Digital Witchcraft Featured Artist Interview
Author: Sara Brooke
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Creating stunning tracks such as Snowday and Brindavan the boys have gained support across the globe from the likes of James Zabiela, Jimmy Van M, and Jonathan Lisle to name a few. The duo continue to cast their spell on dance floors and stereos around the world and Tranzfusion is delighted to have the boys as featured artists.
What's the story behind the name 'Digital Witchcraft'-
Inspired by the liner notes of a certain CD, Marcus started DJ'ing under that moniker back in '98, so when we started producing together we just kept it because we liked the sound of it.
The first time I heard your productions 'Snowday' and 'Kaylee's Blanket' and now more recently 'Fingerpaint' I was completely blown away with how gorgeous each of these tracks are, and how much emotion is evoked from each. I have friends that have heard them that typically 'hate' dance music and love them. I have listened to them over and over and still get goosebumps -is this something that you set out to do- Give electronic music a soul and heart-
Producers gave electronic music a soul long before our time, so we were just following our influences and creating music that we wanted to hear. We're glad that people are moved by the same sounds we are.
Who would you say are your major inspirations and influences both as producers and DJs-
As far as producers go: Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Faithless, Charlie May and too many others to name.
DJs: Sasha and Digweed, Sander, Danny Howells, and the like.
What producers and artists are you really enjoying playing and listening to at the moment-
We've been playing a lot of Sultan's production as they are quite brilliant. We've also been getting into the housier electro vibe of artists like Tiefschwartz, Tiga, and Trentemoller. Right now in our CD player is Dr. Dre- Tha Chronic, to help us answer these questions.
With your success in your productions internationally and much praise from your DJ mixes on proton and hybridized do you have plans on touring overseas soon- Any chance of seeing you in Australia-
We've been playing in North America quite a bit, but we're looking forward to travelling in the near future, hopefully down under...
Now that you are both based in Montreal and living under the same roof you obviously will have more time to work together - what upcoming projects can you let us know about that you are working on and what releases can people keep an eye out for-
We have several new originals that we've completed since Marcus arrived, as well as two remixes which the labels will announce soon. Our remix of Jono Fernandez- Deliver Me will be available soon on Institution Breaks. We've also signed an original house track called Calamari to MV's Tao recordings and a collaboration to Looq.
In the past you have both worked together and/or individually with other producers such as Habersham, Numinous and Sultan. Is there anyone in particular you boys are planning to work with in the near future, or someone you would love to have the chance to collaborate with-
We're continuing our efforts in the studio with Sultan, but have no immediate plans to work with anyone new right now. We would love the chance to work with vocalists like Sia or Lisa Shaw.
Can you give TranZfusion readers an insight into how you work in the studio- What is your current set up- How does the creative process typically work for you-
We use a comination of synths like the Virus C, Alesis Andromeda, Novation K-Station, Korg N364 and a Nord Lead 2 and a multitude of samples. Then we usually warptify and sequence our sounds with Pro Tools and a load of plug-ins.
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