PK: A lot of the big-name DJs are going towards an electro
sound, unlike yourself, you've stayed very true to your sound. What
do you think of the electro trend and what would you call what you
play today, is there a particular sound that you like?
Hernan Cattaneo: Well I always, as I said before, I always liked
music regardless of the name of style, like I really don't care if
it's called house, trance, techno, breaks or electro, whatever. I
think yes, as you said, there is a big electro fashion going on out
there, I'm not particularly really impressed about that, I mean it
sounds a little bit too, almost all the same to me. Of course there
is some really outstanding tracks within the electro scene, but it's
not something that I would go and say yes, right, I'm going to be
electro DJ now. So that's why you may see a few records in my sets,
electro records, but I wouldn't turn like big time on to that because
I think it wouldn't be fair to what I like. And also, you know, its
like I believe in progression, and so it can change every day, I mean
every day I hear hundreds of records that are really, really good, and
the ones I think are more interesting, I just add them to my record
box. So I try not to follow any sides or particular routes, I just
try to play whatever I think is interesting at the moment and that's
it.
PK: Yes, I think your fans are happy with your sound, I know I
am. And Hernan, I know on your travels you get handed a lot of demos,
do you get a chance to listen to some of the demos that you're given?
Hernan Cattaneo: Mostly yes, sometimes it takes time because, it's
really difficult these days like, you know, since… it became easier
to make a track, right, so since then you have loads and loads of
people sending you CDs or handing you CDs or sending you links to
download tracks. Sometimes it's more like, up to a hundred or more a
week, so sometimes within travels it's really hard to find a way even
to download them, like not to mention hearing them. So sometimes it
takes time, but I usually try to hear every single thing I've got.
Like, as I said, sometimes it might take me a month to hear something
I've been given because I have a huge pile of CDs and a huge list of
downloads to do. But sooner or later I always try to hear them all
and the most interesting stuff I play on my radio show or in my sets
or use it in my compilations. Most of the tracks that I used them on
my lateral records CDs was stuff that has been given to me on the
road.
PK: Now you're known for supporting new artists, particularly
those from Argentina like Olivera and Deep Mariano. Have you thought
about running your own label any time in the future?
Hernan Cattaneo: Yes, yes, I'm actually working at this moment, I'm
slightly delayed because I wanted to have it before the summer but
it's just been crazy, and then I couldn't. I really cannot do much at
the moment, but after the summer, like September or so, it's going to
be up and running. It's going to be a digital label so you can access
that through all the usual download outlets. And we're just working,
you know, on the name and a few things but yes, yes, I really, really
wanted to have this digital label to, you know, to push all the… not
just for American artists, any artists that I think they need, you
know, like a big push.
PK: We're really looking forward to it. Now Hernan, lastly,
what can the fans look forward to for the rest of the year and for
2006?
Hernan Cattaneo: Well for the rest of the year I'm going to be like
all over the world, really. Loads of stuff in Europe, Asia in
October, back to America in September and probably in November, South
America in November, so it's going to be all over the world, so I'm
going to see each one of them hopefully. Then for next year, I'm
eventually I'm going to finish a new single after Warsaw. Warsaw is
coming out in September with luck, and we're working on a new single
that's going to be completely different than that, it's not breaks,
like a house, summery track I would say. We're working on it at the
moment, and probably a few remixes as well. I can see as I said
before, the summer to slow down a little bit to have more time to go
back to the studio. And then next year probably, this time, I mean
I'm definitely going to produce a new compilation but we haven't
decided exactly when and how, but that's definitely going to be a new
one. But I just try to take a little bit more time. Like last year,
I put out two compilations within thirteen months, alright, and so I
don't want to have another one straight down, I mean in the same
timeframe like you have a little bit more patience because three
compilations within twenty-four months would be too much. So I'm
taking my time to see exactly what kind of new compilation I want to
do and stuff like that.