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COVER INTERVIEW > CARL COX AND CHRISTOPHER COE

Congratulations on the residency, you will be taking Carl Cox’s first album for a decade will be out in Septem-
the DC-10 by storm every Tuesday throughout July and ber via BMG. Carl, after your book, is this album somehow
August. How important is it for you to offer Ibiza a night of also a biographical piece?
solely live acts?
This album, for me, really is a nod to my background in
Very important! Obviously, it is such an amazing oppor- acid house and the start of the scene when anything was
tunity to showcase the amazing live artists that we work acceptable musically speaking, so many artists back then
with and admire. And, of course, a huge opportunity for were experimenting with new sounds! But it is also a step
the label. We hope that this is the start of something really forward into my live career which is something I am so
special and ongoing in Ibiza. We want to be able to bring excited about! I love the raw nature of the tracks, as you
more life artists to the island and give them this same may know, I wrote and performed them live and often in
opportunity moving forward of course. And it is a great way one take! I wanted to capture that energy and spirit and felt
to build on what we have already been doing in a virtual it really comes across in a way that I love to represent my
sense over the last couple of years. Some of these artists music and my passion for it!
we have never physically met! So it will be a special series
of events in so many ways! Christopher, you are also involved with the album as you
co-produced it. Do you think the album is a homage to the
This legendary venue represents the authentic under- ‘Electronic Generations’ or a showcase of the evolution of
ground experience in Ibiza. Is it that immersive spirit live productions?
that you will offer to the partygoers with your two-month
Well, as Carl says, the aim was to really capture that truly
residency?
live and raw energy only found when one is unconstrained
We certainly hope so, with me (Carl) playing on the terrace by mouse and keyboard! So to answer your question, yes!
with my legendary guests and Chris hosting the live room Absolutely! It is a nod to what has gone before while at the
in the main room, I know that the diversity and plethora same time something truly modern and ‘electronic’. Carl’s
of styles in music are going to be wide! And with the live career has spanned several generations of electronic music
artists showing off what they can do it should prove to be lovers now so this album, I feel, really is a homage to all the
way more than just another club night. I hope people go people and events that he has played for and at and all the
away feeling excited and inspired and certainly that is what artists who have broken new ground over the many years. It
we are trying to achieve with this event! is something I am very proud to have contributed to!

The lineup is packed with heavy names, well known in As veteran artists, do you still feel that today ‘All Roads
the scene. Will you use the residency to launch any new Lead to the Dancefloor’?
prodigy?
Yes! Yes! Where else should they go?
Definitely! A lot of our ASW artists are not big names in the
scene and yet they are incredibly talented, their music is DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST LIVE MUSIC
CURATED BY THESE TWO RESPECTED ARTISTS ON THE MAGICAL
awesome and we want to show them to the world. Artists
ISLAND OF IBIZA THIS YEAR. TICKETS FOR AWESOME SOUNDWAVE
like Charlie Thorstenson, Mat Playford, An On Bast, Digital
NIGHTS AT DC-10 ARE AVAILABLE AT OFFICIAL SELLERS.
Afrika… I mean there are so many talents here and we wish
CARL’S NEW ALBUM ‘ELECTRONIC GENERATIONS’ IS OUT
we had room for more!
SEPTEMBER 16 ON BMG. COX & COE’S NEW EP ‘MINDSET EP’ IS
OUT AUGUST 19 ON ASW.
Besides Ibiza, what are the other hotspots where we can
find the ASW family this year?
At the moment we are focused on DC-10! But don’t you
worry, there is more to come soon enough!

We’ve heard about a huge extravaganza at ADE. What
can you guys reveal?
Haha… See above :)
But you’ll be the first to know!!

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