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Plugin Podcast 13 with Soul Minority PLUG iN ZINE's Podcast
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Artist Name: Soul Minority Web: http://www.soulminority.com
Biography: Soul Minority is a musician and dj based in Barcelona, Spain.
Soul Minority started production back in 2008 and after several well received remixes, he delivered his first EP on Pack up and Dance, an instant hit on the new deep house scene: “A soul thing” was number one in the Beatport charts for 6 consecutive weeks and was acclaimed by techno and house dj’s around the world. Releasing his second EP, “I Remember House” in May 2009, it was no surprise to see that shoot straight in at #2 on the Beatport top 100 charts. Since then, Soul Minority’s production work has graced labels such as Kolour Recordings (USA), Tsuba (UK), Dirt Crew (Ger), Raw Cutz (Spain), Dark Energy (UK), Night drive Music (Ger), i!Records (USA), always maintaining his fresh deep sound.
01. What are your musical influences? Well, it's a pretty difficult question, I've got loads of influence. I'm a huge music collector, I've got lots of records from different genres, 60's and 70's rock, soul, funk, blues, disco, reggae, 90's house and techno, and i think all those records are my musical background and are influencing me when I'm making my own music. 02. Where did you have your best performance? There is no particular place, if the club is full of people who are here for the music and really into it, I'll give them my best performance. They provide the energy, I'll give them the good vibe. 03. What device do you prefer to use in your live and studio set up? In both situations, it has to be Ableton Live. I started using it years ago, I was using version 2 alongside cubase at that time, and it has evolved so much since then, it is now my main sequencer of choice. I use it for all my music production. It's so easy to work fast with it, it's a very intuitive and clever software. I could't live without it… 04. What are your favorite records label? Like the first question, hard to decide, but here's 5 house music labels I really like, in no particular order. - Cajual/Relief - Freerange - planet e - KDJ - Guidance 05. What you love and what you hate in dj’s life? I love meeting new people and sharing a good time with them. I love visiting new places, and of course playing good music. I love being on a plane, but I hate all the stress that flying involves nowadays. I hate waiting for hours in boring airports. I hate stressful security controls, bad customer services, luggage restrictions and all that crap. Flying used to be a pleasant moment, not anymore. 06. What do you do in your life besides producing and dj'ing? Producing and dj'ing, Full time :-) 07. In your opinion how would electronic music change in the next 10 years? In music everything goes full circle, so in ten years time, we should be back where we are now, but slightly different. 08. What are your plans for the future? I'll release my debut album "Slove", on Kolour Recordings. Apart from that I've got some 12'' nearly ready that will be out in August and September, and some remixes for various labels. 09. What would you suggest to a beginner dj? Be yourself, practice a lot, start producing, this is how you'll get gigs. Start your own party if nobody wants to book you. Be patient and don't give up. If you are passionate and consistent, your efforts will pay one day.
Artist Name: Soul Minority Web: http://www.soulminority.com
Biography: Soul Minority is a musician and dj based in Barcelona, Spain.
Soul Minority started production back in 2008 and after several well received remixes, he delivered his first EP on Pack up and Dance, an instant hit on the new deep house scene: “A soul thing” was number one in the Beatport charts for 6 consecutive weeks and was acclaimed by techno and house dj’s around the world. Releasing his second EP, “I Remember House” in May 2009, it was no surprise to see that shoot straight in at #2 on the Beatport top 100 charts. Since then, Soul Minority’s production work has graced labels such as Kolour Recordings (USA), Tsuba (UK), Dirt Crew (Ger), Raw Cutz (Spain), Dark Energy (UK), Night drive Music (Ger), i!Records (USA), always maintaining his fresh deep sound.
01. What are your musical influences? Well, it's a pretty difficult question, I've got loads of influence. I'm a huge music collector, I've got lots of records from different genres, 60's and 70's rock, soul, funk, blues, disco, reggae, 90's house and techno, and i think all those records are my musical background and are influencing me when I'm making my own music. 02. Where did you have your best performance? There is no particular place, if the club is full of people who are here for the music and really into it, I'll give them my best performance. They provide the energy, I'll give them the good vibe. 03. What device do you prefer to use in your live and studio set up? In both situations, it has to be Ableton Live. I started using it years ago, I was using version 2 alongside cubase at that time, and it has evolved so much since then, it is now my main sequencer of choice. I use it for all my music production. It's so easy to work fast with it, it's a very intuitive and clever software. I could't live without it… 04. What are your favorite records label? Like the first question, hard to decide, but here's 5 house music labels I really like, in no particular order. - Cajual/Relief - Freerange - planet e - KDJ - Guidance 05. What you love and what you hate in dj’s life? I love meeting new people and sharing a good time with them. I love visiting new places, and of course playing good music. I love being on a plane, but I hate all the stress that flying involves nowadays. I hate waiting for hours in boring airports. I hate stressful security controls, bad customer services, luggage restrictions and all that crap. Flying used to be a pleasant moment, not anymore. 06. What do you do in your life besides producing and dj'ing? Producing and dj'ing, Full time :-) 07. In your opinion how would electronic music change in the next 10 years? In music everything goes full circle, so in ten years time, we should be back where we are now, but slightly different. 08. What are your plans for the future? I'll release my debut album "Slove", on Kolour Recordings. Apart from that I've got some 12'' nearly ready that will be out in August and September, and some remixes for various labels. 09. What would you suggest to a beginner dj? Be yourself, practice a lot, start producing, this is how you'll get gigs. Start your own party if nobody wants to book you. Be patient and don't give up. If you are passionate and consistent, your efforts will pay one day.
1h 2 min