Italian DJ/producer Mowgli is coming to London this weekend to play at new night Musiq Concrete, and we asked him a few questions ahead of his set tonight:
We know you play for some massive nights in London (Bugged Out), and elsewhere internationally, are you looking forward to playing at Musiq Concrete on Saturday? It seems everyone in London is buzzing about it already.
Oh definitely looking forward to it, I’ve had so many calls from friends who want to come! Much more then usual, they think it’s gonna be massive!
Your Nu Skool ep has received huge success, in particular ‘London to Paris’, from not only your fans but also other massive DJ’s, where did you get your inspiration? How long did it take you to make?
Yeah that track is going really well, especially cos it’s very crossover. It has been played by DJ’s like A-track, Annie Mac, Fatboy Slim, but also more traditional house DJ’s like Guetta, Angello etc.
I don’t usually get inspiration to do a track, I just sit down and start something.
It didn’t take so long, but when I finished it I tried it out in a few clubs and then I changed the build up in the breakdown, now it works better ;-)
Your sound is versatile it seems you can do no wrong – is it difficult to always create original material and stand out from your peers?
I see my self as a 360 degrees producer, so luckily I can do a bit of everything. That way it’s impossible to bore people by releasing always the same type of music.
2009 has been big for you, has the response surprised you at all? Is it still hard to believe this is your life now?
Yes if I stop a second and think where I was a year ago, I find hard to believe, but unfortunately you get use to it. I probably spend more time thinking about what to do to get to the next level, then actually enjoy what I’ve achieved
Which producers are doing it right now for you?
I have to support the rest of the DeadFish family so Solo, Round Table Knights and Camel… and believe me I’m not saying this just because they are on my label…They are really top quality, original producers!
What made you call yourself Mowgli? Favourite childhood film the jungle book by any chance?
Mowgli was a nickname my friends gave me when I was around 20, for reasons that I’d like to keep private ;-)… so when I had to decide on an artist name it was easy…now it’s what people call me all the time, there are many friends that don’t even know my real name…
Finally what’s next for 2010, can you give us any idea of what kind of tracks you’ll be remixing / producing?
I’m going to release a couple more EP’s on my DeadFish label.
I am working on a track with Sidney Samson that is going to be massive!! And I’ve also produced a couple of singles, a bit more pop, but still dance that will be released on bigger labels.
The first one features Tara McDonald it’s called “Can’t Stop Singing” and will be released on DATA around February. The second one features the Virus Syndicate called “Your Life” and we are negotiating with labels right now…
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