The Vinyl Word got hold of Eddie Spettro just after he landed. He was whisked to Saloon on Xinyi Road and met a whole load of new people then did this interview:
"I'm 25 years old, from San Antonio, in Texas, and I've been DJing for about seven years. DJing is what brought me here but what got my name out round the world is production. For the last three years I've been working in the studio, about 80 hours a week, writing my own tunes, working with different musicians and producers. But all I really want to do is DJ, I love to DJ, and I knew that to DJ more I had to get my name out. And that's why I produced the records. Also, I teach tennis, I've done it for seven years, so that's my day job and a bit of work for Red Bull.
The Vinyl Word: Would you call yourself a bedroom DJ or producer?
PHOTO: JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI TIMES
Spettro: Not quite. I think I'm a better DJ than a producer, I've been doing it longer.
TVW: What do you add to
production?
Spettro: The dance floor because I'm a DJ first. I started out as a dancer and then went on and I think if you understand the dance floor you know what to do as a DJ. Do you understand the groove? House music is different to pop music. Of course you need a hook, but you have to know there's a tonne of records out there that are tools. They're very simple, or basic, but they have a groove. You can't play peak-hour tracks all night long, there's grooves, and it stems from the funk movement. The funk is simple, it's about the spaces between the hits, it's like less is more.
TVW: We're going to play association. I say something and you respond. OK? Favorite color: green or blue?
Spettro: Blue, definitely.
TVW: Favored acronym: KMT or DPP?
Spettro: KMT.
TVW: Favored names: Bian-Lu or Lien-Soong?
Spettro: Bian-Lu.
TVW: Thing you most like to do?
Spettro: Dance.
TVW: Your sound?
Spettro: Deep, techy, funky, groovy, beat junky.
TVW: Gay pride?
Spettro: Man, my friend Louis ?
TVW: Scaramouche, scaramouche, can you do the fandango?
Spettro: Yes. Yes, I can.
Spettro will be appearing at Rush in Taichung tonight with Rabbit, K Fancy and Akira. He's at Luxy tomorrow night for "Elephunk," with a live PA from Trouble, in the Lotus room at Luxy.
Tonight, its either 70s at Core Pacific Living Mall with SL, Coffey and Nina; or hip hop from The Militia Crew at the Woodstock Hookah Bar, with MC Finesse from Brooklyn, NY, MC Jezelda and MC M-Rockski, with DJs Choyce Kutz and KiLL at the Woodstock Hookah Bar.
The Vinyl Word: For a change, check out some fresh sounds from a young foreign DJ who is moving up the list, rather than some top 20 import who is going down.
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