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Deepchild
27 June 2008 15:04:06
 DEEPCHILD
Deepchild is a traditional king of electronic music. With a knack for hooking up with well-connected people, he has produced tracks that have been picked-up all over the place by some of the Europe's biggest labels. We sat down to chat with him about touring partners, fluid beasts and performing with Booka Shade.
Pulse Radio: DJ or Producer, which do you see yourself as and why?
Deepchild: Neither, and both really! Electronic music is a strange and fluid beast, which is why I love it. Producers and DJs are, at best, as much about filtering and compiling information (tunes, beats, sounds) in a way that makes contextual sense, as creators. In that way, I'm really just a filter.
In terms of pragmatics of process, both DJing and performing live are fascinating to me ' I come from a more traditional improvised jazz training, so the immediacy of playing live and generating sequences and ideas is of great interest to me. I want my DJing to serve my production, and vice-versa ' in this way, it's pretty important for me to cultivate a love of both aspects of creation. The egoistic part of me would love to be self-reliant as 'just a producer', but I don't think that this attitude serves the dance floor or the music best.
PR: How did your new track, Donut Hound get picked up by OM records?
DC: I have much to thank Jamie Stevens [front-man of Infusion], for. I originally gave the track to him for 12' release on his new label [Dieb], and he immediately managed to have it picked up by Hipp-E, who's just remixed another one of my tracks, and picked up Donut Hound for [Om]. Jamie seems not only to be super-connected, but insanely talented and forward looking. Donut Hound is due out with a couple of remixes on Wax for [Dieb] in the coming months.
PR: What was it like touring with Booka Shade?
DC: I've known those guys for a few years. I've had the pleasure of doing a remix of their tune, In White Rooms for Get Physical a year or so ago. The recent support slot for them at the Gaelic Club was requested personally by them. They are gentlemen and real music lovers; I have the Get Physical family to thank for taking care of me in Berlin for some years now. They are friends and family to me.
PR: You're about to head off to the UK ' what's happening over there?
DC: I'm basing myself in Edinburgh, Scotland, for 6 months with my partner Michelle. She works in the 'upper' end of the arts-world, co-ordinating and marketing for festivals like the Sydney and Edinburgh Festivals. It's the first year I'll actually be trailing her around the world, rather than vice-versa!
My European agent is based in Berlin, so I'm expecting to be back there a bit as well. I've already started to confirm some shows in Saarbruecken (Germany), Manchester and Leeds for the coming months, with things heating up a little more over the Euro summer months, as always.
DC: How important was your radio show Sunsets on FBi to you?
DC: Monday Sunset is a highlight of my musical world in this country. I really can't overstate that enough. I've been involved in community radio for over ten years solid now ' firstly at 2SER in the formative years of Australian electronica and now on Fbi radio for around 3 years.
It's continually inspiring to be involved with such a young, professional, enthusiastic crew of people. Eye-opening, as well, to see the evolution of 'underground' and 'indie' music in general. Community radio is an important hub for the arts community, particularly for music. I'm just so honoured to have been involved.
DC: In terms of Remixes ' what have you been up to?
DC: I've been focussed, primarily, on finishing off my new album, Departure/Droid_Musik for Future Classic, so I've been fending off remix requests for the coming months. I certainly owe quite a few to those who've remixed me in the last bit. I have remixes for Deepchild stuff due in the next three months.
PR:' You're going to be mixing Pulse Radio Podcasts, what can we expect?
DC: Bumpy, bouncy, warm and organic tech, most likely. A couple of new secret DC joints, and a tongue planted somewhere in a minimal cheek. Perhaps even a divergence into some newer M_Nus stuff. I tend to lean towards the warmer, more swingin' side of so-called 'minimal' ' what I like to call 'droid music' or 'jackin' IDM'!
PR: What are your 3 most played Australian releases? Why?
DC: Pnau ' Sambanova: Still, a real gem of an album, released at such a perfect time in Australia. Warm, pumpy left-field deep-house and downbeat flavours.
Stick Figures - Low Self Esteem: An album which should have rightly received way more promo and coverage than it has. Another album that deserves repeated listening. An immaculately producer and broad-spectrum of deep, jackin' goodness from one of Australia's most fantastic live PA's.
Cinder - The Dirty Three: Ok - it's not techno or anything close, but it is a slice of wider Australian music culture that's been so emotive and enjoyable to experience.
With shows lined up across Europe for the summer and a string of secret remixes due for release, Deepchild is set to be one busy man.
Nastasia Campanella
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