Kana Broadcast 049 Marcelus

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http://okkana.com/Download/Kana_Cast/Kana_Broadcast_049_Marcelus.mp3Download me - right click "save target as" | Open Player in New Window Paris, France is home for us this week. The citadel has been fairly influential along with it’s European counterparts in securing a healthy contribution to the world of electronic music, and as a new armada of artists emerge from the region, it feels as though you’re getting pulled into a mutating landscape of sonic aesthetics and productive militant ideology. Our guest this week epitomises that impetus for change. Not even 2 weeks ago his Shine EP was transmitted by distributors from Tresor Records, and his own imprint Singular Records is also playing host to its own success, lining up the likes of The Parallel, Claudia Anderson and Modry as well as himself. With regular bookings across Europe and what we hope will be an incursion deeper globally as 2015 rolls over us, it has solidified his presence among those that are really making a difference at the moment, and it’s certainly done with sincere intent. It feels as though we’re only just at the doorstep of a much more complex and expansive disposition. Kana Broadcast 049 is directed by Marcelus. _ Kn: Before we get into this Cedric, where are you right now in life from your own perspective? M: It’s hard to tell, I’ve got a part time job alongside music, sometimes i d like to be able to just make music and dj you know and sometimes i feel it’s also a great balance to have something else, but i ll come to a transition point soon i guess, I feel great about what happened to me in the techno scene, i went much further that i would ever think of honestly, for now i just keep doing what make sense to me, what i love. Kn: Lets start at the beginning. Where did it all begin for you from a production standpoint? When did you know this was going to be your life? You blew the scene away with EP1 and EP2 on DJ Deep’s Deeply Rooted imprint and thats been well documented, but lets talk about the lead up to that moment. M: I started in the late 90’s with what i could find at the time, and it was games literally, nothing serious at all and i really knew nothing about nothing, i just played with the computer when i had free time, a hobby really, then naturally along the way it became more serious, and especialy around mid-2000’s cause i started mixing also at that point, that was a big step i think. Well yes i knew that it would be important in my life since the 90’s, but I didn’t know how. then yes the next step was the very first EP with DJ Deep, actually it was at a time where i wasn’t making music anymore, almost, i wasn’t going out that much, but there was a transition, the time where raw techno came back, i had some tracks left in the computer so i took my chance and shared these with him, we met and after few months it became the EP1. It has been a long ride, i just kept practicing and learning during all these years until that point, like a natural progression i guess. Kn: Congratulations on the forthcoming release on Tresor. Tell us a little more behind the idea of the ‘Shine’ EP. How did you feel about the record when you were working on it? M: Thank you! I didn’t have a real idea in mind honestly, i took more time than as usual i think for making it but no i didn’t plan anything, i could sometimes, and i ll probably make conceptual projects too in the future, but for this one i just let things happened and try to enjoy a maximum. I felt extremely great, i’m happy when i find something that i think is interesting you know, i always try to do my best, and also i think the track “Shine” is probably one of the best i did until now. Kn: This will be your third release on the label and you’re also a resident. How did the partnership come about and how does that tie into your own personal direction and consciousness? M: I would say it has been fluid! very simple actually, after [...]