RS: What's the difference between a Gabriel and Dresden track and
a Josh Gabriel track?
Josh Gabriel: That's a little hard for me to understand, to be
honest. Hopefully you'll be able to tell me that in a few months. In
general, I'd say I'm too close to it and I don't really know. I mean
when I'm making music with Dave I made music from the heart and Dave
influences it and so it changes it. When I make music for myself
there's nobody to change it so it's more from me so I guess that will
maybe be seen.
RS: Dave Seaman is very well respected and seen as one of the
legends in the history of dance music. How did you feel when one of
your tracks was chosen for his recent Renaissance compilation?
Josh Gabriel: I was thrilled. I'm one of those people that respects
him and anyone who's been in this business for that long, they've got
something going and he's one of those people. He's a great guy as
well. I'd send him my demo tracks and when he liked "Azora" for his
compilation, I was thrilled.
RS: Tell us a little bit about Organized Nature..
Josh Gabriel: Organized Nature is a label that David and I started
together and it's been were we've released all of our material
including the artist album.
RS: Going forward, are your future solo releases going to be on
Organized Nature?
Josh Gabriel: I don't think so. What's going to be happening I don't
know, but I don't think that it'll be on Organized Nature.
RS: With your future music, will you be touring as a DJ as solo?
Josh Gabriel: Yes, I start in April touring solo in thoroughout the
US and Canada through the beginning part of June. Then the June 21st
gig in Ireland kicks off our European tour.
RS: When you tour, what exactly do you do with the music? Are you
using software, are you using CDs?
Josh Gabriel: I'm using Ableton Live and then a combination of music and parts.
RS: There is a bit of a backlash right now against the whole
Ableton DJ, that it's mostly staged and preprogrammed. When you're
playing live on Ableton how much of it is actually live, free from
your thought and how much is preprogrammed?
Josh Gabriel: I haven't heard that backlash but I mean there used to
be backlash in the beginning, but zero percent is preprogrammed. Its
completely live and I don't decide what song to play until it's time
to play a song. In that sense it's really no different than any other
medium.
RS: What kind of controller are you using when you use Ableton?
Josh Gabriel: None, I need to get one though. Any recommendations?
No, I haven't, I never did just because it seemed like a pain in the
ass and it seemed like too much space, but I've just been realizing
that if I want to go to the next level I need a controller.
RS: It's surprising with your name in the industry, that you
don't have a sponsorship.
Josh Gabriel: Yes, it does.
RS: Are you sponsored by anyone?
Josh Gabriel: No.
