88:Heiko

Guten Tag Mr. Heiko Laux! Can we have 88 answers please? There we go!
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01. Vodka or Champagne?
Both are nice, bur preferredly not on the same night.
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02. Your favorite toast?
Down the hatch.
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03. Your favorite airport?
Tegel.
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04. Best bar at an airport?
Star Alliance Lounch in Zürich.
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05. The perfect dress for a gig?
Naked.
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06. How long can you survive without fresh socks?
In the summer I wear none if i can, but in the winter roughly a day.
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07. How many times did you arrive somewhere without your luggage?
I diden’t check anything in for at leat 5 years, but before that one or twice a year.
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08. Ever had to get some clothes from a promoter?
For sure the occasional jumper, if the bbq went long or a dry shirt after the show.
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09. What time is it?
19:07.
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10. Politics or Economy?
If the shit wouldn’t be influencing my life, i’d ignore them both.
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11. USA or China?
Both too big.
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12. The very last record to play before going to bed?
If I’d play me one, I couldn’t go to sleep.
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13. And very perfect track to wake up?
Right now it is Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair (Orlando’s House Mix).
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14. Worst present ever received?
Ihis information has been erased from drive.
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15. Clear skin or Glitter?
Clear.
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16. Some physical suffering as a result of your job?
Some scratches and bruises from insecure stage building and hangovers, nothing serious.
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17. Are you religious?
Agnostic.
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18. Analog or digital?
Whatever floats your boat.
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19. Worst track which was ever request from you?
Something from scooter.
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20. Your first record? And no, we really want to know the “first”, not the first “cool” record.
Dexy’s midnight runners come on eileen on 7”.
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21. Favorite German dish?
Hessian green sauce with cooked potatoes! the most cooked meal in my kitchen…
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22. Do your parents have a precise idea of what you are doing?
Nope. A rought one at best.
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23. Did they ever come to see you play live?
On youtube.
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24. Last book you read?
The Epic of Gilgamesch in a recent translation. The very first acknowledged piece of literature there is.
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25. A vice?
Que?
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26. What did you want to become as a child?
I always kept my options open. I didn’t desire anything longer than a month.
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27. How do you keep in shape?
By bike.
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28. Do you have nickname?
I’ve worn them all out over the years. I’m sometimes referred to as heike.
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29. One of your hobbies?
Cooking.
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30. Groupies: blessing or penalty?
Both.
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31. Personal remedy against hangover?
Aspirin.
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32. Where did you grow up?
Bad Nauheim, hessen.
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33. How do you keep your temper when provoked?
Each to his own.
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34. What would you do in life if not djing?
Thinking of what it would be like doing that.
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35. A question you always wanted to hear in an interview?
This one.
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36. What song did you have stuck in your head recently?
Bon Iver – Towers.
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37. Nike or Adidas?
Adidas.
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38. Finding yourself on an after hour: what day of the week would this be most likely?
The day I lost control.
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39. Longest set ever played?
7h (Omen Frankfurt).
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40. Secret weapon for the dance floor?
Paul C & Paolo Martini – Plug Me (Johnny D Remix).
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41. Favorite drink while playing?
Gin & Tonic.
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42. Next big thing in music?
It’s not gonna be what i’m predicting, so i won’t crack wise…
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43. Something you really hate to see on a dance floor?
A fight.
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44. Something you really love to see on a dance floor?
Love and happieness.
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45. Your most influential teacher?
Teo Schulte.
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46. Berlin or London?
Berlin for sure.
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47. A person you avoid? And why?
Nope.
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48. You b2b with who?
Steve Rachmad.
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49. What music makes you smile?
If I hear Helge Schneider play.
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50. How much sleep do you need a day?
Some 8h.
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51. Worst dinner apromoter brought you ever to?
McDonalds.
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52. Best dinner a promoter brought you ever to?
That’s gotta be having Kobe Beef in Japan.
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53. Preferred superpower?
I’d prefer if they all were small.
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54. Why?
‘Cos there had to be many of them.
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55. What is your secret?
Tenacity.
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56. Favorite bank holiday?
Any big enough to have a family gathering.
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57. Most ridiculous party you were booked?
Nothing really stands out there for me. They are all crazy in a way.
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58. Preferred destination for some holidays?
All of the southern hemisphere in our winter.
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59. Preferred day of the week?
The day off.
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60. A misconception people often have about you?
I couldn’t tell you.
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61. Best record to close a hyper club night?
I will know in the very moment I need one.
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62. Worst thing in a DJ-Life?
Drivers who make you hear their demos in the car.
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63. A song from Lady Gaga you like?
Who’s lady gaga?
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64. A song from Prince you like?
‘Get Off’.
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65. Average number of taxis you take a month?
Could be 1, could be 15.
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66. Most expensive taxi you ever took?
1.100,- DM (550,-€) Berlin – Frankfurt to get to the show.
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67. Paradise… ?
Where Adam and Eve fucked!
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68. How do you relax?
Nice dinner with friends.
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69. A flower?
The rose. I literally grew up amongst fields of roses.
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70. Who do you admire?
The peeps whos started the occupy movement. In fact everybody who puts courage in action.
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71. Best gig the last few months?
Berghain/Doornroosje.
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72. Worst gig the last few months?
I’ve checked ma hole agenda in all the year and there was no shitty gig.
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73. Are you single?
Yes.
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74. Favorite underwear brand?
CKs. the new ones suck, but i still have like 20 of the old kind in use. .. but that’s my ass.
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75. Something you cannot quit?
Breathing. I keep on doing it, even when i sleep.
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76. Something you’d change if you could?
Allowing bikes in the 1st coach.
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77. Do you find yourself dancing on a dance floor from time to time?
Yes, but mostly if i don’t have to work.
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78. Who made you dance the last time?
Dave Tarrida just last Friday.
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79. Something you would like to forget?
What was the question?
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80. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most precious? Why?
Tokyo, ‘cos it’s so divers and futuristic and San Francisco, ‘cos it felt so good to see that America.
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81. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most fucked up? Why?
Mexico City is fascinating and i’ve seen some amazing stuff and some nice people, but it takes a whole day to leave the smog, if not by plane.
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82. Best door policy?
Common sense.
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83. Something inspiring you?
Science or the believe in better ways to do the stuff we do without killing ourselfs.
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84. Someone inspiring you?
The people who work on the ways above.
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85. A(nother) club you would love to be resident?
I’m gonna have to say Berghain.
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86. Something which would make you stop from what you’re doing?
Death, but in reality it’s the occasonal phase of lazyness.
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87. What are your plans for the rest for the day?
Cooking dinner with friends.
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88. What time is it now?
20:46 (with 2 more nerds in the room).
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Written on 08.12.2011 by leo in the category General, Heiko Laux.

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