Daca cineva mi-ar fi spus, acum 4 ani, in timp ce ascultam „Enemy”, „Closer”, „Tracking treasure down” sau „Sidney” pe peron la Unirii, ca voi da vreodata mana cu creatorii acestor piese extraordinare, evident, n-as fi crezut. Dar visele se implinesc atunci cand muzica e pentru tine mai mult decat o piesa la radio, de care te saturi dupa 5 ascultari.

Ieri seara, in Studio Martin din Bucuresti, Gabriel & Dresden au venit sa stea de vorba cu noi, intr-o conferinta de presa organizata inaintea concertului lor din Iasi, din seara aceasta. Daca nu-i stiti dupa nume pe cei doi DJ si producatori americani, sigur ati auzit piesa „As the rush comes” de la Motorcycle sau „Beautiful things” de la Andain. Din 2001 pana in 2008, Josh Gabriel si Dave Dresden au lucrat impreuna, creand cateva dintre track-urile memorabile ale ultimilor 10 ani. In 2008, insa, au ales sa se desparta si am crezut ca nu voi mai apuca niciodata sa-i vad mixand live. Iata insa ca speranta moare ultima. 🙂

Anul acesta, Gabriel & Dresden au decis ca vor reveni in forta. Deja se afla intr-un turneu de promovare si unul dintre primele concerte sustinute in formula reintregita este cel de la Iasi de astazi, din cadrul M Globe Party. Ieri, la conferinta de presa, am avut onoarea sa le strang mana si sa le pun cateva intrebari din partea noastra, a tuturor fanilor lor. Iata ce mi-au povestit:

First of all, I’d like to say I’m really happy you got back together. You must’ve heard that a thousand times, but it’s still very very good.

Thank you! It never gets old.

I used to listen to you in high school and when I hear you broke up I thought “oh, my God, I’ll never get to see them live”. You know, we’ve been talking about this generation of people like yourself that are going to clubs now. Before we stopped making music, they could never go to the clubs, but now they’re coming back. And there’s a whole generation that are coming for the first time to the clubs, but they know the music.

I’m very glad to hear that you’re going to perform at The Mission Dance Weekend this summer. How do you feel about that?

We feel great about it. We love Romania, so we’re happy to be back every time.

That sounds great! I’ve seen you’re about to launch a new project with Andain.

Yes.

Can you tell us a little more about that?

It’s a long term thing. It started in 2007, in January 2007, and Josh finished it on his own and it was the first remix we did since we got back together. It’s a song called “Promises”.

I heard it. I love it. 🙂

Thank you! Yeah, and it’s getting a lot of plays: Armin’s playing it, Above & Beyond is playing it, a lot of DJs are asking us for copies, it feels like old times again.

Well, I’m sure it’s going to be even better! Are you planning a new album, a tour?

We’re touring right now. We don’t have an album planned. Hopefully we’ll do a mix CD.

Are you going to follow the same musical direction or are you going to add new elements?

Expect the unexpected. Definitely expect songs that are memorable, we know that’s something that works for us and that’s what we love to do. And, apart from that, there are going to be some changes, but they’re going to be good and you’ll like them. (laughs)

Have you decided any other collaboration or is everything a surprise?

Well, we decided we’re going to work with U2. They just haven’t got back to us yet. (both laugh)

Well, we can’t wait for that email too.

We’re going to do our own thing right now and see who wants to work with us and maybe meet some friends along the way and work with them.

That sounds great and I’m sure we’ll see great collaboration between you and other artists, because I’ve seen ATB work with Armin and so on.

Right, well we worked with Armin and we really enjoyed it. That’s one the songs we’ve been playing in our set. We still can’t get enough of the “Zocalo”. We might even work with him again.

We can’t wait for that! Also, we can’t wait to see you perform this August and hopefully you’ll be coming back a lot more. Thank you!

Thank you!

In primul rand, as vrea sa spun ca ma bucur enorm de reuniunea voastra. Cred ca ati mai auzit acest lucru de o mie de ori, dar inca ne place la fel de mult.

Multumim! Nu ne plictisim niciodata sa auzim asta.

Ascultam muzica voastra in liceu si, cand am auzit ca v-ati despartit, mi-am spus “ah, n-o sa apuc niciodata sa-i vad live”.

Stii, chiar vorbeam despre acest lucru, despre generatia de oameni ca tine care merg acum in cluburi. Inainte sa ne oprim din produs muzica, ei nu puteau merge in cluburi, dar acum pot veni. E o intreaga generatie de oameni care vin pentru prima data sa ne vada, dar ne stiu muzica. M-am bucurat foarte mult cand am auzit ca veti mixa la The Mission Dance Weekend in vara asta. Cum va simtiti in legatura cu acest lucru?

Ne simtim foarte bine. Iubim Romania si ne bucuram de fiecare data cand intoarcem aici.

Suna minunat! Am vazut ca sunteti pe cale sa lansati un nou proiect cu Andain.

Da.

Ne puteti spune mai mult despre asta?

E o colaborare pe termen lung. A inceput in 2007, in ianuarie 2007, iar Josh a terminat piesa de unul singur. A fost primul remix pe care l-am facut de cand ne-am reunit. E o piesa care se numeste “Promises”.

Am auzit-o si-mi place la nebunie. 🙂

Multumim! Este pusa foarte des de DJi: Armin o pune in seturile sale, Above & Beyond la fel si o multime de DJi ne cer copii. Ne simtim ca in in trecut din nou.

Sunt sigura ca va fi chiar mai bine! Planuiti un nou album, un turneu?

Suntem in turneu chiar acum. Nu planuim un nou album. Speram insa ca vom face un CD de remixuri.

Veti urma aceeasi directie muzicala sau veti adauga elemente noi muzicii voastre?

Asteptati-va la neprevazut. Asteptati-va la piese memorabile, fiindca stim ca e ceva ce functioneaza la noi si ne asta ne place sa facem. In afara de asta, vor fi niste schimbari, dar vor fi bune si va vor placea. (rade)

Ati mai decis vreo colaborare sau totul e o surpriza?

Ei bine, noi am decis ca vom lucra cu U2. Doar ca ei nu ne-au raspuns inca. (rad amandoi)

Abia asteptam si noi email-ul acela.

Momentan vom lucra doar noi si vom vedea cine va vrea sa lucreze cu noi. Poate ne vom face prieteni de-a lungul acestui drum si vom lucra cu ei. Suna foarte bine! Sunt sigura ca vom vedea colaborari foarte bune intre voi si alti artisti, fiindca am vazut cum ATB a lucrat cu Armin si asa mai departe.

Exact. Am lucrat cu Armin si ne-am placut foarte mult. Asta e una dintre piesele pe care tot le-am pus in seturile noastre. Nu ne putem satura inca de “Zocalo”. S-ar putea chiar sa lucram cu el din nou.

Abia asteptam! Desigur, abia asteptam sa va vedem mixand in august si speram sa va vedem cat mai des pe la noi. Multumesc mult!

Multumim!

Asa cum au mentionat in interviu, baietii deja au pregatit o piesa noua cu Andain, cu care colaboreaza inca din 2007. Track-ul se numeste „Promises” si imbina beat-urile sterile, dar expresive cu o linie vocala jucausa, creand un track perfect pentru club. Eu cred ca reuniunea celor doi era cel mai bun lcuru care ni se putea intampla. Iata, asadar, Andain – Promises (Gabriel & Dresden Remix):

Si pozele de la interviu, facute de colegul Bimus:

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