1. Is making music analogous with designing buildings? If so, how so?

First I studied architecture and worked as an architect, before I released my first record. The way you try to develop a building or a piece of furniture is somehow similar, than creating a piece of music. You start from nothing and reflect, change and experiment all the time, till the track or a piece of furniture is finished. Architecture and also music is a mixture between rationality and emotionality.

2. What kind of music did you first start getting into and how did that lead to where you are today?

I started as a little boy with Disco, Punk and then New Wave and Heavy Metal. But the direct influence which led to the music I am doing now, was Acid Jazz in 1988 and the discovery of old Soul, Rare Groove, Funk, Latin and especially Jazz. Jazz and Bossanova are still some of my main influences. I like the instruments (like Fender Rhodes, Vibes, Flutes) from that kind of music and try to recreate it or to transport it to our time. My music is a mixture between today's electronic and real instruments from the 60, 70's.

3. What goes through your head when you write a track?

I always try to create a special atmosphere. I don't like very much just dance tracks, which are boring to listen at home. I try to make music, which is also interesting to listen at home or in the car, driving by night. I never know how a track or song comes out at the end, it's often a quite complicated process. But I try to keep a track sounding easy, even if its structure is complex.

4. What goes through your head when you DJ?

A DJ gig is always a new game to play. You never know how the mixture of people are or what the club is like. I like to take the audience to a musical journey through different kinds of styles and tempos. Normally starting with a slow tempo, accelerating till the peak time. Every track must have a character. I don't like sets of DJs playing music, where you can not differ one track from the other, because every thing sounds the same. The thing that makes the DJ job interesting is always to find the right tunes to bring good music and still make the people dance.

5. Live or electronic? If both, more of which? (During a set, production, anything)

In my production I bring live elements from guest musicians like flute, guitar or Fender Rhodes players.

6. A brief description of the new album, what to expect, etc..

"Minuit" - my new album - goes through different styles. From Downbeat to Jazzy House, 2 Step to Latin D&B. A lot of the tracks have a Bossanova flavour. I also worked with a couple of singers, because I think vocals make electronic music much more personal. The whole atmosphere is quite laidback and not to hektic. There are even three remixes on the album from Dr. Rockit aka Herbert, Amalgamtion of Sounds and Gabor Deutsch (previously unreleased).

March 2004