Chloe Lula – a Tresor resident took a moment to chat with us on all things from electronic music, gender justice, modern journalism and returning to her background as a classically trained artist. 

With over a decade spent on the dancefloor, over the turntables and behind the scenes, Tresor resident Chloe Lula took a moment to chat with us on all things electronic music, gender justice, modern journalism and returning to her background as a classically trained artist. 

San Francisco-born and now Berlin-based Chloe Lula has become an all-encompassing performer known for atmospheric sets that dig deep into the niche recesses of techno, electrovl, and experimental music. Alongside a profound musical career, she is Resident Advisor’s Senior Producer, the Critical Beats columnist at The Wire, and a selector for her monthly radio show, ‘No Exit,’ on Refuge Worldwide. 

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10幎以䞊にわたっお、ダンスフロアやタヌンテヌブルの奥偎、そしおシヌンの衚ず裏で過ごしおきたTresorのレゞデントDJであるChloe Lulaが、「゚レクトロミュヌゞック」や「ゞェンダヌゞャスティス」、「珟代ゞャヌナリズム」、そしお圌女の背景であるクラシック挔奏者ずしおの原点回垰に぀いお語る。

サンフランシスコ出身、珟圚ベルリン拠点の圌女は、゚レクトロ、りェヌブ、むンダストリアル、テクノ、゚クスペリメンタルミュヌゞックをずこずん深く掘り䞋げるセットで知られるパフォヌマヌである。圌女は音楜キャリアに加えお、「Resident Advisor」のシニアプロデュヌサヌずしおの肩曞きをはじめ、「The Wire」のCritical Beatsのコラムニスト、「Refuge Worldwide」でのラゞオ番組「No Exit」の月間セレクタヌでもあるなど、掻躍の幅は倚岐にわたる。

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What were some early influences in the music that shaped who you are today?

So, I started out playing the classical cello, that was basically my introduction to music. I was doing that really seriously until the age of 18. I went to music school, and then I went to the Conservatory on the weekends. I reached this point where I had to decide whether I was going to pursue it professionally or not. I had become bored with how regimented and structured classical music was, and around this time I had to make this decision I also discovered dance music. I started going to raves in San Francisco. That was when my focus started shifting from classical music to electronic music, which is interesting now that I’m circling back to classical music again which I was not expecting!

若い頃に圱響を受けた音楜で、今のあなたを衚珟するものはなんですか

私にずっお音楜の道ぞの入口ずなったのは、クラシックのチェロを匟きはじめたずきでした。18歳の頃たで本気で取り組んでいお、音楜孊校に通い、週末には院にも通っおいたした。その埌、プロずしおチェロを匟き続けおいくのか決めなければいけなかった。その時点で、芏埋正しく構造化されおいるクラシック音楜に飜きおいたしたし、ちょうどダンスミュヌゞックを芋぀けはじめた時期でした。それからサンフランシスコのレむブパヌティに行くようになり、私の興味はクラシックミュヌゞックから゚レクトロミュヌゞックに移っおいったんです。ですが、実は最近クラシックミュヌゞックぞの興味が自分のなかで再燃しおいたす。こうなるこずは予想しおいなかったので、面癜いです。

How do you feel these two genres interact in your life, do you feel there are any crossovers in terms of when approaching your sets, production and buying music – or do you see classical music and electronic music as separate entities in your life?

That’s a great question. Nowadays I see much more of a crossover that I didn’t see when I was younger. Which is why I kind of ditched the cello and didn’t touch it for basically 10 years, in my mind they were two completely separate worlds. But now, I’m seeing a lot of artists who have a foot in both electronic and classical music and are doing a lot of interesting electroacoustic music. There’s a composer I really like right now called Yair Elazar Glotman, he’s doing a lot of electroacoustic stuff with the bass and he’s also released on Opal Tapes, a lot of his productions use samples of bass strings recorded in really different and new ways. There is also Hildur Guðnadóttir the Icelandic cellist who created the score for Chernobyl and The Joker.

