Podcast #130 - Se:Va [UKR]

Virtual Underground

Podcast #130 with Se:Va now online! Featured artists: Patrik Skoogà XHEI, About130, Takaaki Itoh, Blenk, Kvest, CM Falter, Blenk, Setaoc Mass, Benjamin Damage, Giovanni Carozza, Szmer and Yan Cook. Interview : Virtual Underground : How has this Se:va story started ? Se:va : It all started a long ago, influenced by my father, who is the biggest music fan I’ve ever known:) Once, he brought a DVD with DJ Tiesto (I was 9 or 10 years old) and since then I’m all into music. My first experience with DJing was at 13 years old and still going on. VU : Where do you generally draw your inspiration from ? Se:va : Hard to say, music is my biggest inspiration, but sometimes I use my past experiences, emotional state to represent it into a set. VU : Could you describe your music selection and mixing process ? Se:va : I really love every sub-genre of techno and its branches, so the idea of this set was to find trippy and hypnotic grooves, without hard techno kick and 140+ bpm. So I started with 132bpm and gain it to 140 on the end. By the way, the last track is from Yan Cook, who is from Ukraine too, you just have to listen to his tracks, they are pure gems:) VU : Which software/hardware did you use for this set ? Se:va : For this set I used my NUMARK MIXTRACKPRO3 controller. VU : Any next plans? Se:Va : Now I'm all into producing! I just felt that I need more than just mixing other's music and decided to make my own. I hope that after a year I will come back with a live or at least bunch of my own tracks haha. Follow Se:Va @sevablinov