Ten Minutes with: Matt Flores
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Credit: Found On Internet
Whether he's producing luscious house cuts for Compost or glitchy donwtempo
techno for Combination, Matt Flores is both technically and creatively a
superbly accomplished producer. Music Towers caught up with him and found
out where his diverse influences come from and not surprisingly we found a
much with bucket loads of taste.
What's your DJ handle and real name
DJ : Matt Flores, real : Matz Flores
Where are you from?
Düsseldorf / Duesseldorf , Germany
How would you define your style?
Broken beatz 2 NU hip house 2 tec house, drum and bass inspired
What got you into DJing/ making music?
Singing in an choir as child, my father playing trumpet & playing Piano,
uncle in a beat band, granddad playing violin , first Band at 12-year-old
and starting to DJ in youth club same age.
What are your earliest musical memories?
Not sure... my mum listening to Mehelia Jackson maybe...?
What are the best clubs you've ever played?
Recently i liked Bohannon Berlin , Taxi @ Domicil in Dortmund ,Unique Club (Düsseldorf) back in the days, Ramien in Vienna,2 many 2 mention.
What was your worst club experience?
I meet this guy from U.S.A. in Tel Aviv after playing there and we had a
nice chat. One week later the CNN news told me , he got bombed dead in the university in Jerusalem,where he studied!
Which DJs/ Producers do you most admire?
Seiji, Amè, Shy Fx ,Domu...
Which labels and genres are impressing you at the moment?
Stuff on Sonar Kolektiv, East London Rap (ESKI/grime/8bar or whutever
you`ll call it), the beats, dancehall...
What music off-the-mainstream should we be looking out for?
Hip House or broken beats ;) or just call it uptempo rap.
What is you all time favourite record and why?
'Scientist Rids The World of the Evil Course of The Vampires' - Scientist.
Firstly it's the cover art work. I was into comics very much, when I was
13-years-old. Second.It's because it was the first dub music in those days
using extra sound efffects. And it was f***ing minimal,deep and still verry
groovy.
Current Top 10
1 M.Worgul-dragonloop-inner vision / Sonar Kollektiv
2 Mr.V -somethin` wit Jazz-channel music
3 Goosebumpz-close life off-compost black 05
4 Audacity-rise and shine-Metrosoul dub cdr
5 t.parrish-falling up-c.craig rmx -3rd ear
6 Ame-rej-Sk
7 the realm and V-one chance(domu remix) -papa records
8 Matt Flores-Wookie Disco EP-combination white
9 dj mad skills-redux ep 100% pure
10 Addison Industries-on the moon-matts darkside off the moon refix -
metadubs cdr
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