How long are you in the scene?

 

I'm in the scene since I was 18 years old, so it's 8 years now.

 

 

What was you first genre of electronic music you started with?

 

My first genre was minimal music. Because my father was really into that. He started playing this obscure trancy music with this minimal beats and I just fell in love immediately.

 

 

What was your first impressive party situation?

 

It was an unusual one. It was at a festival in Belgium, there was Deadmau5 playing. I was really into him in this period of time, I have a trance-inducing soft spot in music. He played a live set with this giant cube that was made of LED's and lights and he had his whole set scripted with animations and everything. For me as a blank page youngster, that was really impressive. And the crowd.. They were all on the same vibe, just deep... Really deep.

 

 

Analog or digital?

 

Analog, if it has to come to it. But I have to say the music is the most important. Media can not be seen as barriers for curiosity. But i prefer the analog sound of course.

 

 

What had triggered Techno in you?

 

The first thing I was listening to was the Drumcode generic Techno. But then I went to Berlin, and to Berghain for the first time. I think it's the only place where you can hear Techno as it should be. The sound system, the people, the atmosphere,… For me, I really felt pure rawness.

 

 

With what club do you have a special connection?

 

That is Hoppetosse for sure. Because I have heard the best sets in Hoppetosse from various Djs. The vibe, the sound, the boat, the materials of it,  it's always really captivating. You can spend hours and hours in Hoppetosse. For me there Rhadoo for example was one of my most impressive experiences.

 

 

What is your favourite festival?

 

 

That is a difficult one, because i don't really have a favourite festival. I would say the best festival I did was Sunwaves, but it's not my favourite festival. I enjoy the music, but I don't like the atmosphere. I would say I am not experienced enough to give a clear opinion on this. Or I just went to the wrong festivals I guess.

 

 

What are your favourite substances?

 

I think there should be a consensus about ecstasy, because it is pretty important in terms of unity in electronic music. 

 

 

What does a perfect afterhour need?

 

A Dj booth and someone who can just do their thing, play and go really deep. And there should be a lot of different people interacting, kinds of people. I like different influences and different kinds of people on afterhours, because they give input from so many feeling and visions, music styles. This makes an afterhour. 

Just to be.

 

 

Dancer or talker?

 

Dancer for sure. If I am on the dance floor and if the music is good and I am on the floor, please just leave me the fuck alone (laughs).

 

 

 

Floor or backstage?

 

Floor. No, I don't like backstage and backstage politics. No, just give me the floor. 4 to the floor.

 

 

 

What is your favourite album or record of all times?

 

 

My favourite record is Fadutron by Ricardo Villalobos. It's the first record I bought on vinyl, also the first Perlon I bought on vinyl and it's also Perlon 48 and 48 happens to be my favourite number. I have this record for four years now, actually I just discovered recently that it's the number 48. So for where I am now, it all make sense to me. And that's why Fadutron is the track, it's a story on itself. It's how a club night should progress, it has a overlapping beginning and end. The drive is really simple, but the paterns are complex and the sound he uses, every sound touches this emotional snare.  For me it is completeness.

 

 

 

What is the most important element a good club needs?

 

Sound. Sound goes above everything. I also think a club should be a safe space for everybody. There should be no influences from bouncers or crew from the club that intervene intrusively with the club atmosphere. It's a community where everybody has it's role, everybody does their thing and just lets it flow.

 

 

 

How do you keep the balance between rave and the other part of the week?

 

Energy, I think. You choose a certain energy and then you start to flow with it. If you go out you prepare your music for that kind of energy, more uptempo. And when I come home from a party and I just want to chill down and make a transition to the real life, I play sentimental, melancholic music. Just to feel.... When you are on drugs and you're coming down, your feel naked in a world you do not understand at that time. It takes you places and you cry and you laugh at the same time. That's really special. That's how you know you are human and you are part of something and that you are emerging from that shared energy. You are part of the scene but you are also part of society. And music can be the bridge between.

 

 

 

What's your secret weapon against hangovers?

 

I say sex. And John Coltrane.