50% of misc. and Niederflur aka Christopher Bleckmann gave us already their answers, now we add the 88: for Hannes. 100%
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01. Vodka or Champagne?
C: Vodka
H: Vodka, no doubt.
02. Your favorite toast?
C: Harry Vollkorn Toast
H: French Toast.
03. Your favorite airport?
C: Trabzon Airport, Turkey! It´s raw!
H: Charles de Gaulles – great architecture. Not always very comfy, though.
04. Best bar at an airport?
C: Nah…
H: The ones you do not remember.
05. The perfect dress for a gig?
C: T-shirt and trousers. Definitely trousers.
H: The one not to worry about.
06. How long can you survive without fresh socks?
C: Not longer that 24 hours.
H: Survival is easy. Staying human is a different story.
07. How many times did you arrive somewhere without your luggage?
C: 3 times. Without luggage, but with my equipment!
H: Not often at all, thank god!
08. Ever had to get some cloths from a promoter?
C: Yes! Tiny T-shirts from The Loft, Barcelona, I looked ridiculous!
H: No. Other than Christopher…
09. What time is it?
C: It´s time to move. And time for change.
H: Every time Suntory time!
10. Politics or Economy?
C: Same old same old.
H: Politics. Although the difference fades these days, I´m afraid.
11. USA or China?
C: Does the bear shit in the woods?
H: Being more afraid of? Still China.
12. The very last record to play before going to bed?
C: Vector Lovers- Melodies and memory (SOMA)
H: Miles Davis – Kind of blue. It doesn´t get any deeper.
13. And very perfect track to wake up?
C: Björk- Unison (live @ the royal opera house)
H: Bach – The Well Tempered Piano. Clears up your mind in an unique way!
14. Worst present ever received?
C: No present at all.
H: Socks .
15. Clear skin or Glitter?
C: Clear skin!
H: Clear skin. Leave the glitter to Gary.
16. Some physical suffering as a result of your job?
C: Akufen! Slight tinnitus or as we german say: a sma ll teakettle ringing in the ears.
H: None I have heard of.
17. Are you religious?
C: No.
H: No. Dropped that at age 15 when being capable to think for myself.
18. Analog or digital?
C: Both.
H: Not easy. The Digital Revolution will eat us all. But on the other hand I wouldn´t have been able to become a musician without digital technology. So I guess I´ll call it a tie.
19. Worst track which was ever request from you?
C: Wolfgang Petry- Wahnsinn.
H: Anything by Britney Spears.
20. Your first record? And no, we really want to know the “first”, not the first “cool” record.
C: The first record I ever bought with my own pocketmoney was: Whodini- the Haunted house of rock. Just because it had cool skeletons on the sleeve.
H: Genesis – Genesis and Bap – Bess demnächs…. . Both as christmas presents I requested.
21. Favorite German dish?
C: Eisbein mit Sauerkraut und Knödeln. Being from Bavaria originally and all…
H: Gotta say Ahle Wurscht. A special kind of Salami from the region I grew up at.
22. Do your parents have a precise idea of what you are doing?
C: No, not really. I gave up trying to explain some time ago, though.
H: Not really. They are trying though, even went to see a gig when we played at their town. They came directly from seeing an opera dressed up for that occasion and failed to see us play because it was to late for them…
23. Did they ever come to see you play live?
C: No.
H: See above.
24. Last book you read?
C: Bret Easton Elllis- Imperial Bedrooms
H: Tom Wolfe – The electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Loved it!
25. A vice?
C: Expensive watches. Stupid.
H: Ahem. I beg you pardon?
26. What did you want to become as a child?
C: I wanted to be a musician, but one of the old fashioned kind, like a organist or a keyboarder in a band.
H: Actually never really thought about that when I was a child. Never started ever since.
27. How do you keep in shape?
C: Lifting my two kids at the same time.
H: Not really.
28. Do you have nickname?
C: My sister calls me Chrissie. But noone else does that.
H: Luckily not!
29. One of your hobbies?
C: Well, that´s a problem right here. What do you have for a hobby if your hobby is your job?
H: Hobbies are for people without passion.