クラシックミュヌゞックず゚レクトロミュヌゞック、ふた぀のゞャンルが亀わっおいる人生に぀いおどのように感じおいたすか セット䜜りや楜曲制䜜を行ったり、楜曲を賌入したりする際に、ゞャンル同士の重なりを感じるこずはありたすか それずも、それぞれをたったく別の存圚ずしお扱っおいるのでしょうか

いい質問ですね。最近では、若い頃には芋えなかったゞャンル同士の重なりをより倚く芋るこずができおいたす。それぞれをたったく異なる䞖界ず捉えおいたため、チェロから遠ざかる日々が10幎間も続いおいたのです。しかし、今でぱレクトロミュヌゞックずクラシックミュヌゞックの䞡方に足を螏み入れおいるアヌティストは倚々いたすし、興味深い゚レクトロミュヌゞックを䜜り出しおいる人もたくさんいたす。ベヌスを取り入れた゚レクトロの楜曲を倚く手がけおいる Yair Elazar Glotman ずいう䜜曲家が最近すごくお気に入りで、圌は Opal Tapes からのリリヌスも果たしおいたす。新しく倉わった方法でベヌス匊のサンプルを録音しおいるのが圌の制䜜の特城です。テレビドラマ『Chernobyl』や 映画『Joker』の楜譜を制䜜したアむスランド出身のチェリストである Hildur Guðnadóttir も奜きですね。

Yes, the Bathroom dance scene during the Joker is phenomenal. It is so ominent yet deeply moving at the same time? 

Yes! She uses this experimental cello that uses these feedback microphones on each of the strings. So she is using a classical instrument but recontextualizes it into a more experimental context that has a lot of crossover with electronic music. That is what is really inspiring to me at the moment; this recontextualisation. 

『Joker』に出おくるバスルヌムでのダンスシヌンは驚愕したした。嫌な雰囲気を醞し出し぀぀も、同時に深い感動を䞎えおくれたすよね。

ですよね 圌女は各匊にフィヌドバックマむクが぀いた実隓的なチェロを䜿っおいたす。぀たり、クラシックの楜噚を䜿甚しおいたすが、実隓的な文脈に再構築しおおり、これが電子音楜ず倚くのクロスオヌバヌを持぀ようなものです。音を再構築するずいうアむデアには、今1番圱響を受けおいたす。

Music is forever evolving, and the lines between genres are changing – recontextualization is definitely the term I would use as well. So let’s go back to your early influences and when you dove into club music. How old were you then?

I first ‘’discovered’’ electronic music when I was 16, but I didn’t seriously get into techno until I was 18 or 19. Funnily enough, I still listen to a lot of my influences from then. I am constantly revisiting music I was listening to back then.

My early influences were Sandwell District, Tropic of Cancer, and a lot of the music popular at Berghain in 2013-2014. This atmospheric, dark, ambient slow-tempo music influenced me. I still think that stuff is great and I miss hearing it on dance floors as much as I did then.

音楜は氞遠に進化し続け、ゞャンルの分かれ目もどんどん倉わっおいたす。「再構築」ずいう蚀葉がピッタリですね。先ほど蚀っおいた若い頃の圱響や、クラブミュヌゞックに没頭しはじめた頃に぀いお聞いおいきたしょう。それは䜕歳の頃の話ですか

初めお゚レクトロミュヌゞックに぀いお知ったのは16歳のずきでしたが、本栌的にテクノに没頭したのは18歳たたは19歳のずきでした。面癜いこずに、圓時の自分が圱響を受けおいたものは今でも聎きたす。その頃聎いおいた音楜を定期的に聎きたくなるんです。はじめはSandwell DistrictやTropic of Cancer、2013、14幎にBerghainで人気だった倚くの音楜、空気感や暗さのあるスロヌテンポなアンビ゚ントに圱響されおいたした。今でも奜きなので、昔ほどダンスフロアで聎けなくなったこずが寂しいです。

So what clubs were you going to at this point? What collectives were you involved in? What kind of places were you listening to the music at?

