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Shkoon sounds like a cosmic highway from Syria to Berlin.

The trio brought his set-up to the Badaboum’s second floor for an exclusive live session with unreleased tracks, improvisations and experimentations. As comfortable as at home.

 

We met &ME at Badaboum’s reopening. This german DJ and producer is a huge soccer fan, so we asked him a few questions about it and offered him the french team’s jersey. We are champions of the world, remember ?

 

I heard you’re a real football fan, where does it come from, is it a family thing ?

Actually I hated football when I was young cause I couldn’t play video games while my big brother and my dad was watching matches, but after a while the passion starts to grow on me.

 

What’s your first football memory ?

It must be in 1990 when Germany won the world cup in Italy. I was watching the match at my parent’s friends house playing in front of the TV while these magic moments were happening, I may not have fully understood at the moment but still, I feel it and remember it.

 

Which team you will support until the end, no matter what ?

Hannover 96 for sure, cause I was born in that area. They have their ups and downs (okay, more down lately since they’re back in 2nd league…) but it is the only team that I can fully relate to. For the rest I am just a fan.

 

Do you have any tour anecdote about football ? Have you ever play football with other DJ ?

You can be the biggest football fan but when you are touring most of the year its super hard to keep up with all the matches. Of course you can see the stats but it’s really not the same than watching in live the actual game for sure. Haven’t tried to play with other DJ yet but that is definitely a goal, i’ll think about it.

Do you ever play FIFA or PES between two gigs ?

To be honest, I was never really digging FIFA or PES. In my mind it was the perfect game but every time I played it… I didn’t get stucked into it. I was more the Tekken / Mortal Kombat kind of guy you know ?

 

Every rockstar dreams about playing in a stadium, which one would you choose ?

In Germany, probably Allianz Arena in Munich, cause it would be the most prestigious one.

 

What do you think about football in France ? Do you have a favorite french team / player ?

I never watched the french league, I only saw french team playing for Champions League etc… The national french team made huge steps this year and definitely deserved to win the World Cup. Right now, I couldn’t pick a favorite player but I am still a big fan of Zidane !

 

Sore point : what do we have to think about the next world cup in Qatar ?

I have no clue why people are building arenas for trillions and trillions of money just to have sport events for a couple of weeks. There are so many countries with better infrastructures we could benefit from. Not to mention the political situation…

 

Last but not least, what’s your prediction for the next game France VS Deutschland ?

As I answered the interview super late… we already know the score ! So we lost and I think it will take a little while until Germany get a good team again.

 

One dart, one world map, one country, one anecdote. Romanian DJ and producer Sandrino played the Happy Mille’s game in the Badaboum’s secret bar.

 

Video : Axel Freret / Video Maker’Z

 

It seems to me that the humanitarian and social causes are still little in the world of electronic music, is it because of all kinds of music it’s the one that makes it more difficult to express ideas?

 

I think it is very possible to express ideas in electronic music. They might be a bit more abstract ideas than in Pop songs where you have vocals but you can still do a lot with track titles, the selection and combination of sound sources etc. However I think that the social aspects in the world of electronic music have changed quite a lot from where it came from to where it is today. For me the core of the culture of electronic music still means „everybody is welcome“. And it means freedom. This was the all new idea 25 years or more ago when I started DJing. And it had fascinated me a lot. No matter if you were from east or west, rich or poor, if your skin was light or dark, male or female or more, gay or straight or your spiritual religuous perspective did not matter. You were welcome, and free and this has been a very concious belief in the whole electronic music scene.

 

I believe it is important to not forget where we are coming from,

where this music is coming from.

 

So over the years the electronic world got more and more professional, moved from underground to mainstream and maybe lost some of the political or social impact in once had. I believe it is important to not forget where we are coming from, where this music is coming from and then use the huge power it has today to give something back. In some countries electronic music is a new underground phenomena today. People gather to share energies and thoughts and have a good time. So it is social and political and maybe helps a little bit to make a change. »

 

To mention one, in Paris there is a nightlife non-profit organization called Les Éveillés which organize charities events those benefits are reversed to organizations who help refugees. All organisers are volunteers and the artists play for free. Did you ever meet or participate in social actions?

 

« Yes I did. To raise money is one thing that is important but also I believe it is important to go there and talk to people. Be open minded and have no fear to interact and get in touch with cultures and people you don’t know in the real world. Not the virtual world. I have met many people in all different countries around the world and even if we have very different cultures and backgrounds we all want to live in peace, raise our children, help our friends and try to be happy. No matter where you come from or who you are. Also I find it very human to share. Share ideas and share what you have, share your talents or whatever it is you do. These are all thoughts that are not new to electronic music and the electronic music community at all. But maybe they faded a bit in recent years. The positive energy you can take home after a good inspiring club night is something you can share also. Share it with those who haven’t been there. »

 

Woo York’s four hands live set is dark, sophisticated and accurate, hypnotizing crowds and stimulating bodies for ten years. The ukrainian duo from Kiev chose carefully every synthesizer and every drum machine to create dreamy melodies, rough beats, acid phases and beautiful textures. When they play at Badaboum on last october, we asked Andrew and Dennis to know more about their set-up.

« On the first picture is our essential tool for the bass lines. It’s Moog Mother 32 with some simple patching for extending sound possibilities. We use this synthesizer for all the sub base during our live performance. »

« Using the JP 08 for chords and bleeps, it’s a nice simple synthesizer that you need to get used to as controls are very small and it’s hard to get the value. You need to be very accurate but after a bit of processing you can get really nice sound out of it. »

« Roland TR-8 is used as a drum machine as well as some channels are mapped to triger MIDI for drum racks inside Ableton Live as well as triger notes in SH01. Very nice tool, essential part of our setup. »

« Not sure what exactly to tell about this Behringer controller and Maschine controller… It’s just controllers that we use to control various instruments inside setup. They are sending midi cc messages to our internal instruments and FX’s. Also you can play some notes using pads. »