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There's a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.
Alain Macklovitch -
When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.
Alain Macklovitch
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I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting closer and closer to an artist performance.
Alain Macklovitch -
There's a bit less elbow room and latitude to take it somewhere else, at least at festivals. In the club you can do whatever you want but at festivals, especially Ultra, nowadays the crowd wants to hear our songs.
Alain Macklovitch -
We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn't designed to work. But it's fun.
Alain Macklovitch -
It's always important to me to play something other DJs aren't playing.
Alain Macklovitch -
A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.
Alain Macklovitch -
I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time.
Alain Macklovitch
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Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happening.
Alain Macklovitch -
Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was up to the DJ what he wanted to play. Typically in dance music, people didn't know most of the songs a DJ played.
Alain Macklovitch -
I'm one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I'm the only DJ that's scratching.
Alain Macklovitch -
It's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity.
Alain Macklovitch -
My ears are open to all sorts of stuff. I appreciate some of the big electro house guys.I love their music but I also like a lot of the stuff coming out of the U.K. Future garage stuff. A lot of stuff like that.
Alain Macklovitch