May 2011
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2010 saw the release of the first new Human league material in almost 10 years as the stomping single Night People hit the streets. Part of the promotion was the best remix package in decades for The Human League, including a surprise contribution from french disco legend Marc Cerrone. So I got in touch with him to learn more about the process of remixing his cool Cerrone Club Mix. |
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Interview by Niels Kolling, pictures by Jean Marc Cerrone. |
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First a
little background. You became a professional musician at a very early
age, but what inspired you to seek that path to end up as a legendary
drummer and producer?
Then one year later, I started to play with several rock bands and finally, when I was 18, I created my own band named Kongas. We performed together for about 3 years and did a world tour which happened to be quite exhausting. Our record company (which was Barclay in France and Buddha in the USA by the time) wanted us to do more ‘Pop’ songs which I didn’t find exciting at all, so I left the band and produced something I wanted to do, and which lead to my first album Love In C Minor.
For some reason I can't put my finger on I quite like the cover for that debut album ;)
Glad you
still like the cover;) I wanted also not to sound too ‘Cerrone’, and aimed to magnify the Human League touch which remains their most acknowledged trademark. I also had in mind this remix was for the clubs, and as I still do numerous showcases around the world,
I know
what the clubbers like, without being necessary into boring ‘DJ sound’.
I was
very happy to learn that your version made it to the 12" release of the
single as I value having a physical copy of the mix. Does that matter to
you or are you satisfied with a digital only release?
Did
you make more than the one remix that made it to the final release? And
if you did, how did it sound?
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We have bunch of very good plug-ins and they sound really great! They allow you to be efficient and to choose quickly between several options in a few clicks. Nowadays time is a key factor in production. One cannot spent as much time as one did back in the 70's
Philip Oakey is famed for
collection old synths, but you've worked in the music industry all the
way through the evolution of the synthesizer, so any favourite piece of
musical equipment?
The technology bring lot of
new sounds and ways to create and compose new sound but finally, the
first idea is the same when you compose a track. The technology is just
a way to create not the aim...
I'm working a lot, that is right !
I currently work to make a really big show in Paris very soon... I target to release a new Album with lot of guest stars in featuring ...All the projects are top secret for the moment so... stay tuned! haha
Listen to the Cerrone Club Mix of Night People here, buy it digitally here while you can buy the 12" here.
To learn more about Marc's career and future projects, check out these links;
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CERRONE/8791529402
http://twitter.com/#!/marccerrone
http://www.myspace.com/cerronemusic
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