February 12th is set to be a big one with a massive party from the Public House crew. Here’s what they have to say:
“The maiden Public House venture of 2011 is one of our most exciting parties yet. As you know we pride ourselves on scouring Europe for the hottest talent we can lay our hands on, and we are delighted to announce not one, but two debutantes to our fair shores.
Firstly we are jetting in the Norwegian wonderkid Terje Bakke for his UK debut! Terje is one of the hottest young talents in Europe and his smooth productions and high octane sets make this booking perfect for Public House. Secondly, making their London debut we give you Waifs & Strays. This dynamic duo have quietly become one of the most promising homegrown talents and 2011 is going to be their year, with a excellent releases on Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom imprint these party starters have been ripping up Bristol for years and now it’s time for London to taste their undoubtable pedigree.
What better way to kick off the new year than with a spanking new venue… so we will be bringing our raucous rave to Old Streets latest twilight dancefloor, Nomad. Perfectly situated in the heart of Shoreditch it houses two floors, ripe for our brand of late night shenanigans. So get those names over to the usual email address (public.house@live.com) for guaranteed £5 entry. With the January detox done and dusted, there is no better place to get back in the saddle!”
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Saturday 12 February 2011
10pm until 5am
Nomad London/ 58 Old Street, EC1V 9AJ
£5 Guestlist (names to public.house@live.com) £7 On The Door
Facebook Event & Resident Advisor Event
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They’ve also sent over a mix from Waif and Strays plus an exclusive interview with Terje Bakke himself:
http://soundcloud.com/publichouse/ph16-waifs-strays/s-h7isM
- Firstly we want to say how excited we are to be having you over to the UK, especially as its your debut on our fair island! What have you heard about clubbing in London and the UK in general?
Oh yes, thank you so much for having me, Im so thrilled about this! Last year was special for me, but this year seems to be the best yet.
Ive heard a lot of things about the London clubbing scene! Ive heard the city never sleeps and that Sunday afterhours is quite normal. For me this somehow sounds a little like Berlin. I’ve been clubbing in Berlin several times, but never in London, why? I also reckon that there’s almost “too” many things happening over there. I can imagine the city would kill me softly as there are too many interesting events to attend. I remember I was scooping through RA once for a normal London weekend: There were about five different events I’d love to attend.
- You recently played at Watergate in Berlin, How was that?
Watergate was an amazing experience for me. It was what I would like to call a milestone gig. Everybody knows about Watergate, so for me this is a statement that I’m on to something. It was also fun, because I had with me like six friends from Bergen, some of them have never experienced this kind of clubbing culture before. Norwegian clubs close at 2.30 am, so you can imagine how big of a culture shock it was for them. There were also some people attending from the gig I played the week before in Darmstadt (outside of Frankfurt). They took an eight hour train just to party with me. They are so cool down there.
- Bergen in Norway isn’t the first place that comes to mind when thinking of nurturing house music talent but you’ve produced some spectacular tunes! How do you keep aware of the changing sounds in house or do you just go your own way and hope for the best?
Thank you so much for your kind words! To be honest, I really don’t care about keeping up with changing sounds, but I’m pretty interested in electronic dance music, more so than most. I think the reason why my the sound is sounding so interesting at the moment is because people are getting tired of the random loop-based house with chopped up vocal stabs. People want more soul and red lines in music atm. I’ve always been a fan of simple and receptive melody structures. I started with trance and just went deeper and deeper, so the sound I’m doing at the moment just feels natural to me.
- Where’s been you favourite place to play out so far?
Oh, I don’t know actually. I have this feeling that my next gigs will just top the previous one and so on with the coming years. One of the best so far would definitely be the Watergate gig. The feeling of being in charge of the music and controlling the people’s minds at 5 am at the waterfloor and just playing until the sun comes up, that’s what it’s all about for me really. It’s something we never experience in Norway.
- What are your ambitions for this 2011?
My ambitions for 2011 are to take my music career to another level and to be able to combine this with my studies as much as possible. I’m really looking forward to seeing the world, play at new places, meet new cool peoples and take lots of flights. I love airports and everything about it, lol. I also want to keep on producing strong tracks in my own tempo, without having the constantly struggle of keeping the fuzz warm.
- Are there any producers you would like to collaborate with or any labels you aspire to release on and why?
