A few years back, Silvie Loto was given the opportunity to become a resident at one of Italy’s hottest underground clubs, Tenax, allowing her to showcase her skills as an expert opening DJ, and eventually, late night guru through her particular brand of deeply layered, thoughtful and emotive techno. A few years later, Marco Carola took notice, asking her to play one date at Music On last year, much to everyone’s delight. Now she’s back with two dates for the 2013 season. This Friday, she’s kicking things off for Marco in the terrace, then she’ll be back on September 20th to once again weave her magical, entrancing style to the masses. So we caught up with this exciting new selector about her newest EP, her new found connection with Carola, and what the future holds for this talented Italian jock.
First off, congrats on your new EP, ‘Solstice,’ out on Bpitch Control! It’s an incredible record, and both the title track and ‘Retry’ are full of your deep, brooding vocals. Have you always been a singer? Thanks for the kind words. I'm very happy about this last EP. I spent almost the whole winter working on it. To be honest, I discovered my voice just recently, while working on tracks this past year. I was making a track with some recorded vocals and had some effect on it, and I realized in the end it was not so bad natural! It was a nice discovery! Since that moment I have experimented more and more with vocals. I write my lyrics, I do my melodies, and they mostly come naturally.
The whole EP is so deeply layered and emotional. In short, I love it! Who have been some of your biggest musical influences over the years? Since I started DJing, I always loved emotional sound, layers, with spacy pad and sounds that project the tracks into a deep space. I'm influenced by a lot of music – It can be pop, movie soundtracks, dance from the 80s, deep techno, the list is quite broad. Everything can influence your output when you are working in the studio. It's very important to have an open mind in music and listen to as much as possible. Even the furthest sound from your own style!
How has the feedback on the EP been so far? So far, I'm very happy with the feedback I’ve received for the EP – from a lot of colleagues and friends. Even people who do not really follow dance music have come to me with nice words. I think the tracks call for different listening settings: they can be listened on the dance floor, while you are chilling on a couch, or in your car.
You wound up becoming a resident at one Italy’s hottest clubs, Tenax, in recent years. Is that how the connection with Marco Carola and Music On came about? If not, how did that happen? Tenax made me play with a lot of different artists. When you are resident in a club it's nice to meet a lot of different styles. But that’s not where I met Marco for the first time. Marco was starting his own new party two years ago and he wanted to put some new Italian artist on his lineup. His agency noticed me while I was doing the warm up at a big party in Rome and he asked me to join Music On. I'm glad he did and to let me become a part of it! The party is crazy!
What was it like to play for the first time at Amnesia for Music On last year?Any standout moments from that show? Well, naturally, I was quite nervous, especially the few hours before. I had already played in some big clubs, but Amnesia is in its own league! Once I started though, it was fine. Playing the Terrace was one of the biggest emotional experiences I've ever had through music. The energy, big crowd, massive club, amazing sound system: are all factors that made that such an unforgettable night!
What do you have in store for us for your gig there on the 23rd? Really, just trying to do my best for the crowd. Playing with Marco is always a big honor and I hope the last year has given me even more energy for the party.
And finally, do you have any more big projects coming down the pipeline for 2013 and beyond? I'm working a lot on my next EPs. Some are almost finished. But nothing set in stone for now!
Thanks again! And we can’t wait to see you on August 23rd at Music On! Thanks to you! See you there!
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