Interviews

Marcel Dettmann

“It is three a.m in Berlin and there are several hundred nearly naked bodies swaying, heads tilted back in tranced-out bliss, pulverized by the relentlessly throbbing kick drum pouring out of the bone-rattling Funktion One soundsystem at Berghain.”

Maxime Büchi

“To describe Maxime as ‘multidisciplinary’ is tragically reductive. During the interview he met with a new client, interviewed someone for a job, replaced three halogen light bulbs, put in a new order of tote bags, had lunch, and hand-drew the design for a massive tattoo of a pouncing lion—approaching each task with the ferocity of, well, a pouncing lion.”

Bonobo

“Cultures are shrinking as well—there used to be a time where you could only experience certain arts, architecture, music or literatures in a specific place. This idea of only being able to access culture in its place of origin has shrunk away now. There’s this whole mix of cultures and exchanges between them that makes the world a richer place.”

Karl Hyde of Underworld

“Underworld needs little introduction: from the iconic ‘Born Slippy .NUXX’ featured in Danny Boyle’s ‘Trainspotting’ to directing the music for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the duo’s career has solidified itself in the electronic music canon.”

Camea

“She’s about ten days from her due date but when she shifts from Ableton to the decks and plays us a few records, the DJ in her takes over as she surveys the mixer and turntables.”