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Interview and Exclusive mix: Patrick Zigon

Interview and Exclusive mix: Patrick Zigon

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DATE : Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:04:02 -0600
Entered in Database : 2008-06-17 18:04:02
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FWD.dj is proud to present a fresh and well blended exclusive mix and interview with internationally acclaimed super producer Patrick Zigon. Patrick has released music on (inhale for enough breath) Treibstoff, Kling Klong, Great Stuff, Traum, Cocoon, Trapez ltd, Puzzle Traxx, Meerestief, Electribe, Session Deluxe, Tanzbar, and many more. Patrick also sports a feisty globehopping DJ schedule and has his own club night/residency “Traumraum” (translation: Dreamroom) @ climax in Stuttgart and @ beatbox in Konstanz (Germany). www.patrickzigon.com & www.myspace.com/patrickzigon 1. Why did you choose a career in electronic music? Will you tell us the back story behind your love for EDM? In mychildhood I really liked the early dance and synthetic music. In 1993 I went to my first Techno parties in the legendary Grodoonia Club in Zurich. Switzerland had a very strong underground scene that time. I was totally fascinated with what I discovered in electronic music, and I proceeded to party hard every weekend. I quickly realized that simply partying would not be sufficient for me. In 1996 I bought my first turntables and started to play in small clubs...I really got completely addicted! I had always planned to produce my own music. In 1998 started producing with my computer at my home studio, and since 2000 it’s been sole my profession, and I love to produce every single day! 2. When people leave a Traumraum night what do you want them to just have experienced? Are you trying to cultivate a specific feeling with those shows? The Slogan of Traumraum is: Electronic Music without borders! This is exactly what I try to give to the party goers. One night you’ll get dirty and dark Techno-Music... and the next you’ll get deep soulful House, or everything may be combined in a single evening! Depends on the club, the guest-dj, and our inspiration in the moment. The people should come to our night without any specific expectations; the only desire should be good electronic music! Due to the hype of the modern scene it can be really hard to keep the people open minded, but I think we are doing a great job at it! 3. You have very smooth sounding tracks! What do you recommend for mastering and EQing for producers out there? Well, firstly thanks for the compliment! It’s important to keep your production sounding clean right from the beginning so in the long run it’s easier to do the final mix-down. Nevertheless, I mostly spend one day per track just EQing everything to give every element its own space in the mix. Post production – Mastering is the most important thing aside from the initial production … maybe even just as important!? It’s really easy to screw up the mastering... after mastering a well produced track can sound like crap, and a poorly produced track can sound great, depends on the person who does the mastering! I leave my mastering to a very good friend of mine, in my opinion one of the best mastering guys on the planet, Baggy Bukaddor, well known for his productions on Traum and MBF, he’s a real pro!! Good thing about him is that he keeps the original sound, he only blows up the track, and gives it a great warm feeling… fantastic job every time! 4.What software/hardware/sample packs do you recommend? I work with Apple so i’m really happy to use Logic Studio and the Bundles from Native Instruments. Great Software with thousands of possibilities! 5. What process do you go through when you make music? Do you come up with a concept first, drums first, work on multiple tracks simultaneously? Oh, it depends. I think I have started tracks with every possible strategy at some point. With a concept, without a concept, with a melody first, or with some drumming.... but generally I’d say I prefer to start with some grooves and drums. One thing is really important for me: once I started to produce a track, I have to finish it before I start with another one. Otherwise I’d take the idea from one track into another. 6. Who are your favorite producers? Hmmm... difficult question! I have loads of favorite producers. If I listed them all I would need another two sheets of paper! 7. Are you ever planning on creating your own record label? If so, will it maintain the Traumraum concept? Yeah sure, one day, but a label is really a lot of work, more than ever in these days with the whole digital revolution! I’m currently completely focused on my studio production! But if I do start my own label it will definitely maintain the Traumraum concept! 8. Are there any elements of the modern scene or the minimal scene that you think could stand to change? I’m really happy with the modern electronic scene! Loads of talented people, new clubs and festivals every year and the best thing: nearly everybody is playing good music! But there are also things I’m not totally happy about. Producing music is becoming easier every day, so there’s also a lot of crappy music around. Releasing this music is a breeze via the digital labels… so we now have an Electronic Music Overkill!! I get about 10-20 mp3 promo mails everyday… and that’s too much. In my opinion, music is much more valuable when it’s on vinyl, even though I’ve used traktor scrach for about three years! Also, the Vinyl Sales are faring terribly at the moment. For that precise reason I recently ordered my first vinyl in three years!! Playing digital is awesome, but it’s a very enjoyable feeling to hold your own record in your hand… even after 10 years producing!! So I hope I’ll still get my vinyls in 10 Years! Best thing is to combine vinyl & digital! 9. What does the rest of 2008 hold for Patrick Zigon? At the moment I’m building a new studio. Really looking forward to finishing it and then starting to work on my debut-album and my live-set. Apart from this I have loads of great gigs in different countries, which I’m excited to go see! 10. Do you have any comments to the listeners regarding your fwd mix? Electronic music without borders ;) Cheerio! Tracklist: 01. Andreas Sartori – Pendant [Persona] 02. Rene Breitbarth – Le Rhytme Korg [Dessous] 03. Roberto Rodriguez – Ride With Me (Dub) [Compost] 04. Brauns, Gruber & Nürnberg – Our Feeling [Lorna] 05. Jost & Klemann – CC01 (Detroit) [Dial] 06. Chic Miniature – Escandalo [Crosstown Rebels] 07. DJ Emerson – Truckvolume (Abnormal Boyz Remix) [Micro.fon] 08. Hugo – The Siren [Tuning Spork] 09. Phage & Daniel Dreier – Korgi-Morgi [Highgrade] 10. Marco Carola – Sensation [Plus 8] 11. Leif – Squally Showers (Polder Remix) – [Fear of Flying] 12. Christian Burkhardt – Sweater [Raum...Musik] 13. Patrick Zigon – Worumm [Sounderground] 14. Echonomist – Transposition (And.Id Remix) [Two Faces] 15. Ynnad Zeugnimod – No Name [Arcobaleno] 16. Homm & Popoviciu – Ekutok [Freunde]