// Manuel Tur - Exclusive Interview with SCM //
How lucky are you! ?! Manuel Tur takes time out to talk to soundcanvas about music, Coffee, Construction sites and prized vinyl. . .
1)In your opinion, what has been the best party/promotion in the last year?
That must have been our Mild Pitch label showcases at Robert Johnson and Panoramabar with Ribn live, Dplay, Langenberg and myself. Also, we've just returned from a great night at our favourite swiss club, Zukunft in Zurich last week again.
2)If we could take care of all your commitments this weekend and gave you unlimited funds, where would you go and what would you get up to? I'd buy loads of expensive studio gear, get into the studio and finish my new album for Freerange at last!
3) Soundcanvas recently spent some time in Berlin and had some amazing clubbing experiences, from the cutting edge precision of the Watergate sound system and decor, to the sweaty, crazy little ripped out basement party, Hotboxx at Kleine Reise. . . What is it about Germany that seems to breed the deep routed essence required for this genre of music . . whats your secret!? I think Germany is a very diverse and polycentric country so you can't really compare Berlin to other cities such as Essen where I'm based. Especially Berlin is a very international city so there's probably not even a specificly "German" secret behind all this.
4)What can we expect from Mild Pitch over the next 12 months? We've got a brand new EP coming out now, entitled "Light Black" by Ribn which is the project I do with Langenberg, followed by a single from Blakkat who I already worked with on my last album. Blakkat used to run Shaboom records out of Blackpool, UK in the late 90s and was one of my key influences when I started to get into house, so I'm really happy we could get him for a Mild PItch single.
5)If you had a magic TV remote control, who would you put on mute? The construction site in front of my house that makes it really difficult to concentrate on answering these questions right now.
6)Mac or PC? Mac and PC
7)If you could choose a superpower what would it be? Make coffee taste good even if there's no more milk in the fridge...
8)Which producer/s should we be keeping an ear out for in the near future? Lots of young talent out there right now.. Tim Toh and Space Dimension Controller are only two to name.
9)For all the budding producers out there looking for a tip. . . what would you deem to be a 'must have' piece of studio equipment? There really is no "must have" piece of studio gear, the most important production tool still has to be your brain and your own creativity! Power sockets are very useful to start at some point though.
10)Fire alarms are ringing. . . you have time to retrieve 3 pieces of prized vinyl, what would they be? Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue Kerri Chandler - Back To The Raw Björk - Volta