ALEXKID INTERVIEW BY DOBLAR
Known for working with Guy Gerber, Laurent Garnier & M.A.N.D.Y and in demand remix duties by the likes of Spencer Parker, Sasse and Damian Lazarus.
Most recent stuff you will see his outstanding ‘Avocado EP’ on Mr Josh Winks super cool Ovum Recordings & the HUGE Kilimanjaro EP on Fuse along with a regular residency spot at the Fuse events in London & Ibiza and his second home at Rex club. I caught up with Alexis to get a little insight to the world of Alexkid
“No ego involved and what cares is the music”
Q1 Hi Alexis, it’s a Monday and many people feel like ripping their own heads off and rugby kicking it down the road after a full weekend of clubbing.
How do you feel today and what are your plans?
I’m quite OK with Mondays myself… I took the habit of being quite active during the week, arriving early at the studio and then playing/partying during the weekend… I’m not saying that sometimes I don’t hate myself on mondays (and tuesdays…) but I have learned to deal with it, and keeping busy makes it less painful…
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Q2 Having coming through music in the 1990’s, how do you feel things have changed and evolved from then to now?
They have radically changed in my opinion. There was more commitment before. The fact that now everything is of easier access has made people lazy. In many ways technology is a great thing , and the fact that anyone with a laptop can make music is fantastic, and with endless possibilities. Yet music is not really any better. Different for sure, better no. In the 90’s you were really thinking about buying this machine or another, because of the expense. You would save money to buy it. Get a summer job if you were a student. Then you would spend time with it, because you would know the value of it. To be a dj or a producer, you really needed to be motivated because eventually there was a lot of time and money involved. Getting a good sound of your machines would take time. Now it seems like everything is a bit diluted in a sea of confusion. You can make semi-decent tracks, to be released onsemi-decent digital labels, where A&R is not necessarily consistant because costs are low. Vinyl has a cost, so labels used to think twice… “Do we really believe in this track ?” Nowadays, pretty much everyone can afford producing (or Djing) and standards have been a bit lowered… I feel some djs pay more attention to their tattoos than to their music basically… It is strange, because at the end, technology should allow you to push the limits, instead, it has lowered the standards… too simple.. less excitement.
