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Hello everyone, and welcome back to our sonic space where we dive deep into the heartbeat of electronic music. Today, we’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with an exciting DJ and producer who has just launched a brand-new alias, Emotive Technology. Under this fresh moniker, Chilean Massiande offers a five-track EP of machine-wielding, soul-rousing techno that spans the spectrum. While this may be the debut release for Emotive Technology, Massiande is no newcomer; he’s been shaping the electronic scene with his work on labels like Housewax, Phonica, Freerange, and Groovin for over a decade. Join us as we delve into the world of this talented artist and discover what drives his innovative sounds.
Hi! I’m at the office of my day job. My days are often very busy as my day job is very demanding.
I was born in Santiago, Chile and still living here.
Chile is a country with a decent quality of life. Food is very good here for those who, like me, love beef (Chile, Argentina and the countries nearby are known to have the best meat in the world 🙂
Chile is also known worldwide for the quality of its wine, but I don’t drink alcohol so I couldn’t really say, hehe.
It’s a combination of things. Mostly related to my health and remaining close to my family.
It would be London definitely, so that I could spend more personal time with the Deep House artists that I constantly work with and admire. As well as attend more music concerts from my favorite Soul/R&B/Disco artists who usually play there.
I feel my life would be drastically different if I could socialize around Deep House music peers often, or live a Record Store Day, or having events that bring a community of artists together like the Southport Weekender or the Amsterdam Dance Event just a few hours away. Things that unfortunately aren’t possible for me here in Santiago where most things on electronic music go around Tech-House.
My first record came out in 2013. Before that I spent about 3 years slowly approaching music production, coming from being a DJ first.
DJing. I started DJing in 2007. And then became a producer when I realized that it was the only way for me to stand out as an international DJ in a niche genre like Deep House. I definitely enjoy DJing and the live experience more than studio time. I also believe I’m better as a DJ!
The first artist I was a fan of and still am, is the greatest entertainer of all time: Michael Jackson. I’ve been a fan of him since I was 3 years old, in all of his eras, from Motown to the ’90s. His James Brown influence took me to get deeper into Soul and Disco music. And my love for House music came from loving those genres first.
As for DJs, I truly love Soulful House and Deep House. So the DJs who’ve inspired me the most have been Joe Claussell, Louie Vega, Timmy Regisford, DJ Qu, Ron Trent. I’m very connected to the roots of House, Disco and Soul.
I’m always faithful to Deep House, Soulful House, and Disco. So I’m constantly trying to keep up with the ones I mentioned before as well as other Chicago, Detroit and New York artists, say Fred P, Kerri Chandler, Terry Hunter, etc. Then for the more “modern” side of Deep House it would be Jimpster, Atjazz, Fred Everything, Crackazat and such like.
Off the top of my head, for House music, the latest I purchased on vinyl are the reissue of Mr. Fingers “Amnesia”, a V.A. compilation called “Herald Traccs” on Worldship Music (Teflon Dons) and the reissue of Chris Brann’s “Studies In Form”. Beautiful real deep house.
Emotive Technology will be an outlet for productions that aren’t House music in a pure form. So, it will be for Techno and everything near that.
Through Jimpster, who I’ve regularly worked with for Freerange. When discussing new music to release, I mentioned I had these songs that weren’t House music, and could be a nice fit for their new project Cyphon. And that gave birth to this new EP and alias.
These tracks have been produced in the lapse of the last 7 years. The intention has been just experimenting, trying out different ideas and learning how to achieve different sounds. And after a while I had a portfolio of tracks that was worth releasing. But I came up with the idea of this new alias so that it wouldn’t become an unpleasant surprise or a big distraction for anyone who’s always expecting House from me. As House will always remain to be my focus.
I’m proud of being able to produce diverse music. Just creating different things that I’m happy about the result and with an essence in common. “Your Zone” is my favorite on this EP 🙂
I think picking only 5 tracks, lol. As I had plenty of songs and hence why Jimpster proposed to release 5 instead of 4 which is the usual quantity for a vinyl EP of club music.
Thanks to Jimpster and Tom for continuously believing in me and my music! And there are specific artists that inspired these tracks: on the classic aspects, artists like Vince Watson, Galaxy 2 Galaxy, Los Hermanos. And on modern aspects: Stojche, Kink, Lauer, Legowelt.
I’m a creative person in all aspects of life. This is one more way to channel that creativity.
My second United States tour. It’s something I’m quite happy about as I had an incredible reception. I’m looking forward to returning to the US! I dream about playing in New York one day 🙂
I often check stores like Traxsource and Juno for news. And see what my peers with similar taste are into lately as a reference.
That I’d love to DJ more and in consequence travel more. I really appreciate those moments in my life.
Great question! To be fair I’m a House-head at heart and will keep focusing on House as Massiande. But a second ET release might be coming sooner than later.
Thank you so much for joining us and sharing your journey and insights, Massiande. It’s always enlightening to see how passionate artists breathe life into their creations. For those who are captivated by the pulsing beats and emotive rhythms of ‘Walk Into The Light’, be sure not to miss this exceptional EP. Available now on both vinyl and digital formats, each track promises to take you on an auditory expedition. Don’t forget to check out his new release, ‘Your Zone’, dropping March 29th. Dive in, and let Emotive Technology guide your musical exploration!
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