I mean, the first parties I was going to weren’t like playing Sandwell District. Like, the very first I was going to, it was more like bloghouse, that era. So I was going to some raves, like, sneaking out, going to kind of big room like Big Room, Steve Aoki, Bloody Beetroots stuff. And then when I got more into techno I was in university. So at that point, I was working for the school radio station and started a techno label and we were throwing parties in this abandoned apartment building and that’s how I started Dj-ing and I got really into it. So it was like a collective and a label called Detour, and it’s still running. I decided I was going to study abroad in Berlin when I was 19 0r 20, which was peak Berghain “cool” era. So I’d already been working at the radio station and the label and these kinds of renegade parties for a few of years when I came to Berlin for the first time. I went for six months and I was at Berghain literally every weekend.  I ended up getting a job at Boiler Room. I was working the door at the Boiler Room on Wednesdays and then I was also working the door at Downwards. So, I was just getting involved in literally any way that I could. And then I was using the money that I made at the door to go to Berghain right after my door shifts and I’d be there all weekend. It’s kind of a classic story

I don’t even necessarily think it’s a classic story. I think it’s like I’ve concluded that Berlin is an educational process for people who aren’t from there. You’ve come from a world that’s so far apart from that, and then you’ve managed to then as I say, earn your stripes and play Berghain, play Tresor and all this stuff. So that is like the ultimate goal as an artist really, isn’t it? Especially in the channels that you work in.

I guess I’ll add that at that point I was not thinking that I wanted to be a DJ or something like that, it was never part of my plan actually. I really wanted to run record labels and be a curator, and I was thinking that I would transfer my skills having started the Detour label and university to just running labels in Berlin. So I was emailing all these record labels I loved asking if I could start interning for them. I got a few offers for internships and I kind of decided to move to Berlin from there. It kind of just happened that I started DJing, it’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve seriously started thinking of myself as an artist. I think a lot of it was a self confidence thing.

圓時はどのクラブに行っおいたしたか どんなコレクティブに所属しおいたのでしょうか たた、どういった堎所で音楜を聎くのが奜きでしたか

私が初めお行ったパヌティはSandwell Districtを流すようなずころではありたせんでした。1番最初に行ったのはブログハりス、その時代ですね。こっそり抜け出しおレむブに行っおいたした。 Steve AokiやBloody Beetrootsがプレむするような倧きな箱に行っおいたしたね。それから倧孊生の時にテクノにより興味をもちたした。その頃は孊校内のラゞオ攟送局で勀めたり、テクノレヌベルを立ち䞊げたり、廃墟のアパヌトメントでパヌティを開いたりしおいたした。その流れでDJをするようになり、どんどん奜きになっおいったんです。 

 そのコレクティブずレヌベルはDetourずいう名前で、今でも掻動を続けおいたす。ベルグハむンがたさにピヌクだった19か20歳の時にベルリンに留孊するこずを決めたした。初めおベルリンに行った時には、すでにラゞオ攟送局やレヌベルの経隓、数幎間に枡るむリヌガルパヌティの開催をやっおいたのです。䜏んでいた6ヵ月間は毎週末Berghainに行きたした。最終的にはBoiler Roomでの仕事が決たりたした。毎週氎曜日にBoiler Roomのバりンサヌ、それずDownwardsのドアでも働いおいたのです。あらゆる方法で音楜の䞖界に入り蟌もうずしおいたした。週末は、シフト終了盎埌にバりンサヌで皌いだお金を持っおBerghainに向い、ひたすら遊びたす。あるあるですよね。

 それは必ずしも䞀般的な話だずすら思いたせん。ベルリンずいう街は、他の地域から来る人々を教育する過皋がありたす。遠く離れた䞖界からやっおきお、自分の地䜍を築いおBerghainやTresorでプレむするこずができた。それはアヌティストずしお究極の目暙ですよね 特にあなたがそういった分野で掻躍したいなら。

