STREAMING AUDIO INTERVIEW
It’s no great exaggeration to cite David and Stephen Dewaele as two of the most important figures in dance music today. As the nucleus of Soulwax and 2manydjs, the Belgian brothers have blazed a trail since the mid 90s; they’re credited with single-handedly kicking off the dance scene’s fixation with mash-ups courtesy of their Radio Soulwax mix CDs, and they also helped to further bridge the divide between electronica and rock music with their incendiary live shows.
Since 2005 Soulwax have more or less lived life on the road, and their exhaustive touring brought them to Australia twice; debuting the live band in 2006 with the Big Day Out and then showing us Nite Versions in 2007 with the V Festival. It seems somewhat ironic that they made a documentary film about their gruelling tour, and then to support its release hit the road for another run of live shows around the globe. Stephen Dewaele, of course, has his own rather droll take on the situation. “How about doing interviews about it [the DVD],” he laughs when speaking with ITM’s Tim Hardaker. “It’s like giving a presentation on a manual!”
This month the Soulwax and 2manydjs juggernaut swings back to Australia for Parklife. Listen in for part 1 of our interview with Stephen Dewaele as he talks about their live DVD documentary, producing Tiga’s new album, and why they can’t wait for November 3rd…
Soulwax’s new DVD Part Of The Weekend Never Dies is out now through PIAS/Liberator. Don’t miss them when they play live at Parklife around the country and then take to the decks as 2manydjs:
Sat Sep 27th – Adelaide
Sun Sep 28th – Melbourne
Mon Sep 29th – Perth
Sat Oct 4th – Brisbane
Sun Oct 5th – Sydney
hugobm says...
tim hardaker how can you say the 2manydjs style of djing is cringe worthy to the bloke who invented it, its a genre of dance music, just like trance and techno, while they might be huge at the moment, someone may just be discovering mash-ups for the first time and loving it.. bit of perspective matey
i_have_ADD says...
i didnt say THEY are cringe worthy - i said the glut of "mash-up djs" that followed them were.
superjax says...
but if you don't want to go to another fluoro festival, the real question is (and i'm going to whisper this).. will they be doing a side show?? that would be awesomeness.