055 & Velika Gorica, Croatia based Still Human (@still-human-414200855). Interview below:

BSV: Hello Darko! Are you a robot? :) 
STILL HUMAN: You might be surprised, but… I’m Still Human 🙂

BSV: Our first contact was while remixing your “Aldera” track with “Dark Ray” as your previous artist name. People still tell me that that is my best work till now. Are you proud of that fact? 
STILL HUMAN: It was a really interesting collaboration. And yes, if you’re proud of it, then I’m proud of it too 🙂

BSV: What was your motivation to change your alias, and how many of them did you have before, including Darko Malčević as a composer sign? 
STILL HUMAN: For me, this is a new space and a new beginning, so it naturally needed a new project. I don’t see Still Human as a personal alias, but as a project under which I’ll release new music and eventually perform as a DJ when opportunities arise. So far, I’ve had three aliases, mostly connected to specific genres or collaborations. I’ve always struggled with being tied to just one style or genre . . . I’ve moved through techno, breakbeat, progressive house, deep house, and now I feel most connected to groove-driven, danceable tech house.

BSV: We really appreciate your mixtape. It gives some kind of an old school vibe with a spread of a manic atmosphere. How was this mix recorded, since we had to gain it for 12 dB in the master channel? 
STILL HUMAN: The mixtape was recorded on a Denon Prime Go+, directly to an SD card. Later I loaded it into Ableton just to cut it down to 60 minutes, because the original version was longer. What I didn’t realize at the time is that I had a default -12 dB gain plugin on the audio channel in Ableton for gain staging. So that’s where the level drop came from. I only noticed it afterwards 🙂 As for the vibe . . .  for me it doesn’t feel old school, it feels more like groovy, dance-oriented house and tech house. It’s a new territory for me, not nostalgia.

BSV: If we listen to your tracks, the sound is clear. Experience talks through it. Quality also. Do you have formal education when it comes to music? 
STILL HUMAN: Not formally. I’m mostly self-taught. I did attend piano lessons in elementary school and played trumpet for 13 years in a brass orchestra, so I gained a solid foundation in music theory there. When it comes to production, you’re right . . . Experience plays the biggest role. I’ve been working in music production for more than 20 years, and that time in the studio teaches you more than any course.

BSV: We noticed that you took a break for some years, so we consider this episode your big comeback. Do you think that it is important for a producer to step away from music from time to time to be more creative? 
STILL HUMAN: I can only speak for myself. I didn’t step away from music completely. I stepped away from club and electronic music. Over the last six years, I’ve been very active in composing and producing music for TV and video productions. I went through some difficult personal periods and felt the need to step back from the club scene. At the same time, I became deeply interested in exploring other TV genres like crime, dramedy, lo-fi, hip-hop, funk, corporate music and cinematic styles. I worked a lot with vocalists and recently finished a Feel Good Pop / EDM album with 10 tracks in collaboration with various artists. So yes, for me, it was a very important and valuable phase. You could call this a comeback, but how big it will be, we’ll see 🙂

Full interview 👉substack.com/home/post/p-185973656

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Still Human is a Croatian DJ and producer whose connection to electronic music began in the early 1990s rave era. He learned his craft on turntables and gained experience through long-format DJ sets, local events and a four-year run as co-founder of the Unity program at Klub 100 in Velika Gorica. Alongside DJing, he developed a parallel career in music production, releasing on various labels and running his own imprint, Tekknology Music. After a longer pause focused on family life and composing music for TV and video, he returned in 2026 with a clear focus on groove-led house and tech house, shaped for smaller, daytime and early-evening gatherings rather than traditional night club formats.

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