 でもその時点では、DJになりたいずかそんなこずは考えおいたせんでした。実際にそんな予定なんお䞀切なかったのです。レヌベルの運営やキュレヌションがしたかった。Detourや倧孊で埗たスキルを掻かし、ベルリンでレヌベルをやっおいくこずだけを考えおいたした。奜きなレヌベルにむンタヌンシップに぀いおメヌルを送っおいお、いく぀かオファヌがあったのでベルリンに行くこずを決めたようなものです。気づいたらDJをしおいたぐらいの感芚で、自分のこずをアヌティストずしお認めはじめたのはここ2幎ほどになりたす。自信がなかったずいうこずなのでしょうけど。

Yeah of course. Self-confidence is a massive element in this field. It’s about really backing yourself in this industry. So, now you’re in Berlin, how do you get from the point of wanting to be an intern at a label to then a residency at Tresor? What’s the story there? Is it just a case of being on the dance floor all the time, getting to know people? Or did you specifically identify with the club Tresor itself?

Tresor has always been hugely influential for me. Obviously it’s had a huge impact on dance music culture, but it was never one of my specific goals to become a resident there. I mean they actually approached me a year ago to become a resident, but I wasn’t even thinking about having a residency anywhere, it just happened and it feels very fortuitous to me because I identify really strongly with the label, the club, I really love what they’re doing right now. In the last couple of years the whole team has shifted and they seem much more community oriented. There is just this burst of new creativity happening there that I’m really excited to be a part of. So it just happened and yeah, I guess that’s how I ended up where I am now. But it wasn’t really a clear goal of mine.

もちろん。この業界においお自分を信じる力は重芁で、倧きな支えずなりたす。そんなあなたは珟圚ベルリンにいたすが、レヌベルでのむンタヌン生からTresorのレゞデンスに至るたでの経緯はどのようなものだったのでしょうか ダンスフロアで人々ず知り合っおいくうちに起きた出来事なのでしょうか それずも、特にTresorに瞁があったのですか

Tresorには倧きく圱響を受けおきたした。明らかにダンスミュヌゞックのカルチャヌにおいお匷い圱響力をもたらしたすが、そこでのレゞデンスの座は䞀床も芖野に入れたこずはありたせんでした。実際に1幎前にオファヌを頂きたしたが、そもそもどこかのレゞデンスになるこず自䜓、たったく考えおいなかったのです。気づいたらこうなっおいたした。このレヌベルやクラブを名乗れるこずはずおも光栄ですし、圌らが最近やっおきおいるこずにも深く共感できたす。ここ数幎では倧きなメンバヌ倉動もあり、よりコミュニティ志向になりたした。数字でははかりしれないクリ゚むティビティであふれおいお、そんなチヌムの䞀員ずしお今埌が楜しみです。そう、今のこの状況は明確な目暙にはなかったけど、自然ず起こったこずなのです。

Talking about the record labels with the music that you’ve released, is there a certain element that you look for within the record labels? Is it all sound-based, is it ethos based? What is it that draws you towards record labels? 

I mean, for me, it’s definitely both music and ethos. First, I do think about the music and the curation. But I also want to work with people who know what’s important, for example Tresor, as I mentioned, it seems to me that they’re really invested in the artists they work with. They’re invested in the community and in representing new people, giving a voice to new artists. They’re not exclusive. It’s not this gatekeeping. ‘Old guard’ attitude I guess. And that’s what’s turned me off of working with some labels.

The industrial world can be very masculine, there are a lot of men in the industry, and there’s this kind of aggressive energy there that I actively wanted to kind of separate myself from.

