Beatport electro bestseller Olivier Giacomotto speaks

Beatport electro bestseller Olivier Giacomotto speaks

28 November, 2007 | 1.49PM

• Written by: bengomori
• Filed under: Music News : john acquaviva, olivier giacomotto

Ahead of his appearance for John Acquaviva’s joint Electronic warehouse party with wonky house maestros Playtime in London on December 8th, we caught a brief chat with Olivier Giacomotto, one of Beatport’s best-selling electro artists of 2007.

What differentiates good electro from the cheesier crap? What’s most important - beats or melody?

Making good electro is like making a good cake.

What is the most important - the recipe or the cook?

A lot of producers have the right recipe with the rights sounds but are not really good cooks, and that makes the difference between good electro and cheesier crap.

You come from a techno background, but also from booty culture and you were doing mash-ups years before they got big in the UK. What does that range of influences bring to your tracks?

I always keep in mind that my music is made for the dancefloor.

A lot of techno DJs went completely on the opposite side of what they made before, by making total minimal music, and too often boring minimal music… my techno background gave me the need to make banging electro tracks.

I always want to tease people, make them scream, let them feel alive.

Did you expect your remix of Robot Needs Oil’s ‘Volta’ or your other remixes to be as big as they were?

I never expected that result with ‘Volta’.

When you release a track you always know if it’s a good track or not, but you never know if it’s a top10 track.

How has life changed since you started having Beatport No. 1s?

Hahaha, nothing changed - I have the same car, the same apartment, same habits...I just have more bookings.

It only proves that making Top 10 tracks is good for your promotion, for your image.

For people who think that Top 10 tracks make really good money, unfortunately that’s wrong - it only provides you more bookings.

In the end, it means more money, of course, so maybe I’ll change my car in a couple of years. ;)

Who do you rate out of UK DJs? You’ve played here twice, what’s your view on the crowd?

Mmh, I never pay attention to the nationality of a DJ.

The UK crowd is very good, I always had a good time playing in London.

They like fat bass and dirty sounds, and that fits quite well with what I play during my sets.

How does the Electronic setup, where up-and-coming DJs, are taken round the world by John Acquaviva, work for the DJs themselves? You’ve done every Electronic so far - which was the best?

It’s always a pleasure to go and tour with John.

We all come from Definitive Recordings and it’s like a little family taking control of the sound for a whole night.

We try to represent the electro house sound at his best, providing good tracks for good people.

The best electronic so far was at Rex Club (Paris) because the place was really busy for a Thursday night, and Rex Club is really one of the best clubs in France.

You live on Bordeaux, France. What’s the clubbing like there?

On one hand, clubbing in Bordeaux is not easy because clubs have to close at 4AM, which is why there is only one electronic club still alive there.

On the other hand, a new generation is growing and want to party and have fun.

They like all kinds of electronic sounds and are really motivated.

So we have bad and good things here.

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Check out full details of Electronic vs Playtime in London on this link.

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