30. Groupies: blessing or penalty?
C: I don´t have groupies. Or maybe I was too drunk to see them.
H: Dunno anything about that.
31. Personal remedy against hangover?
C: A big Mc Donald´s feast. Helps after approx. 30 minutes. But it gets worse, before it gets better.
H: Counterpunch drink. If not that the standards: Coffee, Scrambled Eggs (with tomatoes or spinach if possible ), and, ahem, aspirin complex ( sorry for the covered ad).
32. Where did you grow up?
C: Ebermannsdorf, Worpswede near Bremen, Bremen, Muenster and Cologne
H: Kassel. In the middle of Germany and nowhere. It´s a great place every five years when there is 100 days of Documenta which is the world biggest exhibition for modern art. In the huge times in between, well, let´s not talk about it…
33. How do you keep your temper when provoked?
C: Trying to forget what the other guy just said. While he repeats himself, I try forget again.
H: Not a tough thing to do for me, honestly. Peoples problems are not mine.
34. What would you do in life if not djing?
C: I´d be an IT-guy.
H: I am not djing. Ok, seriously. As mentioned above I never really made plans for my future, so I don´t really know. Guess it would still be some kind of art or entertainment in general.
35. A question you always wanted to hear in an interview?
C: Why do you think did Japan never become the biggest techno-nation of all times looking at the fact, that the Japanese invented all the drum-machines and synthes crucial for the production of electronic music like TB 303, TR 909, TR 808 asf.? Not that I ever knew the answer…
H: Hmm. Tough one. Let interviewers do their job, I guess.
36. What song did you have stuck in your head recently?
C: Horchata by Vampire weekend
H: Kraftklub – Ich will nicht nach Berlin.
37. Nike or Adidas?
C: Adidas
H: These days: Both. When I was younger: Adidas without a doubt. I even stole the in-store catalogues from a local store when I was in my early.
38. Finding yourself on an after hour: what day of the week would this be most likely?
C: Early Sunday after a gig, in Berlin sometimes Monday.
H: How am I supposed to know that! I´m happy if I remember the town.
39. Longest set ever played?
C: 3 hours live, 7 hours DJ set
H: Talking Live-sets here not being a dj. We once played a 2 hour set at the main party and another 1,5 hour at the after hour not repeating a single track. Fun times.
40. Secret weapon for the dance floor?
C: I don´t give away secrets. Bass off and bass on always seems to work though!
H: Music by Niederflur or Misc.
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41. Favorite drink while playing?
C: Vodka tonic with ice. Where´s the goddamn ice?
H: Vodka.
42. Next big thing in music?
C: If I only new. Something big new thing coming over from the UK probably.
H: Ha! To have ideas of your own maybe?
43. Something you really hate to see on a dance floor?
C: Guys beating up their girlfriends!
H: A horse.
44. Something you really love to see on a dance floor?
C: People dancing polonaise all night.
H: You and me.
45. Your most influential teacher?
C: No.
H: Franz Kafka.
46. Berlin or London?
C: London
H: Phew. Still Berlin, I guess.
47. A person you avoid? And why?
C: My scary neighbour. Because he is scary.
H: Don´t think I ever did.
48. You b2b with who?
C: My scary neighbour.
H: Christopher. All the time when we play live. Couldn´t have the same connection with anybody else.
49. What music makes you smile?
C: In your face Dubstep wobble bass music with film-score samples. Boom.
H: The music I like – surprise! No, really, could be anything from all kinds of directions.
50. How much sleep do you need a day?
C: 6 hours min.
H: Too much, I think. Depends on personal mood, though. In times when I feel I want to do new music it tends to be less.
51. Worst dinner a promoter brought you ever to?
C: The unspeakable dinner at Christiania. Pure hippie crust.
H: As I´m allergic to fish, it was tough to get to a real sushi place with now veggie-sushies.
52. Best dinner a promoter brought you ever to?
C: A restaurant in Bilbao, in the end I hugged the waiter.
H: There were quite some. But I do think that I had the best dinners on the Iberian peninsula. More fancy maybe in Spain more basic but great in Portugal.
