Interview Stunned Guys
TILBURG, 17 OKTOBER 2006
Op zaterdag 21 oktober staat 013 weer complete op zijn kop tijdens
Mania. Hét hardcore-evenement biedt deze keer een avond beuken met
de keiharde DJ's Promo, Buzz Fuzz, Panic, G Town Madness, Catscan,
Endymion, D-Spirit, Sceletor, Wizard en de Italiaanse Stunned Guys.
Dit duo legden we een aantal vragen voor waarop ze gretig antwoorden.
In het Engels, want ons Italiaans was die dag niet zo goed...
In which ways has Traxtorm been important to you?
After many releases on important Dutch label as Rotterdam Records,
Terror Traxx and Forze, we decided to start Traxtorm on 1995 to
develop the hardcore scene in Italy too, dreaming about the goal to
have "our own" scene in our country, looking as much as possible like
the Dutch one. Traxtorm quickly became the leader of the up growing
Italian scene and one of the most respected labels in the worldwide
panorama. The names Stunned Guys and Traxtorm together took us around
the world for uncountable gigs and the big productions we released
(also together with big Dutch artists as Neophyte, Paul Elstak,
Darrien Kelly...) set Traxtorm as one of the best hardcore labels of
the world. Even more, on Traxtorm we did a big talent scouting, and we
launched and still actually produce big artists like Tommyknocker, Art
of Fighters, Mad Dog (and more to come). I cannot even imagine if
Traxtorm wouldn't exist: Traxtorm is a "need"..
When you created Thrillseeka together with DJ Paul, did you thought
'Yes, this one's going to be huge'?
When you make a track, you always know something about "this is gonna
work..." or "this is not gonna work...": yes we realized it was a good
track, a very good one, but honestly we couldn't expect the worldwide
success it became. I'm so happy about it: we made the track on 1998,
and it is still one of the most played tracks on the hardcore dance
floors around the globe.
Mania is very honoured to welcome you for the first time at one of our
events. Many of your Italian colleagues stood already behind the
turntables at Mania, like Noize Suppressor, Randy, Jappo aka Unexist,
Claudio Lancinhouse and Tommyknocker. Why is it that Italian DJ's and
the Dutch hardcore freaks are such a good combination?
I actually don't know the exact reason, but if you look at the
development of the house music scene started early 90', it is clear
that both Italian and Dutch people has a special feeling for "rave
music": the best tracks ever have mostly been produced by Italians or
Dutch producers, and the audience from the 2 countries is the most
party minded. Italian DJ's and the Dutch hardcore freaks are a perfect
combination, but it is exactly all the way around between Dutch DJ's
and Italian hardcore freaks: I really believe it has something to do
with both our DNA...
Stunned Guys zetten aanstaande zaterdag, 21 oktober, een liveshow neer
op Euphoria. Er zijn nog kaarten voor dit evenement verkrijgbaar. Maar
wacht niet te lang, want de eerste editie van Mania was uitverkocht.
013 Tilburg