RS: You just mentioned Miami and it seems like you've had the
big Winter Music Conference record for two years in a row. Is that
something you planned for?
Bob Sinclar: Ah, you can't plan this kind of thing. In 2005, I just
finished "Love Generation" two days before Miami and it was a good
opportunity for me to test the track. I always expected it to be the
track of Ibiza and the summer. So it was a good opportunity for me to
test the track in Miami because all the DJs are there and I really
like the be support of DJs. I go first to be supported by all the big
DJs around the world, and the world is completely different. So I
said why not introduce this 'three chords of guitar during eight
minutes with this Jamaican vibe on it' record, and the hook was really
catchy but at the same time I think the song is beautiful. So Miami,
it's still a good window and a good exposure for me because all the
DJs are there.
RS: I've always wanted to ask you, your record label is called
Yellow. Why the color yellow?
Bob Sinclar: I don't know. I had a partner who left three years ago
and his name was DJ Yellow. So you know it's going to happen, you
have to find a good name. Maybe it would be good to be blue but it
was really already taken with BlueNote. That was the sound of a blue
note, so I'd say why not do that with a yellow note.
RS: When you're DJing out right, in addition to your original
stuff, what other kinds of music do you play? What other artists and
producers?
Bob Sinclar: I like all types of music. I like Chicago producers
like Ron Carroll and Paul Johnson and also Masters at Work, Armand Van
Helden, Erick Morillo, and Roger Sanchez from the US. I also like a
electro from Sweden and good stuff from France, like my friend Martin
Solveig and his guitar. So I take the best from everywhere and of
course play most of my tracks because the people that come now expect
it and I think it would be too much for a DJ to just play records.
RS: Do you ever get requests for Gym Tonic?
Bob Sinclar: Yes, every time. Every time I have a request I play it
of course, it's a very catchy track.
RS: I know it's going back in time, but where did the idea for
Gym Tonic come from?
Bob Sinclar: I was in the studio with Thomas Bangalter from Daft
Punk and I had just finished a mix for Stardust "Music Sounds Better
With You." Tom said he had this idea for a track with me with a big
disco loops and this acapella he had – the Jane Fonda. We did it as a
joke and it was very catchy. We decided to have fun with it and see
what happened.
RS: When it was released in the UK, it came out as Spacedust.
Were you both behind Spacedust?
Bob Sinclar: No. We didn't really want to release it as a single
because Thomas was involved with it and he was in other projects. We
got it released on the vinyl album. It went number one in the UK club
charts because some people called Spacedust released it as a cover
version. What can we do? The English people, they can do that.
RS: One thing I like about your album are these great videos
you're doing. How involved are you with the making of the videos?
Bob Sinclar: I have all the ideas at the beginning. When I did Love
Generation, it was really about peace and love and we did a nice
atmosphere, really 70s. I wanted to have these children have a roller
blade race through San Francisco, but it was too dangerous. My friend
Denise Tibo, who directed the videos, shot it in fifteen days around
the US. It's hard because I'm not a singer so I don't really act as
an artist. In Europe I have a bigger name so it's easier for me to be
an artist, but I know in the US it's different. It was cool to have
the boy be in three different videos playing on one story line.
RS: The "Rock This Party" video, is that just your ultimate
house party that you always wanted growing up?
Bob Sinclar: I wanted at first to do a very American hip-hop video
with bikinis and all the girls and everything, but at the end I said
no, we have to keep the little boy and we have to do this beautiful
house party. When you are a kid you always want to break the rules in
your house because everything is forbidden. It was a joke for the
children, just to live that dream. I think, especially in Europe, the
children don't dream enough now, they don't dream anymore.
RS: Is there anything you'd like to say to all your fans out there?
Bob Sinclar: I'm really happy to come back to see everyone on tour.
Thank you for supporting the music and for liking my style and my
music. I'm here, I'm here for you
