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- Interview with Dany Wild DJ & remixer
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- COMMOD0RE FREE Please introduce
- yourself to our readers
-
- DANNY WILD Hi, I am Dany Wild an
- electronic Music Producer and
- Commodore freak for the past 27 Years.
-
- CF. Can you tell our readers how you
- came across the Commodore brand of
- computers?
-
- DW. The C64 was the one and only
- Computer for German kids in the 80s, I
- received my C64 in 1982.
-
- CF. Do you still own and use a
- Commodore machine?
-
- DW. Yes I use my original C64 for some
- sound programming and to have fun with
- the original Commodore Flavour.
- Sometimes I also watch old Demos & play
- some Commodore Games.
-
- CF. What is so special about the SID
- sound?
-
- DW. He sounds awesome, very precise,
- many sided in Sounds, and Sounds very
- special!
-
- CF. Are you a professional dj/remixer
- i.e. is this your main income?
-
- DW Yes . I create a lot of Club music,
- mostly Electro House . My home base
- Label is Sugaspin Rec. in Hamburg .I
- also create other different Projects
- on other international Labels.
-
- CF. What hardware and software is used
- for the remix process?
-
- DW Yamaha 02R Studio Digital Mixer,
- PC with Logic, some Hardware Synth
- Waldorf Q, Yamaha AN1x, NordLead
- and as I need some older analog Synth
- sounds I use some very good VST Plugs
- like the Quadra Synth (very good SID
- Emulation), EXS24 with my own Sample
- Libary of SID sounds.
-
- CF. Do you just remix SID tunes?
-
- DW No. mostly I Remix other Artists of
- the international Club Scene
-
- CF. How do you decide what samples to
- use in the remix and which sections of
- music to include from the original
- composition?
-
- DW Ohhh difficult to decide. I test
- so many sounds and parts before I
- finally make a choice.
-
- CF. Do you Sample the real SID sounds
- to produce the remixes or are the
- sections re-played on synthesisers?
-
- DW. I do both.
-
- CF. Your music is very heavily
- Compressed, is this a conscious
- decision, can you explain compression
- to our reader?
-
- DW. Yes absolutely. I love massive
- compression! For the same channel I
- often use 3 different compressors to
- find the right result.
-
- CF. How much commercial success with
- any of our remixes?
-
- DW. Success is relative, I dont make
- Millions of Euro if thats what you
- mean... lol I had some Number one
- Positions with my Music in the charts.
-
- CF. Do you create original music of
- your own compositions using Commodore
- Machines?
-
- DW. No I didn't transform my Club
- Tracks to SID.
-
- CF. Do you create SID music files our
- user can listen to?
-
- DW. Sorry No I haven't.
-
- CF. Do you have any links to any of
- the remixes you have created our
- reader can listen to?
-
- http://www.danywild.com/commodore/
- danywild_retro_commodore_sid_
- remix_collection-www.danywild.com.zip
-
- CF. What is your favourite piece of
- music and what is your favourite SID
- file?
-
- DW. I like so much Music and SID Files,
- my favourite Club Song this weekend
- is If you Love-Jewelz & Meesh and my
- all time Favourite SID Music is the
- Stuff of Future Freak from Dexion!
- yeahhh I love his style & I wonder why
- his music isn't well known.
-
- CF. If our reader is musically
- inclined what is the best way to start
- remixing Commodore SID files?
-
- DW First you need much enthusiasm for
- the good old Sounds and Songs! Then you
- must know what you want to do with it.
- Do you wanna play it with a Guitar or
- do you wanna combine it with Trance
- Melodies? My way is definitely that I
- wanna hear the old SID Sounds and
- Melodies in my C= Remixes. I combine
- the SID with my Club Style & the result
- is that I can play the old SID Songs
- with a new flavor at Clubs & Partys.
-
- CF Do you have a website with down-
- loaded remixes or even a CD you have
- with the remixed files?
-
- DW No, I didn't release my SID remixes
- commercial. If someone wants to have it
- contact me or use the download link
- http://www.danywild.com/commodore/
- danywild_retro_commodore_sid_
- remix_collection
-
- www.danywild.com.zip
-
- Contact me at: www.danywild.com
- or www.myspace.com/danywild
-
- CF Do you have a list of clubs where
- you are due to remix in case our reader
- wants to see you live?
-
- DW Different, at the moment I play
- as resident DJ in the Gigaparc in
- Dlmen Germany
-
- CF How long have you been a Dj/remixer
- and have things changed much since you
- started?
-
- DW I started work in 1989
-
- CF. Do you think its important to
- promote Commodore machines?
-
- Yes, because its better that Commodore
- exist as a Computer Company than we say
- they are dead and someone uses the Logo
- for Coffee machines. Also its good to
- see that the new Commodore Company
- cares about her history & do something
- for it.
-
- CF Some people would argue that you
- were using other peoples creativity
- for your own gains. Would you like to
- comment about this?
-
- DW I think they didn't understand me,
- I love the old Tracks & want to keep
- the SID/Commodore spirit alive. The
- only way to do that is to use the old
- Songs & Sounds.
-
- CF. Do you think people look at
- Commodore related music and just think
- its all for geeks?
-
- DW If you listen the original SID
- Tracks, Yes they are geek stuff.
- That's why I combine it with fresh
- Clubby Beats & Bass. Now the younger
- Generation/people accept it & Dance to
- it.
-
- CF do you have any final comments you
- would like to add
-
- DW Keep the good old Computer Times
- alive , Atari, Commodore, Amiga,
- Apple, .... whatever.
-
- In good old C= Demo Tradition:
- Greetings to : Luke & Sabrina,
- Commdorefree.com, Sugaspin Rec.,
- Enno Coners, noname.c64.org/csdb,
- Commdore Gaming, Commodore Billboard,
- Retro Mag, Framekiller, Paralax
- Board, Forum64.de, Thomas/Radwar,
- Bit-Boys, Dueco, C64-online.com
- .... & all the SID/C= Freaks out there!
-
- THANKS for your time
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- Dany thanks, I think the tunes are
- great I have had some playing while at
- work I like the heavy compression it
- works very well with these tracks.
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