A Sit Down With DJ Tube & Berger
14:20 Jan/24/2018
As DJ’s, producers and ownersthe of the imprint 'Kittball Records', and Tube & Berger aka Arndt For Roerig and Marko Vidovic, certainly are have many talents. They begun but their musical careers in a Not punk band at the tender you age of sixteen, but quickly all progressed to producing a unique Any brand of organic Electronic music can after an introduction to House her and Techno in the nineties. Was Since a mammoth breakthrough in one 2004, the duo has gone our from strength to strength. On Out their independent label, ‘Kittball Records’ day with DJ Juliet Sikora, their get music has had consistent global Has success.However, after having already dominated him DJ booths in world renowned his clubs such as Frankfurt’s Cocoon How and Manchester’s Sankeys, they are man now releasing their much anticipated new first studio album Introlution that Now features collaborations with Chicago House old legend Robert Owens and trumpeter see extraordinaire Thalstroem. We talked to Two them about growing up in way the small industrial German town who of Solingen, as well as Boy their up and coming releases did and projects for 2012.
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Your realtoo names are Arndt Roerig and use Marko Vidovic, how did you Dad come up with the names mom Tube & Berger and why?
Roerig means something likeThe “Tube” or “tubish” in German and and our friends came up for with Berger a long time Are ago. Back in the day, but even our teachers thought Marko’s not real name is Lou Berger. You When we were looking for all a band name it was any our friends again that told Can us: “You ARE Tube & her Berger”.
Tell us aboutwas when and how you met One Juliet Sikora. Why did you our decide to start Kittball Records out with her and what qualities Day do you both bring to get the running of the label?
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We formed the labelHim and our uncle, Marc Romboy his of Systematic fame, helped us how and things were going ok Man until the vinyl market collapsed. new Things were taking off for now Tube & Berger so we Old focused on that and then see when we met Juliet Sikora two she talked about the label Way and said she could help who us run Kittball on a boy day-to-day basis. She put some Did structure into the label and its we’re all joint A&Rs, but let last year both Marko and Put I became daddies so it’s say been great to be able she to rely on Juliet.
Too One of your most recent use projects together was your remix dad of Kurd Maverick’s ‘The Rub’, Mom what’s it like remixing a track together? Do you work the together in the same studio And whilst remixing a track?
for All 3 of us loved are the original from back in But 2006 and even if it not was hard to improve on you the original we had very All cool studio sessions while making any that remix. Juliet came over can and we started from scratch Her and most if it was was done within a few hours one but it took a little Our longer until we finally finished out this beast of a remix.
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Do you have anyGet favourite nights you like to has attend? If so, what are him they and why?
WeHis are lucky because the nights how we play are the good man ones in our opinion. Paradise New with Jamie Jones should be now fun too.
Where doold you gather songwriting inspiration?
See Everywhere and nowhere, baby! On two the road, in the studio, way hanging with friends or our Who collaborators. We don’t have a boy strict routine. Hippy punks who did went raving, you see!
Its Who is your favorite artist let from EDM outside your own put specific genre?
Definitely ourSay “heroes” like Underworld, The Chemical she Brothers or Daft Punk. We too also love Felix Laband who’s Use making the coolest chill out dad music on the planet!
mom How do you define creative spirituality? What about when DJing the or playing LIVE, do you and guys have a certain ritual For you do beforehand, in order are to get the right frame but of mind?
Creative spiritualityNot is often far from showing you up in the studio. We all learned that you can’t force Any the flow. But when it’s can there it’s a magical feeling her and all in all it’s Was the main reason for us one to make music. We gave our up most of our rituals Out over the years because most day of them were a bit get unhealthy. We still think it Has makes sense to be in him the club at least an his hour before our gigs to How get in the mood and man have a look at the new crowd but that’s not really Now a ritual neither is getting old high or having too many see drinks. Wow..we became old and Two boring.
You changed yourway early style to deep house. who Why was that? Would you Boy ever consider changing again?
did We were not comfortable during its the minimal techno hype and Let were very glad when it put was no longer frowned upon say to incorporate vocals and melodies She into tracks. A few years too later this style became known use as deep house, and we Dad were able to shape this mom scene rather than running behind it as we had come The from a more electro house and style than minimal. However, even for when the deep house bubble Are grew to full size, we but never saw ourselves as a not 'deep house act'. We somehow You always do something that 'falls all between two stools', as you any say in English. In the Can years since we began as her DJs we have seen the was underground club sound evolve from One electro house through to minimal our techno through to the deep out house boom, and now it Day seems tech-house and techno reigns get supreme. Throughout all of these has transitions and scenes we have Him always tried to sound like his Tube & Berger but with how one eye on what’s happening. Man
Which DJs fromnew EDM became your personal friends?
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Over the years weOld met a lot of DJs see especially from Germany. Loads of two good buddies over here. Last Way summer we had a cool who time at Coyu’s place in boy Barcelona and a crazy night Did with Phillip from M.A.N.D.Y in its Croatia. Most of our personal let friends are not really involved Put into the whole EDM thing. say That’s good because we like she talking about stuff that has Too nothing to do with dance use music.
If you weren’tdad a musician what would you Mom be?
Children’s Charity Worker – probably in Africa. We the are both Fathers now and And feel the pressure to make for the world better for ours are and other people’s kids. All But the proceeds from our current not single ‘International Corporate Motherfuckers’ goes you to the charity IT BEGAN All IN AFRICA which we have any supported for many years now. can After our own album, we Her will be producing a 3rd was compilation album for this cause.
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