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COVER INTERVIEW > THE DIGITAL NATURE OF PRETTY PINK

“At the end of the day, it’s the fans out there in the world who spur
me on to peak performance with their positive feedback.”

Your labels ultimately reflect the evolution of your sound up Your debut album is called ‘Born Digital’. Were you born
until Deep Woods. How do you analyse your metamorphosis? digital? Take us through the album’s concept.
As an artist and music producer, I draw a lot of inspiration The individual tracks were created during the pandemic,
from the environment. The more I tour or travel, the more and there were actually many more than are now on the
impressions I take back to the studio. Over the years, my style album. I probably could have released a double album
has evolved from more tech and deep house to progressive straight away, but then decided on the best productions.
and melodic house & techno, if you need genres at all. It’s The album is like a journey and invites you to dance and
important to me that I really feel what I’m DJing and releas- rave as well as to enjoy. There are vocal tracks with some
ing. There is an evolution of my own sound. Because as you guests on the album as well as clear club numbers full of
develop throughout your life, so does your sound. ecstasy and energy. You can let the album take you by the
hand and pull you through the day and night. Hopefully,
Deep Woods is a weekly radio show, a record label, an you’ll have a lot of fun and a great time. And yes, I am born
event concept, a music festival and now also a merch line. digital in our beautiful natural environment and you can
What does it feel like to see music fans wearing your brand? feel that when listening.
Since I love to design, I started the merch series at some
The 14 tracks on the album offer different moods and can
point and was surprised by the overwhelming interna-
be consumed individually, but all together form a DJ set.
tional feedback on my stuff. I get orders from all over the
How should we intake ‘Born Digital’?
world and when I see people wearing the Deep Woods
brand in Las Vegas, London or Amsterdam, I am still totally It doesn’t matter whether you listen to the album to warm
overwhelmed and happy. I am already planning my next up for the weekend, while driving or during your Spotify
collection. session after work or university. Because at the end of the
day, the album should evoke a euphoric state in you and
You make very emotional music that deeply engages transport you to another world for a while.
people. What effect do you hope your music will have on
people? Finally, what finish lines do you still aim to cross?
I hope people have a good time with my music and can There are still a few clubs and festivals I’d like to play.
fade out of their everyday life for a moment. Because that’s Besides, I have not been to Australia yet. It’s a fascinating
what I love so much about music. You can let yourself fall continent that I definitely want to explore and travel to. I
into it and surrender to it completely. The fact that almost a also plan to take my event series abroad. So there are still
million people worldwide now listen to my tracks on Spotify plenty of goals I want to achieve and I am still on fire. You
alone is almost unimaginable to me. I could not have even just have to look ahead and not rest on your achievements.
dreamed of this incredible number of years ago. That’s why I can not wait for the next gigs, releases and
collaborations. I will keep you updated on my socials!

‘BORN DIGITAL’ IS ALREADY OUT VIA DEEP WOODS ON BEATPORT
FROM 7 APRIL AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING FROM 5
MAY. A VINYL VERSION WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS YEAR. KEEP UP TO
DATE ON WWW.PRETTYPINK.DE

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