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We spoke exclusively with
Tristan
Cooke!
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slightly
PM: Hi there
Tristan! Do
you want
to give an intro to your self?
T: Hello my name is Tristan from London and i’m
a psytranceaholic!
PM: Your history is going so back that probably some people doesn’t know the facts. How
you started with Psytrance in the first place?
T: I started raving in 1989, before goa trance had
become a genre, so i had already been dj’ing for
a couple of years when i went to india in 1993
and discovered the party scene happening there
and it literally blew my mind. I never looked
back and it’s been my life ever since
PM: How you see the transformation of our
scene from that days till today?
T: Perhaps it’s not so wild and free as it once
was and the sense of ‘unchartered territory’ may
have passed, but the psytrancers today get to
experience some of the best parties and festivals that have ever been….
production. What DAW
will we find at
your studio?
T: I moved from Logic to Ableton about 2 years
ago
PM: There’s not so many DJs or projects that
“survived” from the first stages of psytrance
back in the 90’s till this days, 2014! What you
think is the “secret”?
T: persistence and genuinely loving what i do...
PM: Any favorite tools, VST’s, Etc.?
T: Ableton plugs for psychedelic music are my
favorite….
PM: As you are one of the “veterans” in psytrance scene, where and how you see psytrance scene nowadays?
T: The scene ebbs and flows in different parts of
the world, but generally on a global level, psytrance is as
healthy and vibrant and fun as it’s ever been
PM: Probably you can guess that a lot of the
readers, are involved also to the music production themselves. Let’s talk a little about
PM: What is your “production advice” to the
people out there trying to make blasting
tunes?
T: A good room to produce in, and use good
‘source’ material. If you need 10 plug-ins on the
sound it probably
isn’t right
PM: How you see the future of psytrance? Is
the BPM going down or the magic number
“145” lives strong?
T: Right now the magic tempo is 146!!! With a
different groove….
PM: As we’re reaching the
end, do you
want to send any message
to our culture
out there?
The scene in Greece is one of the oldest, most
loyal and committed in the world. I feel so much
love when i play at parties there, it’s always a
pleasure to visit; i bring my family to greece every year for a holiday as we love the food, culture and of course romantic nature of the country!!!
PM: Thank you very much for your time and
the Psycedelic eMag team wish you all the
best! Keep blasting!
absolutely my pleasure! And don’t forget to
check out my soundcloud page!
!
FOLLOW TRISTAN:
“Special thanks to Akida Bookings”