Interview with Paolo Mojo for Creamfields Central Europe Einstellungen

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thx to katka

Hi Paolo, if i am right your are coming to Czech republic for the first time. Which of your gigs was the nearest to this area?

Ive played a couple of times in vienna, and I play a lot in hungary.. so I guess (without looking at google maps!) that those are the closest gigs.

Which way led your journey to djing? When did you start spinning and what did you do before you start spinning professionally?
I was always playing music from a very early age. Afer a few years journeying through a career in corporate PR I decided to take music seriously, and eventually it replaced the PR as my career.

Who were your DJ idols and which music genres were the closest to you? How did it change by these days?
Im always impressed by Djs who mix it up a bit. That to me is part of the art of Djing… to have the skill and the patience to be able to show the crowd something of what youre really about, without losing their interest. Djs who are able to do this include people like Garnier, Tenaglia, Hawtin, Danny Howells. Loco Dice, Alex Under, Seth Troxler have all impressed me recently too.

What do you personally consider as the biggest highlights of your music career?
It hasn’t happened yet!

What are the goals you would like to achieve?
Id llike to be happy and at peace with myself and others.

The summer is coming with its festivals. Which festivals are in your gig list this summer – except from Creamfields Central Europe?
I have one called DumDum in Hungary, right before Creamfields. Im also playing at EH1 Festival in Scotland, SW4 in London, and something in America as well which I forget.

Have you ever played at any Creamfields festival? If so, which country?
Yeah I played a couple of them in the UK, the original Creamfields, including (when I was very young) the very first Creamfields… way back in 1998. I played the VIP tent for Sony Playstation. Memories….

What was your craziest party you have ever experienced? Where was it and what was so crazy about that?
Eee too many to mention. Womb in Tokyo is consistently very crazy on a year by year basis.

What are you actually working on as a producer? Any new tracks, remixes or dj mix? Where will be the stuff released?
Again too many things to mention. Currently (as of June 22nd) you can buy Alininha on CR2, Howards House and Oscillate on Oosh (Oosh 014), you can still find Lauda and Illanoize on Oosh (Oosh 12) The Horn.. a free track givenaway on my facebook page – I do this every couple of months, so its worth becoming a fan…Here is the URL (please publish this)
http://www.facebook.com/paolomojo

Remix wise, Saxaphone from Reuben Keeney, Tembisa Funk from Macson, Monday from Carlo Dall Anese and Fabio Castro… oh and Smokestack on Curfew Records. Theres a lot of stuff out at the moment. And Im working on just as much new stuff again at the moment here at home.


Your track „Sirena“ appeared in Pete Tong´s Essential mix. What was your first feeling about this?
I think he went a bit nuts playing all my records last year haha. Its great of course. Sirena was a big favourite of Pete’s.

How do you usually relax when you have time? What are your hobbies except from music?
Music does tend to pervade everything I do from an ideas point of view. But I like walking around. I like old buildings. I like history, culture and art. These things make me happy.

What do you know about Czech Republic where festival Creamfields Central Europe takes place?

Good food, good people good architecture, good history. Good enough for me!

Finally your top 10 tracks please:

In no particular order…

Devilfish – fusion (alex celler remix)
Layo and bushwacka – madagascar
Towie – caraka (axel remix)
Alan fitzpatrick – amsterdam (heiko laux berlin overdub)
Andre buljat – tu sabe (yakin remix)
Paolo mojo – howards house
Reset robot – do the slot
Mar –t wash your mind (kabal und liebe remix)
Giancarlo lanza and dario giuliani – senegalized (alex moments remix
The o jays – for the love of money (king britt remix)