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the integrity of Mute Records and (label
boss) Daniel Miller. I think that has kept us
“Part of what I’ve
on path, to know that there was continuity
between our next project and the one that
always wanted to do
came previously — to do what comes
naturally and always believe in yourself
with Plus 8 and
and your mission.”
M-nus is to help
Based in Berlin, do you feel like you’re at
the hub of electronic music?
people with similar
“The Berlin move was a key moment for
the label’s progress. We’d done as much as
ideas and
we could in North America and we needed
to be closer to the fans, bring all the
aspirations to reach
artists together and be somewhere
inspiring, creative, young and open, and
more people than
also very close to the gigs and the
audience.
they possibly could
“Berlin is a wonderful city and has always
stood for culture and creativity, and that’s
by themselves.”
why you see so many people at this
centre-point right now.”
The Contakt tour saw you and other
M-nus artists take to the road to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
label. What was the concept behind
these events?
“It was a way to push forward again. What
kind of show can we do that’s different to
a typical M-nus showcase? What kind of
GER
new technology can we use on stage and
use at the party to heighten the
ÄDIN
experience? We were really trying to step
up to another level of entertainment,
theatrics. It was a big undertaking for us.
We wanted to have fun and we didn’t want
EXANDER GN
to do the same thing that we’d done
before — it had to be something
different.”
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er pic: AL
You introduced The Cube to the events, a
glowing alien-like object. Was this a
tongue-in-cheek sci-fi jibe or a more
serious embracing of futuristic
technology?
“It’s really a bit of both. The promotion
AMIE SIMONDS CD co
and everything we did for Contakt was
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specifi cally not minimal. We wanted it to
be a little bit playful, like a movie. We also
wanted to fi nd a way of making contact
with people, a physical thing for people to
come and make contact with, to run the
Bluetooth, SMS and gateway technology,
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which is also what The Cube is for.
or
“What’s special about Contakt are those
W
things that you can tap into when you’re
there, and all of those things are what I
but it seems to be better and more well whole lot of great music, a lot of great call invisible, unseen technologies, that
balanced with a lot of good people artists, and now we can grow that label, are around us all the time.
involved again. The last few years have let our artists grow and hopefully have “We wanted to focus people’s attention to
been about rebuilding with new long, successful, inspiring, profi table come to the party, make contact
producers, clubbers and label owners. It careers.” physically, make a connection to
feels really young and healthy.” something, and then experience all the
You’ve represented underground techno different possibilities of a Contakt show.
You’ve released several new albums in for many years but have never “I really believe that with all the wonderful
2008, by the likes of Heartthrob and compromised your sound. Do you feel technology available today, there’s a lot of
Gaiser. Is the label is stepping up a vindicated that the music is more young people who live vicariously through
gear? popular than ever now? the web and think that seeing us play on
“I do think that. To many people M-nus is “I don’t really think in those terms. It Youtube is experiencing what we do. We
Richie Hawtin’s label or very connected to goes back to the days when John wanted to make a show that was
my name. Now we’re seeing M-nus having Acquaviva and I started Plus 8 Records, incredible, that really made people get off
its own identity, where it stands for a and the one main inspiration for us was their arses to come down and enjoy a
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