Interviews

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.

Interview: 002 | Silverfilter

Manila-based Silverfilter brings award-winning DJ skills, music production teaching, and live performance chops (he’s also guitarist and vocalist for band Lovecore) to his electronic productions. Free from catering to local EDM trends, he explores techno, house, drum and bass, and chillout with equal enthusiasm. His approach: make music that moves him to dance first, knowing if there’s a vibe, he’s headed in the right direction. The groove-focused producer sees each genre as a toolbox of possibilities, and his live performances prove dance music can be locally made, originally performed, and entirely different from a DJ set.

Interview: 001 | J Lauda

Buffalo-bred progressive house guru J Lauda traces his sound back to Toronto’s massive trance scene and underground Buffalo raves. His remix of Dave Richards’ “After Midnight” launched connections with labels like Pangea Recordings and Yotto’s Odd One Out. Known for intricate melodies and punchy grooves built on transient shapers and call-and-response percussion, his tracks regularly chart on Beatport and appear on DJ mix shows worldwide. He credits his wife (who bought him his studio speakers) and his son (who gives every track a thumbs up or down) as essential collaborators in his creative process.

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