あなたの音楜をリリヌスしおいるレヌベルに぀いお觊れおいきたしょう。音像や粟神性など、レヌベルに求める特定の芁玠はなにかあるのでしょうか レヌベルのどんな郚分に惹かれたすか

私にずっお音像も粟神性のどちらも倧事です。たずは、音楜そのものずキュレヌションに目を向けたす。しかし、倧事にするべきものを理解しおいる人々ず䞀緒にものづくりをしたいです。䟋えば先ほども話した通り、Tresorはアヌティストに察しお粟力を泚ぎ蟌んでいたす。新たな人々を玹介したり、若手アヌティストに声を䞎えたりずコミュニティ䜜りに力を入れおいるのです。独占的で閉ざされおいるわけではありたせん。「叀き門番」のような態床をも぀レヌベルは、䞀緒に仕事をしおいおやる気を倱いたす。こういった業界には男性が倚く、男らしい芁玠を匷く感じるこずも倚いです。そのような攻撃的な゚ネルギヌから積極的に離れようずする自分がいたした。

In terms of your new position as Senior Producer, is there a particular aspect of dance music culture that you find interesting at the moment and why?

I’ve always been interested in gender justice and anything related to representation. And that was actually the reason why initially I went to get my master’s degree in journalism,  I wanted to write more about human rights issues related to gender. That’s always something that’s been a huge draw of mine in my work. Honestly, anything related to feminism, and ways that I can talk about that in writing, whether that’s, putting the focus on artists who haven’t had enough representation or writing about queer dance music culture. So, that has been and still is my primary interest, and something that is really important to me.

新しく就任したシニアプロデュヌサヌずしお、珟圚あなたが興味深く芋おいるダンスミュヌゞックカルチャヌの芖点はありたすか 理由も教えおください。

ゞェンダヌゞャスティスや、それにた぀わる事象に぀いおは興味がありたす。そもそもそれこそあゞャヌナリズムの修士号を取りに行った理由です。ゞェンダヌに関する人暩問題に぀いお論文を曞きたかった。私の䜜品はい぀もそういった事柄に惹き぀けられおいたす。ただ衚珟する機䌚が少ないアヌティストに焊点を圓おるこずだったり、クィアのダンスミュヌゞックカルチャヌに぀いお曞くこずだったり、フェミニズムに関するものや執筆でそのこずに぀いお話す方法であれば、正盎なんでもいいのです。なので、このトピックはこれたでも今も興味を持ち続けおいるものには倉わりなく、私にずっおすごく重芁でありたす。

So when you mention gender justice, are you talking about this in relation to electronic music specifically? Or do you look into this as a global social movement? 

So I wrote my master’s thesis on queer lesbian culture in the US. In these communities that sprung up as meeting points for queer women during that time and how those communities were really underrepresented in history compared to communities that formed around gay men. So that was my focus in grad school. But now,I mean, I’m equally interested in how that plays out in dance music. I did a panel with Jennifer Cardini at IMS a few months ago surrounding this issue. I’m actually in the process of putting together an audio documentary with her about queer nightlife culture in Paris. She was a resident at Le Pulp, which was this lesbian club that hasn’t really been documented very much in techno history. I find Jaguar, who’s also on that panel, really inspiring because she’s doing so much around gender representation and dance music, especially when we’re talking about women, and non-cis men who are getting older or just who aren’t this part of the conversation as much. And that is really interesting to me, and I’ve thought so much about starting different projects dedicated to this outside of journalism.

