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Miss Kittin
Miss Kittin actually sounds like Miss Kittin. How cool is that?
As a DJ you are constantly working at night. It must be difficult not having a daytime life.
I have a daytime life when Im back home, when Im not playing, you know. But, my body is used to switch. Sometimes I switch instantly, like, I know Friday, Saturday Im going to go to bed very late and sometimes I take a few days to recover. But Im used to it.
It must be worse when you are switching timezones.
Yeah, but, when I was young, I mean younger and not DJing, I mean, I was going out anyways on weekends so its nothing new. What is difficult is the traveling, the waiting time, the hotels; that you cant stay in bed as much as you want. You know, before I would go and party and go to bed and sleep until six in the afternoon if I wanted and when you DJ you have a plane to catch or hotels kick you out at 12.00 or 13.00 and then you have to wake up so thats the hard thing about it. Besides that everything is cool.
Do you tour very often?
For DJs, you know, its not like for musicians. Its not like, OK, I released an album and Im going to tour for six months in a bus and Im going to do rock shows. DJs work every weekend so its like being on tour all the time and not being and never being on tour at the same time; because Im going home normally on Sundays. I leave home on Friday and I come back on Sunday. Its like, people go to work in an office from 08.00 to, or 09.00 to 17.00 and I dont work on weekdays but Im putting all my energy from Friday to Saturday.
And what do you do in your spare time?
Well, well, taking care of all the things. Like my health, the decisions to make for the future projects and beside job I love to meet my friends, have lunch, talk and exchange ideas. I love to watch movies, I love to read, I love to, Im … but Im constantly creating something. Im always keeping myself busy with ideas things and Im always, like, sewing something, drawing something, doing music… Its, its, its never ending, you know.
How long did it take to finish your i.com album?
I dont know, I think it took more or less a year but if you, if you reduce it to the actual time we spent in the studio its probably only three months. Three months spread on a year or so.
Are you going to be playing much in Ibiza?
Three times.
At Wildlife?
Yes, Im looking forward to it.
I think thats going to be the best night in Ibiza.
Yeah?
Yeah, totally. What do you think about Ibiza?
Ibiza is, like, such a legend, you know? You have such high expectations when you go on this island that the first time I went there I didnt get it.
As a DJ or as a clubber?
As a DJ. As a clubber Ive never been before because its not the type of clubs that Id go. I prefer to go to a warehouse where its dark and its dirty… I was invited to play at Pacha and I didnt like it at all.
No?
No, because I was treated really bad by the people at the club. I mean, the audience, they loved what I did but Tiga and me played in a small floor and we were kicked out by the security because apparently we were partying too much in the DJ booth. Everybody else is doing cocaine on tables but we couldnt dance in the DJ booth and I said Never again I will be involved with Ministry of Sound and never again I will ever play at Pacha… and if Pacha one day calls me they have to apologize for the security. This was my experience in Ibiza and I was like I was not as famous as today, you know, today I would go at Pacha and everybody would polish my shoes and lick my ass - like in the song - but I never forget things like that because you are an artist, you deserve respect, you know. And that was like, with Sven, when Sven asked me to play at Cocoon I knew I will be treated good because Sven treats artists with respect. I dont know about the club outside Cocoon… Maybe its the same, maybe they treat people like shit, I dont know, but to me I was always treated good and I always gave something extra special to this place. For Sven, for respect. For Sven to bring me and make me like me Ibiza and to understand the spirit of the island, so now I go to Ibiza and I, I its one of my favourite place in the world because I start to know, to know the… this energetical field you have on this little island which you can feel when you are on holidays somewhere and you dont party, and thats great. And Sven showed me this bringing me to Cocoon and thats great.
I think Cocoon/Wildlife is going to be the only party on Ibiza where they actually introduce new music and the audience isnt just there to get high and party all night and all day but they actually want to hear interesting sounds and interesting mixes.
Yeah, well, thats due to the amazing team that this Cocoon, like, its a family, its really a family and when they invite you, you are part of that family and this spirit - thats what people want to see when they go to clubs. They dont want to feel, OK, Im going to a club, Im paying a lot of money to see a guy whos going to get twenty thousand euros, a flight in a private jet and play all the hits. Thats not enough anymore. Especially in Ibiza because there is such a big war between the clubs: Who is going to get the best crowd and stuff and Sven always manage to make the people feel like a family and thats the difference because people come to Cocoon, Amnesia they have the feeling that they are part of the show, you know. Thats it. Because Sven is really communicating so much with the audience and most of the DJs he books are like that. I think.
