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- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gabrielananda

3Q to GABRIEL ANANDA:

Q: You released your music for about 15-20 years yet. Tell us about your mix. How did these tracks shape your artist career? 

A: Its all in a chronologic order. First contact with a kinda minimal, drum based music is come together from the beatles. I found it in a pile of old 7"s from my uncles music box. I couldn´t read, but the record with the apple was my favorite. I think that this song is still so modern. "Infinity" blew me away. Its actually not a theme of 4 or 8 bars, it has 5! That makes it, besides the music, so special. Still inpiring. "Rhythm Is A Dancer" was my first dancing experience on a school trip. These layers of sound and groove put me into a trance in seconds. Masterpiece. "L' esperanza" itself is a nice track and the video on TV made Sven look like a nice guy. So I decided to go on his party after the Loveparade 1995 which led me into the world of "real techno". That day I decided to become a musician for electronic music. "Gravitational Arch of Ten": Beauty, mystic and pure love for life. This is techno for me, I was never so interested in dark techno. On that party in 1995 Sven played black labs, space bar. On a tiny video cut I could find it and it stayed in my head and on my search list for over a decade. When I finally found it i made a remaster and edit. And eventually this year I rereleased it on soulful techno records. Richie Hawtin is not only a cool guy with a laser outfit and an image of a half god, he actually really created landmarks in electronic music. "Panic Attack" was probably 10 years ahead of time and is a blue print for minimal music which got big around 2003.  So in the late 1990s I entered the clubs and made my first records. Especially in the last years before 2000 the music was so hard and hypnotic. I only liked a few tracks, especially Marco Carolas "Hypnotisamus". I think you cant nail it more. In the early 2000s I started to focus on my roots, melodies and emotions. At that time Mathew Jonson popped up with his unbelievable melodies and aestetics. He inspired me a lot! I am still a big fan of him. One of a very few real musicians in techno. Until 2010 I dont remember so many tracks right now. Next mindblowing thing was Rainbow Serpent festival in Australia. Everybody in gothic or tribal costumes and smiling and dancing on a totally different music. Glitch Hop. 100 Bpm, kinda dubsteo like but with a totally different approach. Instead of beeing dark and as hard as possible, most of it is so positive and playful. I start right now to bring this style into my productions. My Favorite track of this and last years is "Sordid Affair". It touches me, it sounds great, its cool. What a perfect track. Maceo Plex is a real master in my eyes and deserves a mention here.

Q: You played your music all over the world yet. Which place has always been a special one for you, a place you won´t miss?

A: That is really difficult to say. There are so many great events and each has a special vibe. I love to play on open air festivals, but there are also a lot of great club events. Playing Thuishaven or Georgies Wundergarten, as well as Awakenings is always special. I was in Morocco for the first time this year and this was also a really great event with a lovely crowd. So it is not easy to pick the one and only here :)

Q: Which new projects can we expect soon?
 
A: We really worked hard on the complete Gabriel Ananda project the last months, and have a lot of amazing projects coming up. We will release a „Selected Remixes Compilation“ with 20 of my favorite remixes from the last years beginning of 2017, I´m already working on a studio album, some great cooperations and EPs and we will have the first label night from my new label Soulful Techno at Artheater in Cologne in February and this is just the tip of the iceberg. So it will be another exciting year.

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