ゞェンダヌゞャスティスに぀いお蚀及するずきは、特に゚レクトロミュヌゞックずの関連を指しおいるのでしょうか それずも、䞖界的な瀟䌚運動ずしお捉えおいたすか

私はアメリカのクィア・レズビアン文化に関する修士論文を曞きたした。その時期にクィア女性のための出䌚いの堎ずしお生たれたコミュニティに焊点を圓お、それらのコミュニティがゲむ男性を䞭心ずするコミュニティに比べ、歎史的に過小評䟡されおいるずいう点に぀いお探求したのです。これが倧孊院私が焊点に圓おたこずでした。でも珟圚は、ダンスミュヌゞックにおいおのそういった圹割に぀いお同じくらい興味がありたす。数ヶ月前にIMSで Jennifer Cardini ずこの問題に぀いお䌚議をしたした。圌女ずパリのクィア・ナむトラむフカルチャヌに぀いお音声のドキュメンタリヌを制䜜しおいるずころです。テクノの歎史にそこたで残されおいない Le Pulp ずいうレズビアンクラブのレゞデンスであった圌女。その他䌚議に参加しおいたJaguarは、ゞェンダヌ衚珟やダンスミュヌゞックに぀いお色々ず動いおいるので尊敬したす。特に女性をはじめ、少し叀い時代を生きたシス男性でない方や、普段こうした䌚話に含たれない方に向けた掻動など。。すごく興味深いず感じ、ゞャヌナリズム以倖にもこのテヌマに぀いお色々なプロゞェクトを進められるようにず考えおいたす。

It’s clear journalism work is also incredibly important to you. Would you say this medium of information is still as important in electronic music culture? Because we know there are a lot of conversations at the moment around journalism falling into promotional and branded content. Or does it still hold importance in terms of telling a wider story for electronic music?

Oh, no, it is totally important. Before I went to graduate school, I wrote this piece about this Techno Producer named Michail Todua who was put in prison in Georgia. He was put in prison in Tbilisi, I guess a few years ago, for having a small amount of MDMA found on him as he was on his way to a gig. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail. This was when the White Noise movement was just starting in Georgia, and this push against drug policy reform and this was really interesting to me. So, I travelled to Tbilisi and I went to prison where Michail was. I did this big story about what was happening in Tbilisi at that time in club culture and a lot of the movement that was starting to push for legislative change around drug policy and human rights. It obviously interconnected with the queer culture there. Michail ended up using my story as evidence in his appeal, and they ended up cutting his prison sentence down from 20 years to five years, and then eventually house arrest. And now he’s out and he’s free. And I’ve been back to Tbilisi a few times to play gigs and I have gone to his house and seen him, he’s now back with his wife and his daughter. And for me, that is the reason why I actually decided to go to graduate school. Because, journalism is incredibly powerful and I firmly believe that. Especially within the context of electronic music, it is not just a tool for promotion. It would be really cynical to view it that way. I think it can be used towards positive change, and a useful tool, it becomes more than just a message. It really can be influential. 

ゞャヌナリズムの仕事もあなたにずっお倧切なこずが䌝わりたす。こうした媒䜓ぱレクトロミュヌゞックのカルチャヌにおいお、今でも重芁だず思いたすか 最近ではゞャヌナリズムがプロモヌションやブランドのコンテンツずしお捉えられおいるずいわれおいたすね。ゞャヌナリズムには、゚レクトロミュヌゞックでは䌝えきれないストヌリヌを䌝えるための重芁性があるのでしょうか

間違いなく重芁です。倧孊院に行く前は、ゞョヌゞアで刑務所に入れられたテクノプロデュヌサヌの Michail Todua ずいう人物に぀いお文章を曞きたした。圌がギグに向かう途䞭にほんの少しのMDMAを所持しおいたずころを芋぀けられ、数幎前にトビリシの刑務所に入れられたのです。懲圹20幎を蚀い枡されたした。この頃は「ホワむトノむズ運動」 がゞョヌゞアで芋られおおり、この出来事が薬物取締法の改正を埌抌ししたこずに぀いお興味がありたした。

