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US minimal tech maestro Claude Von Stroke chatted to Skrufff this week and revealed that he’s more confident in the studio than on the dancefloor. “I’m definitely a producer first. I love DJing, of course, but when I’m in the studio I always feel I’m doing exactly what I want whereas with the DJing I know I could be better,” he admitted.
“There are definitely better DJs out there than me but production wise I feel like I can compete with the best. I also feel like I am not a ‘purist’ DJ. I like to feature particular tracks in my sets and therefore I don’t always build a journey the same way other DJs do. I would rather feature all the best tracks I can find which isn’t always as smooth as a DJ who just wants to be pure and take the crowd on a specific type of journey. This often requires playing some filler tracks or even beat tools to get you from one point to the other and I can’t stand playing any filler tracks,” he explained.
Christened Barclay Crenshaw, he also shed light on his peculiarly aristrocratic DJ name which he insisted implied no royal connections. “My friends and I were sitting around thinking of funny minimal techno DJ names and that one stuck out. The next week one of my friends put Claude Von Stroke on her birthday party flyer and it stuck forever,” he revealed. “And no, I don’t know if Princess Diana was murdered. Sorry.”
