Focus Piknic | Till Von Sein

Grand explorateur de la musique house, Till Von Sein envoûte les pistes de danse depuis le début des années 2000. Né tout près de Hambourg et vivant maintenant à Berlin, il a une profonde passion pour la musique. Adolescent dans les années 90, il entamait un parcours en hip-hop en tant que MC mais tout a basculé lorsqu’il a découvert les univers house, techno, drum and bass et downtempo. Il était mordu.

C’est en 2011 que sa carrière a vraiment pris son envol avec la sortie de son premier LP, #LTD, paru sur Suol où l’on retrouve également des artistes comme Fritz Kalkbrenner et Daniel Bortz. Et c’est en parcourant le monde comme il le fait depuis cette sortie que son appétit pour la découverte s’est développé. Les habitués qui le suivent sur les réseaux sociaux savent qu’il explore de fond en comble les villes qu’il visite, souhaitant toujours en absorber tout ce qu’il peut y trouver. Plus on étudie la vie et la carrière de Till Von Sein, plus le portrait se précise : c’est un homme profondément amoureux de la vie et de la musique, et dont le plus grand désir est de partager sa passion avec le monde entier. On a bien hâte de savourer son style de house très particulier, à la fois deep, funky et soul, à Piknic Électronik en fin de semaine. Pour vous aider à vous préparer, nous en avons fait le sujet du Focus de la semaine où il parle de son vécu, de son collaborateur de longue date Tigerskin et de sa technique quand il est aux consoles.

What is your best DJing memory?
The first time playing in Johannesburg / South Africa, I had no idea what to expect, ended up on a rooftop in downtown Joburg, which at that time was still a dodgy neighbourhood to say the least,  in front of maybe 700 black kids going totally nuts to house music that was so deep even Ron Trent would be like : "yo,that shit is deep!" Never experienced that kinda enthusiasm again. So much love for those people.

Do you approach outdoor gigs differently than indoor ones?
Yes. And it also depends if it's daytime or during the night when everybody has been up already for 48 hrs straight in 28 degrees ;) I love intimate sweaty club gigs, but that feeling of being outside in beautiful nature looking at dancers wearing little to nothing is unbeatable.

How did you and Tigerskin first start producing together?
I played a show in Odessa / Ukraine and played a new track of mine and the DJ after me asked me if I can leave that CD with him, and a month later Tigerskin played there and that DJ played the track and he asked him about that track and he contaced me if he can release it on his label.

For me it was a big honour at that time as I just entered the whole “ techno house world “ and he was already that legendary producer. He invited me to his studio to mix that track again and we just had that perfcet vibe going on from that moment so it was obvious to work on some music together.

What do you think is the essential ingredient to rock the house?
A dope venue and a dope soundsystem, a cool crowd and a chill vibe, good music and a DJ with a great aura. In the end, it's all about the music. The right tunes at the right time.

What’s the best song to play if you need to sneak away from the decks to pee?
Right now there is a DJ Koze remix of Roman Fluegel which is 9 min long. perfect ;)

If you could have a picnic anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I'm in washington right now and just came back from a long walk to visit the White House, the Lincoln Memorial, etc. The idea of being alone in the garden of the White House just with a bunch of friends, some great food and a decent boom box and, at one point, big O and his wife will join and we play some good old chicago traxx and all go down… yeah baby

Ne manquez pas Till Von Sein à la scène Solotech ce dimanche, de 16h30 à 19h.