‘Trust’ – Summer is here…
A big summer anthem swinging our way at the end of July, Detroit’s Seth Troxler on board for ‘Trust’ out on Souvenir. Ali, talk us through the new tune…
“It was a spontaneous idea in Miami this year to ask Seth if he’d be up for a collaboration – and here’s the result – the spur of a moment booty shakin´ raw energy – welcome to ‘Trust’.”
Ali and Basti – two of the most famous brothers in dance – Ali, how did this amazing journey begin – at what stage of your young career’s did you decide music was where you wanted to be heading?
“I was running two clubs (on-u, red dog) from 1990-1997 in Stuttgart, which was the place where it all began. Besides running the places, Basti and myself were also the resident DJs. One day we started to tag-team – and we loved it, so we founded Tiefschwarz in 1995 and started to produce our own music.”
What albums/musicians did you both grow up to listening to – whowere your influences?
“Basti was all over Rock and Punk – Dead Kennedy’s etc. Me? Pop, Rock, pop, ABC, Davis Bowie, Prince etc.”
You hail from Stuttgart, what is the club scene like there andwhich city’s in Germany are the current cool places to go clubbing, you have residencies for instance in Berlin at Watergate and RobertJohnson in Frankfurt…?
“Easy one to answer. We have been living in Berlin for eight years now. Berlin is the night capital of the world right now.”
Your sound has developed over the years, the name Tiefschwarz I believe means ‘deep black’ in German, a combination of your surname and you’re once upon a time, love of Deep House. These days however your DJing style encompasses a much more dirty, Electro House vibe – what artists are you bigging up in the Deep House circles and your current top 10 tunes you are playing today?
“Back then, all of the Masters At Work records and the whole Nu Groove catalogue.
Now…
Tiefschwarz feat. Seth Troxler ‘Trust’ on Souvenir
Sante ‘Dambala’ on Souvenir
Tim Green ‘Kitch-In’ on Cocoon
Cesar Merveille & Pablo Cahn-Speyer ‘Tribute’ on Cadenza
Onno ‘Masterdam’ Upon You
Noze ‘Encore’ on Circus Company
DJ T ‘Bateria’ (DOP remix’ on Get Physical
DJ Koze ‘Mr Bojangles’ on Circus Company
Audiofly ‘Sweeter Than’ (Tiefschwarz remix) on Supernature
Toni Lionni ‘Found a Place on Ostgut Ton
You have rocked dance floors all over the world – from Ibiza to Miami to London to Sydney…what have been your favourite clubs you have played at over the years and which city has the craziest clubbers?
“Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, Watergate in Berlin, D Edge in Sao Paulo, Womb in Tokyo,Fabric in London, Space and ‘Cocoon’ in Ibiza. Right now, the craziest people are definitely in Berlin – obviously.”
If you could choose any artist dead or alive to record a track with, who would you pick?
“Björk”
An incredible discography of personal singles, albums andcompilations – what single piece of work are you most proudest of?
“Hard to say – the most successful one was definitely our remix for Spectrum.”
You have remixed the likes of Miss Elliott, Madonna, Fischerspooner, Kellis, Jam & Spoon, Freeform Five, Depeche Mode, Groove Armada, The Rapture, M.A.N.D.Y. and Masters At Work – again, what are you most proudest of, what tune did you really re-work and improve the original?
“Almost all remixes are totally re-worked. A good example is our remix for Phonique “Red Dress”.
Your previous EP ‘Simple Maybe’ released on Souvenir a couple of months ago gained some big props from the likes of DJs such as Pete Tong and Sven Vath -what DJs out there do you rate at the moment?
“Reboot, Luciano, Tim Green – just to name a few. There are so many good ones out there at the moment.
So ‘Trust’, you found your new production partner at The Winter Music Conference, Seth – what does he bring to the Tiefscwarz table that you hadn’t had before?
“Seth is a character – funny, great voice and really talented.”
What is coming next from you boys production wise?
“We’re working our next album and we’ve just done did several remixes for Riz MC, Audiofly, Fuse (Richie Hawtin), Audion and Daniel Steinberg.”
What is the best festival you have ever played at?
“Love Family Park which is near Frankfurt”
The new single is tipped to be one of the anthems of the Summer inIbiza, what do you think has been the best anthem so far on the whiteisle?
“Tim Green’s – ‘Kitch-In’ on Cocoon.”
