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Dave Tarrida
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Dave Tarrida started his DJ career in 1991 helping Edinburgh Scotland`s legendary Sativa club gain its legendary reputation during the five thriving years it existed. Many of the guests at Sativa were Scottish if not UK debuts: Dave Clarke brought Cristian Vogel up from Brighton for one of his first live PAs. DJ Hell, Claude Young, Electric Indigo and Adam X all played their British debuts in Sativa.
Most notable were the first-ever live PA`s of fellow Scotsmen Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt. Sativa`s important influence can be summed up by Irving Welsh when he thanked the club in his introduction to Malibu Stork Nightmare.
Tarrida joined the early-Nineties free-party circuit, travelling and playing Northern Europe but returning to Edinburgh in 1993 to set up his Sativae label. Begun with friend and Sativa co-organiser Steve Glencross Sativae`s output not only highlights Dave`s vital hand and ear within the scene but still narrates the most important chapters in UK underground Techno history including the debut release from Neil Landstrumm as part of Blue Arsed Fly with Cristian Vogel, three EPs from Tobias Schmidt, as well as capital releases from Subhead, Jamie Lidell (Super_Collider), and Justin Berkovi. The label`s discography also reflects the outward-looking nature of Dave`s interest in Techno, as DJ Hell and Americans Adam X and Chance McDermott also feature strongly in the backcatalog.
Sativa the club night ended in 1996, giving Dave more time for appearances in the UK and throughout Continental Europe, particularly Germany (Tresor/Globus, Ultraschall, Stammheim, Douala, Prag and The Omen) and Belgium (Loop, Funky Green Alien, I.O. and Cube). He is a regular visitor to the US as well, playing alongside Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt across the States in NYC, the Midwest, and California.
But only within recent years has Tarrida`s studio side become known. With Tarrida`s ten-years of Techno floor DJ experience his mix of romping high-tech and early-Sheffield camp sophistication have quickly become in-demand regulars in shops and top-tens. Tarrida`s bleepy debut as Pujol in 1996 has since evolved into high-grade Techno shakedowns on floors worldwide. Although friends with Berlin`s Tresor Records since 1996, Tarrida`s debut on the label came via the "Test" EP (with Tobias Schmidt) in 1998 followed soonafter by the "Postmortem Pop" and "Scream Therapy" EP`s alongside appearances on Mosquito, Predicaments and Extras.
A year-long pause from recording allowed Tarrida to relocate his home and studio in early-1999 from Scotland to Barcelona. Thankfully the new Mediterranean setting failed to stop any studio motivation, proof of which is the first-ever Dave Tarrida album, released in February 2001.
Entitled "Paranoid", the album combines oldschool UK grooves rife with clackety percussion and raw schredded technology. The project backed up Tarrida`s extensive DJ appearances Supported by remixes from Cristian Vogel, Funk D`Void, The Horrorist and Tarrida himself. Schweet...
In June 2002 the maxi-version of "Dave Tarrida Plays Records" (Tresor.191EP) was released on Tresor: three burners from his Spanish headquarters...
Dave continued to play exclusive gigs internationally and at Tresor Club through 2006. That began another professional cooperation with Tresor: representing Tresor in Spain and helping to organize diverse Tresor parties in the vast realm of Spanish techno clubs in the country. The same year he released the 12" "Gauteng Fever EP" (Tresor.225) which became one of the year's best sellers on the label - four club tracks bent on getting the dancefloor rockin' à la Tarrida...
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Dave Tarrida
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Paranoid
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2001
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 Interview with Dave Tarrida (September 2006)
Fresh from his Barcelona studios, his vinyl maxi Gauteng Fever EP growls and grinds through four intense dance floor tracks. Plus Dave talks about his new release – Tresor.225EP.
Tresor: Your new EP on Tresor „Gauteng Fever“ reflects a new angle to your already distinctive style. How do you personally see your progression?
Dave Tarrida: I don’t see so much of a difference really, it’s a less aggressive version than before, I still use the same kind of sounds, but maybe I’m using less of them! There’s quite a broad range of styles on the record, I suppose it represents the range of styles I like to play when I’ DJ’ing.
T: With the name “Gauteng Fever” you obviously give a hefty nod to South Africa. Did you compose the music there or were you just inspired from travel there? Give us the lowdown…
DT: I had just finished the EP before I went down there for a month holiday so getting the record together was fresh in my mind, and I decided to give it a S.A. angle. I really like it down there, definitely somewhere special for me. It’ll remind me in the future of this part of my life.
T: Could you ever envision collaborating with musicians or composers from South Africa? What is the electronic music scene in Jo’burg like?
DT: I would love to do something like that. Their scene seems like its staring to kick off, they have a lot of big parties there, but the freshest scene is in Cape Town, I think. Maybe that would be something cool for the future.
T: Let’s step back a bit. How did it happen that you migrated from Scotland to Barcelona?
DT: I was born and brought up in Barcelona, but moved to Scotland as a kid. I decided around 7 years ago, to move back to Barcelona. The pull of the sea and the weather in such a nice city was too much for me.....
T: The techno scene seems to have a healthy life in Spain – what is your personal impression?
DT: Yes for sure, Spain has one of the best scenes in Europe just now. All the cities have things going on, lots of festivals, new labels, and producers. Sonar did a lot for the country, most people know that Spain hosts one of the most important electronic festivals, and that’s created a big scene in its wake. And of course, the Spanish people love to party!
T: What’s new with Sativae Recordings in 2006?
DT: Just testing the waters just now. We are looking at putting a few packages together, and seeing if we can get something interesting out soon. Its been a while so we want to get it right, but we are busy doing other things and its hard to give the project the right time. But we will see what happens.
T: The song on your new maxi “The Number” is very cool, steering almost in the electro direction. Where are the vocal samples from?
DT: Most of it is from my Mac voice thing, it says what you type. And the rest is something old I had lying around in my computer. I have been doing quite a lot of music in this style over the last year. I have another couple of EP’s soon, more in this direction.
T: When you perform a live set, what does your usual equipment set-up look like? Which do you prefer: DJ’ing or playing live?
DT: I‘m more used to DJ’ing, so I would say there I’m more comfortable, but I did quite a few live shows over the last few years, and that was fun for me. It made things a little more interesting, but I still love to DJ. When playing live I use my Mac running Ableton, and 2 drum machines, a Roland and a Korg.
T: Do you envision releasing a full album anytime soon?
DT: I suppose that would be a good project to do. Its been ages since I did an LP. Its quite a task to take on, but one I would like to do. I am upgrading my studio just now, so when its up and running, I‘ll have to keep my self busy somehow....
T: Thanks Dave! Last question: what are some of your favourite clubs that you enjoy playing at while touring the world?
DT: I love playing back in Scotland, one of my favourites is the Sub Club in Glasgow. Maniac Love in Tokyo was always great, but that’s closed now I think. Fuse Club in Brussels, the Rex in Paris are also two more of my favourites. As was Tresor!!!!!!!!
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