San Francisco

1. First off, how, where and when did you get into Electronic Music?

mostly through wandering / hanging around old rock studios and music shops in Dublin,(before this i was already obsessed with any music made electronically,italo disco,pop,etc) and had this burning desire to understand the process,from there i gradually begged,stole and borrowed my own setup,and went from big old analogue gear to stripped down,software based setups.

2. You have lived in Dublin, Barcelona and a few other places in the past few years, do you feel that each city has influenced your sound in a different way? If so, how?

yes,i move a lot,always have that gypsy blood racing in my veins! im more influenced by where i am mentally,than geographically,some of my tracks i think sound more like periods in my life than places.

3. Your label, Octopus Recordings, never fails when it comes to delivering some big room bombs. What is your formula for ensuring a consistent and unique sound for the label?

i gues thats just it,the criteria is “hit”,i go solely on my own judgement,.like when i hear a track and thing,fuck thats banging…and it has to be instant.for example,recently when i got the demo from your locals Clint and Marc, it knocked me out,was this mad combo of almost tribal ideas mixed with pure usa techno feeling,these tracks are typical of what catches my ear,that dancefloor working appeal,and that strange,left field vibe.

4. If you could choose only 1 of your productions to play for someone who is unfamiliar with your sound, which one would it be?

id say maybe skeleton,which is very my sound,slow dark and funked up..this was on Dubfires label,(i hadnt established my own yet) but tracks like that or the next one im releasing,Beta Decay,feel like me or my world.

5. So, in your bio your described as an enthusiast of entomology, cosmology, and marine biology. In what way do those interests directly influence your music?

i think it all does,its me,you know? like my own little strange world..the titles of my tracks are related to what im reading,absorbing or interested in,the sounds are directly made from this.

6. If you had to pick your top 3 producers at the moment, who would they be?

id say the new guys,Calculus,Tex Perez & Hevy Mendez and Alpine..they are all new artist i am encouraging because of their raw talent,they have that elusive dancefloor meets weird thing going on.I think they will go on to very unusual oeuvres!

7. What has been the highlight of your DJ/Producer career thus far?

i would say getting to some far off places like South Africa,Australia or Hawaii has been a real perk,i always imagined visiting these places,and always am so stoked i am actually there..its like a dream.

8. I’m sure there are some big things we can expect from you coming soon. Can you share a little bit about what you have coming up in the next year?

9. I know you really enjoy San Francisco and try to spend as much time here as possible when you are in the States. What is it about SF that you dig so much?

i love it yeah,the city feels like love,the symbol,the people,the reaction..super clued in musically,not pretentious,and the hottest people in usa right!?!?!

10. Are you ready to rock?