53. Preferred superpower?
C: Supercooking
H: Thought reading .
54. Why?
C: I love to cook and want to be super at it!
H: I´m just too curious.
55. What is your secret?
C: Work work work.
H: I´m not as stupid as to tell you!
56. Favorite bank holiday?
C: X-mas
H: Always the next one to come.
57. Most ridiculous party you were booked?
C: To an empty room outside of Barcelona. No audience, no bartenders, nobody.
H: Some weird festival-thing in the Netherlands paid by the EC without ANY real guests.
58. Preferred destination for some holidays?
C: Spain. But not in the summer.
H: One without Techno Clubs.
59. Preferred day of the week?
C: Thursdays. I love my Thursdays.
H: Gotta say Friday.
60. A misconception people often have about you?
C: That I am a regular “normal” family man.
H: My age.
61. Best record to close a hyper club night?
C: Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokmotivfüher “Das Tal der Dämmerung”. Psycho.
H: No idea. Why close it.
62. Worst thing in a DJ-Life?
C: Losing all the equipment due to own stupidity. Like leaving it in the hotel lobby. Happened to friend of a friend… erm.
H: Having to less time for the ones you love.
63. A song from Lady Gaga you like?
C: This one is still in the making.
H: No way.
64. A song from Prince you like?
C: “Controversy”
H: A lot! The one that first comes to my mind probably is “sing ´o` the time”.
65. Average number of taxis you take a month?
C: Whot?
H: Not many – if not for gigs.
66. Most expensive taxi you ever took?
C: Vienna city to the airport. Vienna cabdrivers are crooks!
H: When I missed my ride to Munich airport after a gig at Harry Klein. End of story was I even missed the flight and had to buy a new ticket…
67. Paradise… ?
C: … lost?
H: …is a theoretical construction for those who need it.
68. How do you relax?
C: Making music. Hanging out with the family.
H: Sleeping.
69. A flower?
C: The Cure: A forest
H: Where? Should I be afraid?!
70. Who do you admire?
C: My kids.
H: Don´t tend to admire people really.
71. Best gig the last few months?
C: NYE in Brussels. This counts as this year right? Because I played on the first.
H: Somewhere in eastern Germany as Misc. Loads of fun with nice people.
72. Worst gig the last few months?
C: None.
H: Forgot about that.
73. Are you single?
C: No.
H: Nope!
74. Favorite underwear brand?
C: Deal.
H:?
75. Something you cannot quit?
C: Drinking.
H: Oops. Don´t know if it´s possible to cut that down to one thing. It´s a bit like the question about A vice. Loads of things people might think they´re no good. But wtf?!
76. Something you change if you could?
C: Make people buy MP3´s of underground artists.
H: That´s just as difficult!
77. Do you find yourself dancing on a dance floor from time to time?
C: Never!
H: Oh yeah! And I do not want to be reminded.
78. Who made you dance the last time?
C: My two year old son: Ringelreihen.
H: Frankie goes to Hollywood.
79. Something you would like to forget?
C: .
H: Me. Dancing on the dance floor.
80. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most precious? Why?
C: Sao Paulo. It´s just incredible. Not necessarily precious, more of a insane beauty.
H: Jerusalem. That´s where all our occidental history starts.
80. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most fucked up? Why?
C: Moscow. There was a dead man lying in the street, when I stepped out of the taxi. Very dangerous city.
H: Kassel. There´s no justice to your history.
81. Best door policy?
C: In cologne during carnival season: everybody with painted faces and clown costume stays out.
H: The one you don´t realize.
82. Something inspiring you?
C: Technology that makes sounds.
H: Listening to none electronic music.
83. Someone inspiring you?
C: Yeah.
H: Benny Kramer.
84. A(nother) club you would love to be resident?
C: Fabric or Rex Club
H: I do not think there are resident live-acts.
85. Something which would make you stop from what you’re doing?
C: Going deaf.
H: A Nuclear war.
86. What are your plans for the rest for the day?
C: Drinking and making love.
H: Emptying that bottle of wine and listening to some more Frankie goes to Hollywood.
87. What time is it now?
C: What time is love?
H: The time for another glas.
