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So, here we are with Dj Mat Diaz in the Soda Club,
a little bit before
at let's say primetime here, so right in the middle of the afternoon,
because it´s the only time, that it´s quiet enough to actually do some sort of interview
So I really was wanting to I guess
ask first, how on earth you´ve got into
being a Dj?
my life is music.
My first time was
1986, in a club
named SophienClub. Okay. And with tapes
and I was a trendscout, okay,
for BMG, okay.
and, uh, then I played on the big parties,
at the Loveparade, on the truck.
So, was it back in, when you were playing at SophienClub,
, was it back, when it was still East Germany?
Yeah. So, was it more restrictive in terms of choice of music?
Yeah, we played 60 percent, ehm,
.Yeah, we played 60 %
GDR music and
40 % other music
from the world.
But it always had to be 60 percent East German,
uh, well, roughly 60 percent,
"60 percent"
Ehm, did it, was it weird for you
to have your mom on East German Television, when you were growing up?
yep.
When and why did you decide to start teaching?
Seven years ago I was a teacher,
a Dj teacher
and I think, ehm,
when I play guitar I have a teacher and why
not for Djs?!?
Certificated Djs? Nee, die kriegen ´nen Kuss auf die Stirn und ´nen Dj-Namen verpasst.
I guess, the question is,
how do you tell, what the audience
is feeling
and what they want to hear?
A good trendscout...
in the recordcompany
must have a good uh... good feeling for a good song and uh... i think a Dj also
when uh...
80 percent are dancing I make a good job and, uh
uh, yeah, dancin´, dancin´,
alright Leute...!