“Nothing has changed” – interview w/ EMMANUEL TOP
On Tuesday a true acid legend, EMMANUEL TOP is playing @ the Pumpui stage. We asked him a couple of questions about the past, the present and the future.
– How do you remember the golden age of acid? What were the most memorable parties?
– Love Parade Berlin.
– You can find classic acid sounds mostly in the psychedelic scene. Have you been following that scene, were you aware that this genre took acid further?
– The acid music start for me in 1988 with Chicago house label as, international Dj Traxx Records. And artists such as Armando, DJ Pierre aka Phuture, Lil Louis.
– TB-303, TR-909 – legend. In 2016 what is your approach to making music?
– The basic machines to make acid and techno. Nothing has changed. SH 101, Juno 106, MC 202, Jupiter 8 All Roland series they made in the 80’s. I think they didn’t realise what they produce at this time.
– I don’t know how sensitive the B.B.E. topic is… You can still hear Seven Days and One Week. on a daily basis on commercial radio. What happened to this project?
– Basically it was a title trance track which quickly became very commercial because it was the expectations of the time (1996). 20 years later, I see that this title is always a summer hit in Ibiza.
– If I am not mistaken, you haven’t been to Ozora yet. What are your exportations?
– I feel very well this festival. I feel the audience very cool and with a very open mind.
– There’s been an acid revival in Hungary in the past few years. The veterans and the newbies of the scene are playing before and after you. Are you going to play any of your old tracks?
– I like to find a good mix between past, present and futur. With a mix of a climax between something very hard or very deep. We’ll see what Ozora inspires me…
– What does it feel like knowing that you have changed the lives of many thousands of people?
– For me, I’m like an artisan. I’ll try to do my best every time and for everything.
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