Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2010
Courtesy of Planet Gong
“Dance music will continue to attract larger crowds, and I believe that it is the responsibility of all organizers to ensure spacious, safe venues that have a solid emergency plan in place,” he writes from Amsterdam. “The Love Parade disaster marks a date in dance music event history that will hopefully change how events are organized.”
2000 And One’s contribution to the Wire10 Compilation CD is a spare reworking of his minimal techno outing “Peking Duck” that sounds like it could have been made by a hip 20-year-old. But the DJ is, in fact, synonymous with decades of Amsterdam electronica.
“I guess it all started in 1992 when I co-founded 100% Pure, which is now Amsterdam’s oldest tech-house label,” he recalls. “Nowadays, I’m involved with six labels which cover a spectrum of house, tech-house and techno. They offer a framework for the new generation of Dutch producers to release music on the global stage as well as international talents to be heard in the Netherlands.”
The DJ is confident the Dutch capital will continue to be a Mecca of club culture. “Amsterdam has a rich history in dance music, stemming back to the club scene in the ’90s,” he says. “Clubs like Roxy, Mazzo and the IT inspired all the current top party organizations. That musical heritage has been a springboard for the global scene now, and as long as the Dutch talents stay focused, I’m hoping we’ll continue to be influential.”
Promising a taste of the banging Amsterdam scene in his set at Wire, the DJ says he abandoned vinyl for digital two years ago. “Ableton and Traktor [software] offered me the creative freedom that I craved—hence the switch,” he says. “I haven’t looked back.”
Yokohama Arena
Wire10. Techno: DJs Alex Bau, Butch, etc. Aug 28, from 6pm, ¥11,550 (adv). Tel: 0570-069-111. www.wireweb.jp/10