I don’t really like collaborations that much. There is always this feeling of control I need when I produce music. I’m more a DJ kind of person, sand so those people who both master the art of djing and producing really inspire me. I like unique characters that have this authorial approach with their appearance. The obvious character I’m talking about is great Ricardo Villalobos.
I really respect labels that put a lot of effort into every aspect of how to run a label. Labels should have an idea behind everything and be consequent. They should have a vision and a reason behind all the choices they make. Lol, my friend will probably laugh while reading this, because I always talk about visions, but it’s true. A good example of this is Innervisions. They think outside of the box. For example, they once released a record only in Japan. Wtf, who does that, I just love it, it creates so much exclusivity.
- In 3 words how would you describe your DJ style?
Passionate, authorial and defiantly arrogant
- Erland Oye is from Bergen, any plans like Phonique recently to use his undoubted vocal talents?
Erlend Oye is well known in the UK as well? Nice. Internationally he is the face of the cultural music-scene here in Bergen. He is so talented – and very important for the environment around here. He also helps a lot of up and coming bands and is one of the figures that makes the cultural music scene here so rich. There is a lot of great up and coming bands from here and they’re often called “the Bergen wave” by the Norwegian media. If you ask a kid on the street what his “profession” is, every second one will answer “I’m a musician”.
I am not sure how I would use his voice in my music though. I feel we sit in two completely different boats, and to be honest I’m not that big a fan of mixing them up too much.
- You recently have finished a remix for German duo Dualton. What remixes have you got in the pipeline?
Yeah, it just got released on Be Chosen Digital! At the moment, there is no remixes in the pipeline actually. I get remix offers several times a week, but to be honest, I’m kind of a dick when it comes to my principles. I’m not interested in doing remixes just in order to put more music out. I must feel some kind of potential from the original track to work further with it. To be frankly, there is so much random music out there at the moment. Labels release all kind of shit without thinking about why they are releasing it and they don’t realize how this actually falls back negatively on themselves as a serious label.
- Did you know Terje Bakken was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian metal band Windir?
Hah, so what you’re really asking me about is, if I have ever googled my own name. Answer to that is YES, several times unfortunately. I also found out about this Terje Bakken guy. Metal is very important for Bergen and is actually one of the biggest music exports we have in Norway. I was talking to this Gaahl, the mysterious front figure of world famous Gorgoroth, which also is based in Bergen. He told me that over 50 000 fans were gathering around the airport for their concerts in South America.
There are by the way over 80 peoples named Terje Bakke in Norway. I was talking to one of them once, and he told me that he got several calls from randomers who wanted to book Terje Bakke. That explains why I never get any calls regarding gigs in Norway.
- I was chatting to Ost & Kjex recently and they were saying Oslo is the most expensive city in Europe, how much is a beer these days?
Yeh, Norway in general is expensive! A beer over here will cost 6.42187 GBP and that’s a rather cheap one.
- What track would you want playing for the following occasions… seducing a lady? first dance at a wedding? before a marathon? at your funeral?
Seducing a lady: Ral1001
first dance at a wedding: House of Jezebel – Love & Happiness
before a marathon: Russ Gabriel – React
funeral: band of horses – the funeral
- Prosumer is playing in Norway soon at a club called Jaeger. Jaeger(meister) is a bit of an institution at Public House, do you get it over in Norway?
You defiantly get Jägermeister in Norway as well, but that’s not the inspiration behind the clubs name, Ive heard. It’s inspired by the famous Norwegian literature writer and bohemian Hans Jaeger. He was fronting a group of intellectual artists and students in end of1800 century, which turned their back against the citizenship and demanded more artistry freedom. They were called “the Kristiania bohemians” (Kristiania was the previous name of Oslo).
This club has huge potential to be the best club in Norway for years. One of the guys behind it, Ola (Olanskii) is one of the godfathers behind the most successful club event in Norway ever, called Sunkissed. He is a man of principles and has a reason behind everything he does, I deeply respect such people. He was actually living in London for several years, maybe you know him?
- What question have you got for our next headliner?
Oh well, I was reading a magazine when I was younger and they had this “9 boring questions and one cool one” feature for celebrities. The cool question was always “When was the last time you had sex?” so, “When was the last time you had sex?” – Or is that sounding totally childish? Ask him if he likes “prim”. (that’s some Norwegian cheese stuff)
