Cand am fost ieri la conferinta de presa cu Gabriel & Dresden, am asteptam sa fie un cadrul semi-formal si in niciun caz nu ma asteptam sa le pot lua interviu si sa le strang mana. Intrebarile au venit cu usurinta, la fel cum imi vin versurile pieselor lor de fiecare data cand le ascult muzica. A fost o surpriza extraordinara pentru mine si o bucurie pe masura. Oamenii astia au facut cateva dintre piesele marcante ale muzicii electronice si nu-mi vine sa cred ca eu am stat de vorba cu ei. Ce a iesit? Un interviu relaxat, cu zambete si promisiuni de muzica buna. Check it out!

Daca cineva mi-ar fi spus, acum 4 ani, in timp ce ascultam “Enemy”, “Closer”, “Tracking treasure down” sau “Sidney” pe peron la Unirii, ca voi da vreodata mana cu creatorii acestor piese extraordinare, evident, n-as fi crezut. Dar visele se implinesc atunci cand muzica e pentru tine mai mult decat o piesa la radio, de care te saturi dupa 5 ascultari.

Ieri seara, in Studio Martin din Bucuresti, Gabriel & Dresden au venit sa stea de vorba cu noi, intr-o conferinta de presa organizata inaintea concertului lor din Iasi, din seara aceasta. Daca nu-i stiti dupa nume pe cei doi DJ si producatori americani, sigur ati auzit piesa “As the rush comes” de la Motorcycle sau “Beautiful things” de la Andain. Din 2001 pana in 2008, Josh Gabriel si Dave Dresden au lucrat impreuna, creand cateva dintre track-urile memorabile ale ultimilor 10 ani. In 2008, insa, au ales sa se desparta si am crezut ca nu voi mai apuca niciodata sa-i vad mixand live. Iata insa ca speranta moare ultima. 🙂

Anul acesta, Gabriel & Dresden au decis ca vor reveni in forta. Deja se afla intr-un turneu de promovare si unul dintre primele concerte sustinute in formula reintregita este cel de la Iasi de astazi, din cadrul M Globe Party. Ieri, la conferinta de presa, am avut onoarea sa le strang mana si sa le pun cateva intrebari din partea noastra, a tuturor fanilor lor. Iata ce mi-au povestit:

First of all, I’d like to say I’m really happy you got back together. You must’ve heard that a thousand times, but it’s still very very good.

Thank you! It never gets old.

I used to listen to you in high school and when I hear you broke up I thought “oh, my God, I’ll never get to see them live”.

You know, we’ve been talking about this generation of people like yourself that are going to clubs now. Before we stopped making music, they could never go to the clubs, but now they’re coming back. And there’s a whole generation that are coming for the first time to the clubs, but they know the music.

I’m very glad to hear that you’re going to perform at The Mission Dance Weekend this summer. How do you feel about that?

We feel great about it. We love Romania, so we’re happy to be back every time.

That sounds great! I’ve seen you’re about to launch a new project with Andain.

Yes.

Can you tell us a little more about that?

It’s a long term thing. It started in 2007, in January 2007, and Josh finished it on his own and it was the first remix we did since we got back together. It’s a song called “Promises”.

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