the interview with mr gaspar has happened. woohoo. it has the best ever answer to my favourite question.hi mr gaspar, thanks for giving me another chance to speak with you. let me see if i've got the set up there right... you are dj / remixer / producer mr gaspar. also manager of burn the fire records. cold blank is a joint venture between you and big na$ty. am i right?
you are correct.how did the two of you meet and how did cold blank come about?
myspace! i used to be the frontman of an indie/electronic rock outfit known as the metronomes. we got a lot of local support & received several booking offers at parties and clubs in la county. manny, aka big na$ty, tried to book me a few times to perform at his parties. although unfortunately we never performed at any of his events, we began running into each other a few times within the local scene. as soon as we disbanded, i began looking into production and djing, and working together just came about along the way.
you were already starting to make some waves by yourself. is it more difficult working with another party or has it all been plain sailing so far?
it is much tougher to work with a partner. i tend to work pretty fast on my own, so that's convenient. plus, my tracks tend to have more of a melodious pop/techno approach, so when i produce alone, it's because i want to take a break from the big room bangers. although producing with a partner can get frustrating and lengthy due to personal taste, having two minds agree on a melody, bass-line, and/or structure only increases the chances of others digging it as well.
when you hear a track, what makes you think 'yes, i want to remix that'?
it either has to have some dope vocals i can sample/chop/pattern/loop, or i have to want to play out in the club. why play the original when i can remix the track for proper club play?
i think last time we spoke there was some talk about putting together a mr gaspar record. is the solo work still happening?
yes, i'm working on putting out a full length album in 2010. hopefully it's something along the lines of daft punk & todd edwards. i've been doing a lot of disco house & tech house with a lot of heavy sampling.
where would you like to see yourself this time next year?
touring as much as possible & saving money to keep making more music!
what plans to come to the uk?
we've gotten a few offers for some uk gigs and we also signed one of our tracks to lee mortimer, so hopefully some bookings will be finalized in 2010.
who should i be checking out from over the pond to feature on sockformation, and who are you listening to at the moment?
i would definitely say to keep an eye open for mini k. he's an electro fidget house producer who has been throwing out some solid bangers left & right!
and to finish, porcupine or pineapple?
i'm going to have to say pineapple.
semi-relevant story: this girl i used to know bought a hedgehog on craigslist from a state where they're legal to have as pets (in california it's illegal). she named it okoboji. i told her that if i owned one, i would have named it piña (pineapple in spanish). the next thing i know, she changes the damn hedgehog's name. i will never tell anyone what i plan on naming my future yorkshire terrier because then they will steal my future pet's name, just like she did.
describe your sound in 6 words and 2 punctuation marks
we'll do one for mr gaspar & one for cold blank.
mr gaspar - lounge, groove, cruise, bounce, upbeat, soul, ?, *
cold blank - epic, hard, sexy, banger, analog, stomp, !, $
thank you for your time, and is there anything you'd like to add?
follow our social networks for cold blank & burn the fire updates & expect big things from our label burn the fire in the future!
you heard the man... do it
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