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the last 13 years faired?
The last 13 years have been an amazing journey. I’ve always kept Superfreq events boutique & wish to keep them that way. This is so that the crowd doesn’t get diluted, which in turn means we don’t have to compromise in any way with the musical integrity of the brand. Superfreq is a party for discerning adults who have good taste & demand high quality in everything on their lives, but especially music & the company that they keep. Due to this I’m very careful not to over promote Superfreq. It’s not always easy throwing events without the all the hype & pomp we see nowadays, as the hyped up events that happen on the same night as ours can be a little bit of a distraction for some people. But saying that, it separates the wheat from the chaff & we always end up with an amazing crowd who are with us for all the right reasons.
The birth of Superfreq was actually at “The End & AKA” if i’m correct in thinking?
Yes it was. We did the first Superfreq in February 2002 at The End. It was a monthly Saturday night event that was my replacement for the Subterrain parties. At Subterrain I would be resident in the main room with Murf & special guest DJs & Layo & Bushwacka! were residents in the lounge. However Layo & Bushwacka! out grew that room & needed a night of their own in the main room. This created the perfect opportunity for me to make a music & style change to my own monthly parties & move forward a bit. I was getting a little bored with the tech house scene at that time. There wasn’t much of a fashion element in the tech house scene, it was boy heavy & I really wanted a little more glamour in my parties, more girls & more of a fashion element. Also the music on the tech house scene at that time had become somewhat formulaic. 130BPM, loaded with congas & bongo loops & just not electronic & trippy enough for my own personal taste. For me tech house was never meant to be a formula, but an open minded musical genre that was the last bastion of acid house incorporating innovative & forward thinking house, acid & techno. My own music was changing at that time with a more electronic & minimal attitude to it, so starting Superfreq was the perfect move.
From the formation as a London based party, you then took Superfreq on the road. 7 full seasons in Ibiza and special one off shows across the world. What was it like having the 1st ever Superfreq in the world renowned DC10?
Superfreq had already had 3 amazing seasons at Underground in Ibiza before we moved to DC10. I really loved that place & really didn’t want to move. There was a falling out of my Ibiza partner Lewis & one of the owners of Underground, so of course I stood loyal with my mate & we sadly left Underground. This happened just before the season started, so for July & August we didn’t have a home. However, those wonderful people Andrea & Antonio from DC10 came to the rescue & we did the month of September 2006 on Wednesdays at DC10. It was an excellent opening night & funny to be doing an opening when other nights in Ibiza are starting to do their closing parties. We then went back the following season for the whole season of Superfreq at DC10. The nights were excellent & hold many great memories.
Along with being an incredible party Superfreq is also the name of one of your labels. Would it be fair to ask the name of a track released on the label that really touched you?
Superfreq is now my only functioning label. We’re quite prolific & have released 21 EPs