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New Chris Fortier interview...
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| Paradox Lost |
Some pretty interesting, eye-opening remarks in this one. It mainly revolves around his upcoming remix package for his debut album, but ventures into a number of other domains, as well.
Progressive-Sounds Chris Fortier interview.
A couple of notable excerpts:
| quote: | Progressive-Sounds: What are your thoughts on DJs creating "artist albums?"
Chris Fortier:
Well, there's always this perception of there being this great divide between being a DJ and a producer, like 'oh man, this producer is now a DJ, he's getting gigs that he wasn't before, and how unfair that is.' Then there's the other side of it being 'this guy's a DJ, now he's trying to make music.' What's the problem with making albums?
For me to continue to grow and not just be stagnant, I wanted to make something that had full scope of all the things I'm into - all the music and influences that I have. For me, I've been making and playing music since I was very little, and I had made singles, 12", and club records for years. No one complains about a rock band, saying 'well, they play live, but how come they made an album?"
It's what's done, it's what happens. It's kind of a strange kind of thing. If the guy is great at what he's doing, then it doesn't matter. At the end of the day, it comes out to how good the music is, and when that music is really good, the DJ tag is really pointless. No one's saying anything to Richie Hawtin or Matthew Dear, saying 'they're DJs, how dare they make an artist album.' People like their music, and it's just an album. It's just very selfish of anyone to close someone out from doing something just because of some kind of tag or label. |
| quote: | Progressive-Sounds: You mentioned that the third disc to that release contained an authentic representation of electro, distinguishing it between much of electro's latest incarnations, which you had some pretty harsh remarks towards. Could you give us some of your thoughts on the interest electro had been generating lately, and how you feel it's different from the electro you would otherwise promote?
Chris Fortier:
"Electro House" is just another one of those genre names that somebody came up with to call something else. I can't even tell you that it has any correlation to real electro and the history of where it all comes from. The way I see it, what people refer to as electro house is essentially just the new version of progressive house. It's just a little bit more of a re-hash with one little sound that's sort of indicative of what some people would consider that type of record. Years ago, I never would have thought that I would have to clarify that, but now even if you just say "electro," people will assume you're playing one of these records, and I can't even name anyone off the top of my head who makes these records at this point. But when I spoke about the third disc, it basically stems from what the real electro sound was originally all about; mid 80's, Beat Street Detroit, Miami Bass, and what the German's sort of evolved from Kraftwerk and on. It doesn't sort of link to what people would call and consider electro these days.
I do think that a lot of these current flavor genres can be found over many different years, but with slightly different name tags. They've added a BPM here, a BPM there, but you could find these records minus one little sound 10 years ago- and that was called house [laughter].
For me, it's all house music. I don't really like to get into any name calling or genrefication- all it does is put things in little boxes and alienate people who think they like only thing from maybe hearing something that may inspire them and grab their ears. People should judge from what their ears tell them and not from what they see on paper. |
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| woscar99 |
Cool and interesting interview...Chris definitely know his :o
| quote: | I do think that a lot of these current flavor genres can be found over many different years, but with slightly different name tags. They've added a BPM here, a BPM there, but you could find these records minus one little sound 10 years ago- and that was called house [laughter].
For me, it's all house music. I don't really like to get into any name calling or genrefication- all it does is put things in little boxes and alienate people who think they like only thing from maybe hearing something that may inspire them and grab their ears. People should judge from what their ears tell them and now from what they see on paper. |
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| Paradox Lost |
| Bumpable material, I think...:o |
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| Sadface |
| Nice interview, thanks! |
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