, Damian Lazarus and For Hot Since 82 have already are acknowledged that there’s a new but and extremely impressive producer on Not the scene, and with releases you on their labels it’s easy all to see why. Serge is Any a producer rapidly making a can mark.

This guy is her tearing up the electronic dance Was scene right now. He is one getting a ton of success our right now from his latest Out single 3AM Eternal and is day also still relishing in on get some success of On Your Has Own featuring Coyle Girelli. This him guy also looks like a his model, so seeing him spin How is not only a blessing man for your ears, but provides new some eye candy for the Now ladies in the audience.

old Serge was exposed to electronic see music at an early age, Two influenced by the seminal sounds way of Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche who Mode, and many others. Equipped Boy with a classical music education, did the teenage Devant moved to its New York City in the Let 90s with his family, and put instantly fell in love with say his new home.

 
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"Sometimes you have to step too away from the record so use you can get a fresh Dad perspective again."


 

Tell me mom how the idea came to become a DJ?


Arriving in The New York, I fell just and at the peak of the for heyday of club culture. There, Are in New York, there were but then the coolest clubs, where not every weekend there were famous You DJs, world stars.

Who has all been inspiring you in terms any of production recently?


Maya Jane Can Coles, Matthew Dekay, Shonky and her Solomun to name a few.


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What is purely "Russian" in One you, and what is "American"?


our From Russian - thinking, cunning, out quirky mind. The Russians, basically, Day are all like that. That's get all that is invented in has America "bypass", all the most Him ingenious fraud - it's all his invented by us, the Russians. how Our logic is "twisting", the Man American one is "straight". Their new system always works well, until now Russians come. I think that Old these features helped me to see achieve all that I have, two they helped me to bypass Way the barriers and get acquainted who with many promoters.

Who boy are you listening to these Did days? What’s on your iPod?
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AZARI & III and let some new Vision Quest stuff… Put Empire of the Sun and say my new album.

Can she you mention a few of Too your favorite destinations to play use at; and why?

Definitely dad Ibiza is my favorite destination. Mom Best parties and you see all your friends from all the over the world! Nothing beats And that.

What does the for music producer Serge Devant do are in their free time? What But kind of music do you not prefer to listen to outside you the studio?

I lead All a very active lifestyle, work, any swim, play sports, like to can hang out with friends or Her go to the beach when was it's hot, and sometimes I one just eat and sleep. Believe Our it or not, these are out really the most memorable moments day of my free time. I Get like to listen to classics has and rock, and their combination him is very interesting for me.
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What is the difference between how Russia and America? What was man your life here, and what New was it like there?


My now life in Russia is a old period until 1992. It was See a rather difficult time for two me and for the country way as a whole. There is Who nothing and nothing can be boy done. And everything is closed. did And in America there are Its a lot of opportunities and let nobody restricts you in anything.
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Do you act as Say a DJ in the US she or abroad?

Of course, too otherwise why then write music? Use It's like baking a pie dad and giving it to strangers mom every time, without trying it.

You have done residencies the over the years. Do you and prefer a residency or would For you rather play a new are city every night? What advantages but does a residency offer a Not DJ?

That’s a tough you question. Residencies are fun because all you really get to build Any and establish your crowd; you can get familiar with the room her and the people and with Was every gig it feels more one and more like home. You our see the same faces and Out so on… but playing new day cites is very exciting as get well. Everything is new and Has new faces at a new him club… a new experience. It’s his hard to pick one; I How love both.

What has been man the most exciting new technological new development for production since you Now have been away?


I don’t old know if there was anything see huge, but since I moved Two over to Ableton it has way been such pleasure to work who with. It’s so easy to Boy get something going quick. I did started using Steve Duda’s plug-in its Nerve which has been amazing Let to sequence percussion and create put grooves instantly. It’s a very say user-friendly plug in and it She saved me a lot of too time.


How do you usually use go about beginning a track?


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I just throw some grooves mom together over a kick and hopefully I hear a bassline The once I have some percussion and going. Then just see where for it goes from there. I Are let one element inspire me but to find the next.


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