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Persona and Character of 44100Hz

Танцпол · 12.10.2008

By 44100Hz

We continue our features on our Persons and Characters of the Month. The winners are the most stylish and beautiful residents of the nighttime city. The awards ceremony for the persons took place at "Sup-cafe"; we had a pleasant chat and presented the winners with prizes from the company Smi)e→.

Person of the Month:

Katya Vanila

Character of the Month:

Anton Kubikov

Since Katya declined to give an interview, and Anton had already won our contest and answered our questions before, we decided to put together a blitz-interview from questions sent in by fans of Anton's work.

Hello, Anton! How are things going with your label Pro-Tez? What happened to the label's website?

Alexander Isakov, Moscow

Everything's fine with our label. As for the site, we've always used our Myspace page and that's enough for us. We might make a separate site later.

Are there any Russian sites where you can order Pro-Tez Rec releases?

Alexander Isakov, Moscow

No. Except maybe recordings.ru. But there you can download everything for free.

You're infrequent guests in Petersburg clubs. For example, I can't recall an SCSI-9 live set being played at all. In your opinion, are things with the clubs in Piter so bad that you don't get invited to play? And how do you feel about the club situation in the northern capital?

Miramir, St. Petersburg

For your information, an SCSI-9 live set has been played in St. Petersburg four times. On 8 November we'll be performing at Red Club again. As for the club situation in the northern capital - sad to say, we have no relation to it whatsoever. The club situation in St. Petersburg is, for me personally, a mystery... let's unravel it together.

Anton, do you help young musicians? If so, in what way do you support them?

Oleg, Pushkino

We support young musicians all the time. We release them on records and handle their PR. Maxim (the other member of the SCSI-9 project) sometimes does mastering, and even mixes tracks for our label's artists. We support DJ Korablev in every way - not long ago I gave him a track by Masha Era to remix. On tour we recommend our young DJs to promoters. In general, I'd like to gather a group of about 10 musicians and work with them constantly (records are released on Kompakt on roughly this kind of scheme).

When will we be able to see and hear you in Kiev?

Sashuk, Kiev

We were there a little over a week ago at the club "Tsar" (something like our burned-down "Dyagilev"). Now expect us in November. DJ Kon is about to open a new club and has already invited us to play there.

Tell us about your new album "Easy as Down".

Olga, Moscow

I suggest you simply listen to it. Come to the presentation on 25 October at 16 Tons.
Whom would you name as your idol among foreign electronic musicians today?
Pasha, Kiev

Martin Buttrich, Robert Babicz, artists from the labels Remote Area and Ostwind Records. I also want to listen to the new album from Morgan Geist.

Do you ever have disagreements with Maxim, and how do you resolve them?

Maxim, Moscow

As the saying goes, truth is born in arguments... So we always quarrel and make up very quickly. But these are more like discussions than quarrels, really.

Anton, how would you describe your character?

Natasha, Voronezh

As my friends say, I'm good but very temperamental, and I also drink a lot.

Anton, is your solo career developing? Are you preparing anything interesting as DJ Kubikov?

Gena Volov, St. Petersburg

As DJ Kubikov, I run a podcast on www.44100.com. Beyond that, a solo career doesn't interest me.

Anton, we heard you're getting married? Is that true? Who is your chosen one?

Alesya, Moscow

Yes, it's true. As for who my chosen one is - I won't say, you don't know her anyway.

Kubikov, come clean - how does one become a famous musician?

Anonymous

You have to drink a lot, swear like a trooper, bang your head against the wall and love your work very much.