 それから私はトビリシに行き、Michail がいた刑務所を芋お、圓時のクラブカルチャヌで起きおいたこずや、薬物や人暩に察する法的な倉化を求めるたくさんの運動に぀いお倧きな特集をしたした。もちろん、クィアカルチャヌに぀いおも明らかに関連しおいたのです。Michai lは私が曞いた話を控蚎に䜿甚し、20幎の懲圹を5幎にたで匕き萜ずし、それから自宅軟犁にたで刑を枛らすこずに成功したした。なお、圌は今釈攟されお自由です。トビリシにはギグのために䜕床か蚪れおいお、奥さんや嚘さんず䞀緒に䜏む圌の家にもお邪魔したこずもありたす。これが実際に倧孊院に行くこずを決めた理由かもしれたせん。ゞャヌナリズムはずお぀もなくパワヌがあるこずを匷く信じおいたす。特に゚レクトロミュヌゞックのコンテキストでいうず、ただのプロモヌションツヌルではないからです。その芋え方はずおもシニカルだずいえたす。ゞャヌナリズムはポゞティブな倉化のために䜿われるべきであり、䟿利なツヌルです。単なるメッセヌゞ以䞊に圱響を䞎えるこずができたす。

What can we expect to see from you for the rest of this New Year?

I am actually finishing up an album right now. I won’t say too much about it because I am still finalising when and where some of the music is going to come out. But the music is pretty much done. It fuses my background in classical music with more electroacoustic and electronic stuff. I’ve been working on it since the Spring. In the last year, I have also just fallen in love with the cello again, which I was not expecting. I’ve been picking it up to play a lot. I would really like to be touring that more in the next year or so, so I’ll have more details about that soon. I’m also playing with a cello ensemble and in a philharmonicThat’s kind of like my side project that I’m just doing for fun, but it’s really becoming more of a central part of my creative life right now.

And then, for electronic music or more just like dance floor stuff, I am going to stay at my Residency with Tresor, And I have some cool projects coming up as well. I’m going to collaborate with a couple of artists I really like. I’m doing a few back-to-backs with Umwelt. And I’m working on finishing a techno EP, but that’s still in its early stages, so nothing to really announce yet. It’s more just like the ongoing balance between work and music.

なにか発衚を控えおいるものはありたすか

実をいうず、今アルバムを仕䞊げおいる最䞭です。い぀、どこからリリヌスするかなどをただ最終調敎しおいる段階なのであたり詳しくはいえたせんが、音楜そのものはできあがっおいたす。私のバックグラりンドでもあるクラシック音楜ず゚レクトロアコヌスティックや゚レクトロニクスが融合したものです。この春から取り組んできたした。予想倖なこずに、昚幎からたたチェロに倢䞭になり、たくさん挔奏しおいたす。

 来幎はもっずツアヌをしおいきたいず思っおるので、詳现も埌日お知らせしおいく予定です。たた、チェロアンサンブルやフィルハヌモニックにも参加しお挔奏しおいたす。それは私がただ遊びでやっおいるプロゞェクトですが、埐々に自分のクリ゚むティブの䞭心的な䜍眮に近づいおいるのです。

 それから゚レクトロミュヌゞックやダンスフロアでの掻動に぀いおは、Tresorのレゞデンスでい続けるこずですかね。玠敵なプロゞェクトも準備しおいたす。私がすごく奜きな2人のアヌティストずコラボレヌションする予定です。テクノのEPも完成に近づいおはいたすが、ただただ初期の段階なので告知はもう少し埌になりたす。どちらかずいうず、仕事ず音楜のバランスをずっおいるずころですね。

Tell us about three new artists we should keep our eyes on. Yeah, new artists, people always talk about those before us, which is important as we wouldn’t be here without their work, but also who’s the future? Who’s going to continue pushing on what you and people before have created and set up the foundations for?

It’s hard for me to choose off the top of my head, but in terms of new names I think Linn Elisabet, Oxygeno and the whole Mala Junta crew are great! 

これたでの歎史を築いおきたレゞェンドからこれからの未来を担っおいく新人たで、あなたがおすすめするアヌティストを3人教えおください。あなたや先人たちが培っおきた基盀を匕っ匵っおいけるような人をあげるずしたら誰でしょう

その堎でパッず遞ぶのは難しいけど….。気鋭のアヌティストを遞ぶのであれば、Linn Elisabet、Oxygeno、そしおMala Juntaのクルヌはそれぞれずおも玠晎らしいず思いたす


Translation: Hiroyoshi Tomite

Interview: Will Welsh


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