Alexkid for Protisedi + mix

You have been involved with Laurent Garnier and F Comm for a long time. On F Comm you have released your debut album Playground. However F Comm stopped releasing music in 2008. Was it a sad moment for you and was it hard to find another label to work with?

It wasn't exactly a sad moment , I knew it was going to happen , and in my humble opinion, they should have stopped before . At the end they were lacking a bit of perspective and motivation. A lot of thing influenced this. Of course, there was part of a comfort I had which disappeared with Fcom, but I like challenge , and changes too. so somehow it was pretty motivating. I managed to "score" EPs in labels I really wanted to release on , like Cadenza, Rekids, NRK , FreeRange, and now Desolat. That would have been impossible with Fcom. They were pretty unhappy when I once released with Ovum.

Little while ago you have released Shesgottoleave EP on Jimpsters Freerange records. There is a track called Class of 95, song that brings back a lot of memories on the early nineties. Why are these simple analogue patterns coming back? Is it because these old revers like old school sounds or is it because nineties were the best times for house music?

Nineties were NOT the best times for house music, there's good things now, and in the 2000's , and I love house from the 80's… there's always been good things - and a lot of baaad things - over the decades. I think simple patterns come back , just because dance music is about a groove, it has a physical appeal , and a simple beat can be very difficult to make, if you really want to make it right. I mean a real good beat. Like Africa bambaata says "Looking for the perfect beat" :) We keep on trying , even if it is a variation of something already done… At some point people realized that a guy with a 909 and one synth could put more soul in a track than the overproduced tracks that we've been hearing for a while.

You have been remixing quite a lot. But isn’t the Freerange EP some kind of teaser for your new album? Since Dub & Echo tales on Cadenza passed 3 years already.

I've been remixing a lot, and when I mean a lot , it is a lot, releasing some ep's , doing collabs, travelling also intensively , and the problem is that I've had many difficulties in saying no to remixing people I knew. But now I only have a couple to finish , and it will be a hard NO, I need to make music for myself. It's been much too long since I really released a proper album.

You have remixed my favorite George Michael. Was this in important step in your career? Was it financially an interesting project or is it more to do with prestige? How many other pop music remix requests you have received after that?

Well, it is always great to have an artist like George Michael asking for a remix. very surprising in fact … I love this kind of situations… "What??? George Michael knows about my music? reaaaally? he knows I exist???" hahahaha … it is quite random I admit.

You have a saying “Sleep is for the weak“ which is quite funny. Tell us how many hours per week you spend in bed. Should we even book a hotel room for you while you in Prague??

Yes you should book a hotel! On the following day I will be playing in Odessa and the party last 24 hours… I will definitely play at least 8 hours… os I will need some sleep :)
I usually sleep about 5/7 hours max a night during the week, and on weekends maybe 3/4 per night… and somehow I can deal with it. I don't know how, because I know it isn't much… I think it is just a habit. If I could sleep even less, I think I'd do it ! I'm not very interested in sleeping , though , of course I need a little bit of it , and I also I enjoy it when I finally fall asleep :)

What do you do against the grayness in this world?
Sooooo… My daughter keeps my life colourful , and I show her how to dream.

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