Interviews

Interview: 009 | Karar

1:30 PMClaude responded: Kjartan built his reputation in Reykjavík’s club scene under the alias KjarTMaN, playing venues like Jacobsen, Faktory, and Park while co-founding the “Addicte…Kjartan built his reputation in Reykjavík’s club scene under the alias KjarTMaN, playing venues like Jacobsen, Faktory, and Park while co-founding the “Addicted to Drums” event series and exploring everything from techno to deep house. After stepping away from performing between 2016 and 2023 to focus on sobriety, he returned with a harder, analog-driven sound as Plexcore. In summer 2025, he combined his musical background with his Christian faith to launch Karar, a bongo-driven Tech-House project built on organic percussion and uplifting grooves, releasing his debut 4-track EP on February 27, 2026.

Interview: 008 | SAYMON GOMEZ

Saymon started his DJ career in 1992 at age 16 in Málaga, Spain, quickly establishing himself across the Costa del Sol electronic music scene through hotels, festivals, and major events. After 25 years behind the decks spinning Tech House, Techno, and Hard Techno, he expanded into production in 2017, launching mixing and mastering services and co-founding Saycog Records. His productions have landed on respected labels like Oxytech Planet and Transfiguration Recordings, earning him spots at major festivals including the Málaga Fair and OJEANDO Festival. With over three decades in electronic music, Saymon continues to evolve his sound while staying true to the power and energy that define his performances and productions.

Interview: 007 | Trevayne

Melbourne’s after-hours warehouse culture pulled Trevayne into deep tech house over two decades ago—those smoke-filled shadows, relentless grooves, hypnotic cerebral quality. Dark but not depressive, minimal but emotionally rich. Starting with a Roland E-20 and clunky 286 PC back in ’91-’92, he learned to squeeze soul from limited gear—a mindset that still guides his work. Now blending organic sounds with warm analog synths, he’s performed internationally and on live TV while maintaining piano gigs in Australian bars and bands. His upcoming MK837 EPs mark a creative recalibration: tighter sound design, intentional space, emotional undercurrent. Grooves that lock in but also breathe.

Interview: 006 | Denats

Irish-Australian jackin house master Denats landed on Beatport’s After Hours Essential list repeatedly and scored promotion on Defected’s 4 To The Floor Radio show. The ’90s house devotee never intentionally sets out to make “Jackin'” tracks—it’s just where he lands when making tunes. His captive test audience? Two teenage kids who endure endless versions of the same track during car rides, delivering unfiltered, occasionally savage, spot-on feedback. Coached by Demuir and releasing on Robsoul Recordings alongside Phil Weeks, this father-of-two crafts late-night grooves that balance hypnotic rhythms with enough weirdness to keep things interesting. His formula: drums, more drums, then focus on bass.

Interview: 005 | Space Native

Rotterdam-shaped Space Native started with early hardcore/gabba raves in his twenties, evolved through tech-house club nights in his thirties, and worked as a freelance dance journalist reviewing loads of music. That Dutch city’s influence runs deep—he even bought vinyl at Basic Beat where a young Tiësto, Michel de Hey, and Lemon8 worked behind the counter. His debut track “Finding White Space” opened DJ Psytox’s Twelve compilation, launching the Space Native moniker. Now based in Overijssel, he creates melodic house, techno, and tech-house for labels like Capital Heaven and MK837, driven by moods, VST sounds, or groovy loops that kickstart the flow.

Interview: 004 | Serwus

Serwus brings a decade-plus of musical evolution from R&B and hip-hop roots through a 2011 Amsterdam-Barcelona-Ibiza party excursion that opened the EDM gateway. Now he navigates between deep-club territory and nu-disco/house-pop, guided by mood: groovy vibes spark Nu-Disco explorations while darker states inspire underground immersions. Always high energy, never slow. The piano remains his go-to instrument for both vibrant power and profound beauty, often paired with funky guitar riffs and vintage vocal loops. His stage highlight: watching people dance with closed eyes, no phones, just locked into the music. That’s when he knows they’re truly connected.

Interview: 003 | Djordje Vorkapic

Serbia’s Djordje Vorkapic has been hooked since hearing Daft Punk’s “Around the World” at age 9 in 1997. His 22-year journey through Belgrade’s vibrant rave culture—from clubs like Barutana and Industrija to legendary sets by Dejan Milicevic and Marko Nastic—shaped his “uplifting, warm-blooded, and movable” sound. The techno, tech house, and minimal/deep tech producer remembers a Prague fan thanking him for taking her back to when “the rave was rave” circa 2000s. His mission: create rides listeners will remember for life while constantly evolving in a scene that demands quality over repetition.

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15 Years. 5 CDs. 6+ Hours of Pure Underground.

Celebrating 15 years of MK837 with five hand-numbered collector’s CDs. Each disc mixed by Dave Richards spans our evolution from hard techno to deep house – over 6 hours of continuous mixing that captures our underground sound and pays tribute to classic series like DJ-Kicks and Global Underground.