Is that the same relationship you have with The Loft in Barcelona?
Yes. But in The Loft the difference is that its not Cocoon, you know. Its The Loft itself, I really get on well the people. They are friendly, they are enthusiastic, they follow me in every move I make and they make me feel like home and outside personal, this personal emotion you can feel; technically thats one of the best sound system and best atmosphere in the place Ive experienced. And, yeah, I love The Loft.
I love how theyre so organized and professional. I think its the most respectable club in Barcelona.
I think people are sometimes - in everywhere around the world - the big mistake of clubs is to think O, Im legendary, Im big, I am a big name and then people should be happy to come to my place, you know. No, its not like this. You have to… people are the kings of the night, you know . Its not really the DJ or the club itself or the people in the club. So you have to, you have to spoil the audience and make the party happen.
So, Barcelona is still one of your favourite places to play?
Yes, definitely. Because, because I can always play what I want, I never have the feeling that I am trapped into a style. I mean, everywhere, around the world, I never say O, I cant play this or I cant play that. I hear a lot of DJs that say O, I cant play techno there, its too hard for them or I cant play more house or I cant be crazy, you know, and its like you put your own barriers, you know, but, its true, in Barcelona, for me, its easy. Im like, its going to be cool and people will enjoy and its going to be crazy and how, and how can I make it even more crazy than last time and how can I make it even more surprising? Its amazing at The Loft,every time, yeah, last time was crazy but its even more crazy and more crazy and more crazy and it, it became a joke. Like OK Caro, whats going to happen this time? Thats amazing!
Ok, heres my last question. When you were growing up you were exposed to all types of music by your parents. Do you parents care for electronic music?
O yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My dad not too much. Hes more, actually, into hip hop because my brothers are; they are ten years younger than me and they are really into hip hop and so my dad had to bear hip hop so he, he liked, for example, things like the last Madonna album that is really electronic, he liked it, you know. Hes really aware. They are young, my parents. My mum, yeah. Shes such a big fan of Laurent Garnier. Shes like, he even calls her when he playing, he puts her on the list… She drives to see him in Spain - she lives in Spain. Its funny, my parents are big fans, you know.
Do they understand or do they think its even right how youre so important to so many people, like, youre such a big celebrity but you just play music?
Thats a good question. Well, I think my mother always knew that since I started she, she saw me many times so each time she saw me she saw the evolution and she understood, she was like, Wow, thats crazy.. how much you can touch people. Shes even more conscious about it than I am because she, she, she can watch it from a distance. Im not, Im part, Im into it. My dad - its another story. I think my dad didnt really understand until he saw me live and then, and since then now, you know, he, he, I think hes more crazy about Miss Kittin than Caroline which is a bit bizarre to me, so…. hes really proud of my success and he, he still lives in a little town so for him, he likes the idea of being in the jet set, because he is the father of someone famous and, you know, my mum is proud because she is my mum, because I am her daughter, but for my dad its a little bit more superficial…. I think my dad is not involved, he never experienced techno music the way my mum did and I was never that connected to my dad as I am with my mum so thats probably the reason.
He probably just doesnt know you as well as she does.
Yeah, thats it. Yeah, so but these things, now he wants to know me more because of that and I dont need it and so its very strange. But its good, we are on good terms but I am totally aware of whats going on so I can deal with it.
You seem very, very intelligent.
No, Im not intelligent. Thats, thats, no, thats… no, no, but I realized the other day, like, like, if I would do a test for intelligence i would fail because i have zero mathematic intelligence, the logical - the logic - you know when you do tests on magazine, try to find the solution to a problem, I never make it. I think its more the sensibility, the intuition…
Thats part of intelligence.
Thats part of intelligence, maybe, but thats more the intuitive feeling than, you know I try to play chess against the computer and Im very bad… genius are supposed to be super good in that. So, I dont think I am technically intelligent, intuitively, yeah, maybe, but I dont think thats intelligence, its more emotionally.
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Read the review for Sven Vath and Miss Kittin playing together at Cocoon at:
http://www.djvibe.com/news/news_details.php?topicid=235
Interview by Ariadna Peretz
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