35,000 go mad in Belgium! Boys Noize and Cassius check in…
I Love Techno 2011 is coming! This year artists including Boys Noize, Carl Craig presents 69 Live, Laurent Garnier presents LBS, Cassius, Brodinski, Gesaffelstein, Crookers, Paul Kalkbrenner, Katy B, Chase and Status, Nero, Skream & Benga, Len Faki, Feed Me, Drop The Lime and many, many more will be performing for 35,000 people at the indoor festival, Flanders Expo, Belgium. Since its birth in 1995, I Love Techno has become one of the most exciting electronic music festivals in Europe, delivering only quality music and performance every year. This year is no exception, with musical styles ranging from Techno to Dubstep, there is something for every electronic music lover at I Love Techno 2011. Kim Booth speaks to two of the star attractions…
BOYS NOISE
What are you doing at I Love Techno this year?
“Playing records with our hands.”
Who else on the line-up are you looking forward to seeing?
“Nero, The Subs, Brodinski, Gesafelstein and Skream to name but a few…”
What is your favourite ever techno track?
“‘Pull Over’ by Speedy J and ‘Strings of Life’ by Derrick May.”
Do you sometimes just want be someone who is standing in the audience partying instead of playing on stage?
“Not since I turned 61.”
What do you love about the I Love Techno festival? How does it compare to other festivals?
“The last time I played they gave me some ‘I Love Techno’ underwear that I still wear today. It gave a little idea of how those men know how to party?
Your best I Love Techno memory?
“Hopefully in December I will answer you “our set last month”.
What is your big track at the moment?
“‘You Think You Think’ by Sneakers.”
What’s the latest coming out from you release wise…?
“Lately, ‘L’Aventura’ D’Antonionni and lot’s of Ostgut Ton releases…”
What does techno mean to you…
“The music of resistance. Like blues, hip hop, free jazz and punk rock.”
Boys Noize will perform in the Yellow Room, alongside The Subs (Live), Crookers, Fake Blood (Live), Proxy (Live), Canblaster and Raving George.
CASSIUS
For this year’s official ‘I Love Techno’ mix CD, Cassius are in the hotseat – the first compilation mix Cassius have ever done. In a career that has delivered classics ‘1999’, ‘La Mouche’, ‘Feeling For You’and ‘The Sound Of Violence’, this excellent mix CD contains tracks from DJ Mehdi, Boys Noize, Zinc, Mickey Moonlight and many more.
Did asking to do this techno mix come as a bit of a surprise? You are not normally associated with techno…
“For sure. When Stefaan “Dr. Lektroluv” called us to ask if we would be up to mix the next I Love Techno CD we have to admit that we were super proud and very happy. We’ve played I Love Techno twice in the past and loved it each time. Also to be truly honest, we both really love techno music.”
So how did the mix go, this being your first compilation and all…
“After numerous hickups due to our hectic and messy way of working, way of mixing, and some mono vs stereo problems, we finally recorded this mix in Ibiza in a straight old-school “live and direct” mode with Boombass hitting his faithful MPC sampler and myself in front of our beloved “3 turntables and a mixer” setup.”
What can you tell us about the mix?
“This mix is direct, it’s a no-brainer, there’s no strategy, it’s nothing but us digging in our record crate without preparation, to keep the ultimate risky improvisation feeling that we always preferred above everything. Basically it was recorded in one take, that we only had to edit to take some time off, as we’re so old-school we don’t even have a watch.
We dedicate this mix to our brother DJ Mehdi, the sun child who left us for another world. We love you bro and we miss you so much.”
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