Interviews

 
 
Fresh from his Interference EP, released earlier in the month on Tresor Records, and ahead of his return to the club in March as support act for Jeff Mills, we sat down with the zealous Glaswegian Vince Watson to discuss his fierce musicality, affinities with Tresor and diverse array of forthcoming projects—but whatever you do, [...]

 
Detroit techno veteran and respected comic illustrator Alan Oldham needs little introduction, playing an integral part in cultivating the Motor City heritage first as a designer and radio host before DJing and producing under the T-1000 moniker. Alan has been a fond member of the Tresor family since the mid-nineties and a regular face in [...]

As Tresor Records gear up for their latest release–a diligent dancefloor work-out from one of the club and label’s longest-standing members, Pacou–we asked the born and bred Berlinner to tell us about a few of his favourite records. In his own words:
“Here are my picks for this, these are *some* influential records for me. I [...]

 
Aux 88 Presents Black Tokyo
 
“We’re not strangers to 4/4 and techno,” exclaims Aux 88’s Tommy Hamilton, and indeed it was via two uplifting house records as Sight Beyond Sight that him and partner Keith Tucker first entered onto the scene. But whilst the Belleville three—Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson—were birthing techno, and putting [...]

 
This is the full interview with Octave One recorded 03.2011 in the Schaltraum Futurelabs at Tresor. Besides the talks you can find film-extracts from Klubbers Madrid and their liveact at Globus floor at Tresor’s 20th Birthday within the clip.
 
You can also find the interview extracted in our free online-magazine Tresor.iginal #007 on the issue platform [...]

(English version below)
 
Du hast Dir Zeit gelassen für Deine Life Signs EP auf Tresor. Wann hast Du damit begonnen, an den Tracks zu arbeiten?
 
Ich habe vor ca. 3 Jahren angefangen an den Stücken zu arbeiten. Die Nummern sind so nach und nach entstanden. Der erste Track, den ich fertig hatte, war Contact. Als letztes habe [...]

 
With critics praising James Ruskin’s new album “The Dash”, we caught up with him while he was in Berlin for the record release party in Tresor Club.
 
01) In a recent interview you stated that in the last few years the way you approach your music has changed, with a completely different meaning behind it. Could [...]

 
An inteviewer once referred to your music as „brain-shaking, electro-frying“. Although these elements may have made their way into your music before, do you still see dancefloor, shock-edge factors remaining in your new productions?
 
For sure this (brain-shaking, electro-frying) was the style that really caught my attention back in the late 80′s: early Fingers records, Adonis, [...]

First of all: Happy Belated Birthday! And we’d like to know about your musical aspects at the present time: what are some of your current recording projects for this medium?
Thanks! Well, after a long break, I am now back in the studio making demos for several labels, Tresor included! I’m working in a few different [...]