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Tell me a bit more about yourself and how did you start your journey into Djing? Was it something you found it yourself or was the influence of someone else that inspired you to start?
A difficult first question. I might skip the “about yourself” , so how did I start the
journey - Well I actually didn’t plan to be “DJing” , I wanted to learn how to play , so I can play for myself, however I think the deeper im going with certain things the more it gets my attention, it was a hobby since day one. I took some lessons to learn the basics, bought a controller from my best friend and I just kept playing and playing and playing. Hundreds of hours went into practices , and still today I call it practice every time I go and touch the decks.
It took me about a year, to discover my mixing technique that would work for me ( comfort vs good sound ) , every time I touch the decks I learn something new , its amazing how much there is to learn and yet there is always more, I love this, sometimes I do something by “mistake” and voila new information just enters my brain, and hands. If someone influenced me, - yes sure did , it wasn’t one person but two, one in 2019 another in 2020 (that’s when I decided to actually learn). I believe by now i found myself sound wise, where i belong to and what i feel comfortable with. I went through many different sub genres of techno. I tried to experiment with sound to find “ The Spot” .
It is very clear that dark and hypnotic sounds are part of your identity now. Who would you say are your top 5 favourite artists at the moment? Why them?
I am glad I have an identity , its great to hear it from someone, thank you. My top 5 artists at the moment : all time favourite Luke Slater, Arnaud Le Texier, Dejan (SE) , Vinicius Honorio, Antonio de Angelis , and why them , because all of them are not only amazing artists but great producers, and humans, they helped me to shape ZUZANAH , they are the main influence .
There are many more names I could add and I respect each one of them dearly for their input to the scene.
The electronic music industry has always been changing and getting bigger, but recently more than ever. If you had the power to change anything in this industry, what would it be?
I think I haven’t been able to observe it for long enough, before 2020 I was a raver who enjoyed every party beginning to end , since I started playing many things have changed from my perspective for sure. If I had the power to change something - please lets move back to 2019 and lets start over , I think in last three years from what I could observe the shift is drastic, I would change many many things.
If you could open a gig for any artist, who would it be and why?
This is my favourite question. As many might know I am huge fan of Volt London collective , this party plays a significant role in my life, journey and a DJ development if I can describe it this way. Volt holds great qualities I have adored since first party I attended back in 2019, so yes opening for their party was definitely dream come true , and as per artist it was Arnaud Le Texier which I managed now twice, truly honoured . Another two people I would love to open
for would be Dasha Rush and Luke Slater, and why them - because I respect those two artist very dearly and it would be an honour to share line up with them and open up for them. Of course , there is a list of names I could add, but those mentioned are my top ones.
Do you like doing B2B or prefer to play alone? Why?
Im glad I took some time, and now can answer the question, I had my first b2b live back in November. I’ve played many b2b hours long sessions at home with different people , and always loved it, I believe b2b is a beneficial source of information. However, live, I prefer playing solo. B2B can be tricky even though you can practice before hand or exchange tracklists , things change right, today Im not the same person I was yesterday, and I generally like to get my folders packed with tracks of different taste so at the spot I can choose what feels right and / or follow response from the crowd, with b2b it could be tricky in a way you try to go one way but your second half goes another way , so in this case you need to follow your
b2b partner and the crowd , now how to accommodate all this information, because two brains can judge what’s right very differently. I heard many amazing b2b’s in the past , but as per personal preference , definitely solo.
Tell me a bit about your mix. What can we expect from it?
This particular mix is the usual sound of mine , followed my inner taste of deep, hypnotic and bleeping sounds , darker and heavier kicks. Podcasts give me a bit of space to sometimes throw in track/s that we wouldn’t normally play at the party, and so this one cannot be an exception, as I say , there is always the one . You will know exactly which track it is in this podcast :) .
Favourite non electronic music genre?
Non electronic music genre, hmmmm . All i like is electronic- techno, broken beat, dark ambient. There isnt much else i listen to really .
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