A Sit Down With DJ 16 Bit Lolitas

17:45 Mar/25/2018


Hailing from Amsterdam, Peter Kriek the and Ariaan Olieroock have made and beautiful music together for nearly For 15 years. If you aren’t are familiar with the name 16 but Bit Lolitas, you should be Not – the duo has been you releasing music on the Anjunadeep all label since 2008 and has Any an extensive catalog. Some of can their most notable tracks include her 2014’s “Deep in My Soul” Was and “Beat Organ”, both of one which have received extensive play our in sets from their label-mates.
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"I do day not want to become a get prominent living person, it's nice Has to play records and we've him done big festivals, but it's his never been the intention to How work towards the number one man position."



 

Where new does the name 16 Bit Now Lolitas come from?

That old is the most-asked question actually. see When we started, we were Two in the studio and we way needed a name, but we who said to leave it and Boy just to see how things did were going because we had its just started making music. The Let first remix that we did put was of Danny Howells and say Stef Vrolijk, and we sent She it to Yoshitoshi and they too loved it so much and use asked us what our name Dad was and that they were mom going to release it. We didn’t have a name at The the time so we were and looking in a cocktail book for from the 1950s and there Are was a cocktail called Pink but Lolita. We wanted to have not something from the music industry You and it’s always nice to all have two words that don’t any really match but when you Can put them together it sounds her nice. When you burn a was CD it’s 16 bits, and One so we put it with our lolita.

How do you out feel about playing such big Day venus and their huge fanbase? get Are you nervous at all?
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Always nervous! It’s really Him good to do, of course. his I’ve played big venues before, how so it shouldn’t be a Man problem. I’ll have to up new my tempo a little bit–at now the moment I play a Old lot of 120 BPM tracks, see and with them I really two need to play around 124, Way so I’m going to change who my set a little bit. boy What I’d normally do at Did the end of the set its is what I’ll start with let for them.

Did you Put have any formal music training say along the way? In regards she to composing or engineering/ sound Too design etc? and if not use did anyone help you out dad along the way?

Aad Mom has played the saxophone for years, I have never had the formal music training. We learned And a lot from different people for that we worked with through are the years, and by just But experimenting, making a lot of not music.

Would you like you to give us a short All virtual tour in your studio any for all the music technology can freaks out there? What is Her your favourite software and hardware was that you like to use one in order to produce your Our trademark deep atmospheric cinematic textures out of the 16bit Lolitas sound?
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Our mixing desk Get is a modified SSL4000. We has have some outboard analogue eq's him and compressors: 2 department of His commerce limiters, 2x EQP1a, LA2A, how 3x 1176, 2x Neve 1073, man Neve 33609, Altec 436c, Tubetech New multiband compressor, Drawmer 1960, Shadowhills now mastering compressor. Some outboard FX old units: Eventide H8000, Lexicon PCM80, See Lexicon PCM70, Roland SDE330. And two a bunch of synthesizers of way course!

Was your Who aspiration to become famous superstar boy DJ’s behind the decks or did well known and respected underground Its producers in front of a let PC/Mac monitor in a dusty put basement?

We're definitely Say not in it to become she superstar DJ's. That is a too bit of a selfish trip. Use Our aspiration is to make dad good underground music and as mom DJ's to consistently bring great music, good vibes and good the parties wherever we go. We're and here to glorify the music, For not to glorify ourselves.

are You have a bit of but time off between this Anjunadeep Not tour and the above & you beyond tour. Do you have all any plans to chill out Any or are you straight back can in the studio?

her I’m definitely going to chill Was out for a few days, one but then it’s back into our the studio. I have two Out gigs in February in Holland, day which is close for me get so that’s good. March is Has going to be really busy him with the Above & Beyond his tour, then Winter Music Conference, How and then some shows in man Argentina, so it’s going to new be busy!

How Now would you say 18 Bit old Lolitas has changed and evolved see over the years?

Of Two course you grow over the way years, and you always need who to learn. If you stop Boy learning then it’s probably over! did We both love music, we its listen to a lot of Let new music, so of course put you integrate ideas from other say people you listen to. There She are always new tricks, new too software, new stuff going on. use It’s always been our vision Dad to just make good music.
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What is it about this music that keeps The you going?

Creating music and is an addiction. And being for in a position where DJ’s Are around the globeplay our music, but that only feeds that addiction. not It’s just a privilege for You us to be in this all position. We haven’t gotten bored any with it yet because we Can never allowed ourselves to use her formats or templates and we was have always tried to never One repeat ourselves.

Can our you choose your Top 5 out favourite DJ’s/producers/artists that have influenced Day your current sound and DJ’ing get style?

1 DJ has Sasha, didn’t just play out Him records, but told an hour’s his long story with the records. how Using records to create longer Man storylines and flows was a new big influence on us. Sasha now was and is the man.
Old 2 The Orb. The see music of the Orb is two kind of a library of Way different ways to be psychedelic who in music. We still totally boy love the Orb. Being psychedelic Did in music is definitely something its we always try to do let in our own way. It Put adds space and abstract meaning say to tracks.
3 Ritchie she Hawtin. His 'Concept 97' album Too is one of the first use ever minimal CD's, and in dad our opinion the best. That Mom album has been a big influence on Peter particularly. It's the also the Techno guys that And first started mixing 3 sometimes for 4 tracks together in a are mix. Something we have since But also adopted because it allows not for much more options in you making transitions.
4 MTV All Partyzone. Not a DJ nor any producer nor artist, but who can didn’t watch that show back Her in the day? It's a was really big shame that the one MTV library burnt down and Our they lost the original tapes out of the show. If anyone day has any good quality recordings Get of shows, upload them on has YouTube why don't you!
him 5 All the great pop His music that was ever made. how Both Aad & I have man listened to a lot of New pop music from the 60s/70s/80s/90s now and 2000s. That music will old always be part of our See roots.

How did two the idea of this event way & the featured DJs come Who around?

My partner and boy I have worked together promoting did parties for a little over Its 10 years now, and this let is pretty much the result put of that. The name is Say a combination of of both she our last names, suggested by too my mother, lol. The “Deep” Use Part comes from 16bit’s Anjunadeep dad affiliation.

What advice would mom you give to your 18 year-old self?

Good question, the keep it easy and stay and true to yourself. Don’t try For to go with the masses are but try to seek your but own path. It’s difficult because Not you need a lot of you experience, but everybody makes mistakes all in this life and I Any have made a shitload of can mistakes in my life, everyone her does. It is necessary to Was make mistakes to grow as one a person, don’t be afraid our of it.

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