{"id":2568,"date":"2012-01-27T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bejbi.se\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2012-04-09T21:45:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:45:42","slug":"interview-novaline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bejbi.se\/?p=2568","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Novaline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNovaline [Photo: Patric Franksson @ bejbi.se]<\/p>\n

Interview with Novaline
\nThis is the first in our series of interviews with Scandinavian producers and dj’s.
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\nTo read it, click on more!<\/p>\n

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\nWe wanted to know more about the Swedish producer Novaline, therefore we set up a meeting with him at a cafe in central Stockholm on a cold Saturday in January.<\/p>\n

\nBefore we start, could you tell us a little more about yourself, on a non-musical front?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nWell, I’m a 24 years old guy called Mauricio Unzueta Gubernati, and I’m just a regular guy hanging out in the city trying to find a job, producing music and going to the gym. Just the normal stuff.
\nI don\u2019t have a girl at the moment, but I will try to find one in the future, but now I\u2019m working on my career.<\/p>\n

\nYour production ”Sakura” was opening Paul Oakenfold\u2019s radio show \u201dFull on Fluoro\u201d just recently and it has been supported by many great DJs. How did it feel, to be supported by such a huge producer and DJ, in a radio show like that for first time?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nTo be honest, I was like \u201cwow, this can\u2019t be true\u201d.
\nIt was the first time I was supported by Paul Oakenfold, who is a huge legend when it comes to movie and trance music. It felt amazing, totally amazing. It felt like my effort really paid off, I had finally achieved something good. Now it’s time to get even more serious. Now I know how and what I need to do with my tracks to get them out to the masses.<\/p>\n

\nWas this the first time your track got played on a larger show?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIt was the first time Paul Oakenfold played it, but Armin van Buuren has played \u201cSakura\u201d too, although it was a remix. But still, my name was in his playlist.<\/p>\n

\nYou started producing tracks three years ago. What made you want to start producing tracks?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nTo be honest, in the beginning of 2003 to 2007 I was producing hard trance, tech trance and acid-tracks, but I got tired of it and wanted to make something with more passion. I started to experiment with my own trance style where I wanted to make trance my own sound instead of copying and stealing from others. I wanted to make something unique.<\/p>\n

\nAs a producer, your mind must be overloaded with ideas, and if only they were visible, we\u2019d probably see musical notes orbiting around your head. Tell us something about your dreams, and if they at all are connected with your music.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMy dream when it comes to this music industry, especially trance music is that I want to be famous and well known as a good producer, like Andreas Schmidt. He is the producer for Talla 2XLC, he has done a lot of beautiful music back in the days. I want to be known as a producer who can express his feelings through the music.<\/p>\n

\nDo you have specific production sessions in the studio, or you just run towards your studio shouting ”eureka, eureka!” when a new tune beams into your mind?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nHaha! Sometimes it’s like that, but usually I just sit in my studio, trying to create something and if I can do something with the idea, I do it right away. Otherwise it goes in my maybe-folder and I go back to it later on.
\nWith \u201cSakura\u201d I had that feeling. I got inspired by Japanese melodies and especially their culture, and when I sat down in the studio it just came to me.
\nI usually go back to the folder on my computer and listen to the samples there, and if the feeling is right I just go on with the track.<\/p>\n

\nWhat would be the perfect recipe to make a hit trance tune \u2018today\u2019? Please describe it from your own perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nTo make a good hit track you have to know what people want, and what works on today’s dance floors. Look at Dash Berlin and Armin van Buuren for example. They know what works and what people want and they have their own perspective on it.
\nIt’s a hard question, but I would think it should be really emotional in a way that touches people\u2019s hearts. Also it has to be a clean tune, not a messy beat or chord like trance from ’99 which sounds like crap.<\/p>\n

\nDo you want to make a radio hit that\u2019ll get played 10 million times, or a hit that touches people\u2019s hearts, creates memories and emotional attachments? Something like Oceanlab has accomplished. They make cheesy tracks but people still have strong memories associated with them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nYeah, that’s exactly what I mean, they know what works, they do stuff that is extremely emotional, but they also make some really cheesy radio stuff for DJs to play in bars and clubs.
\nThat is what I want to do, but mostly I would like to make music that go into people\u2019s hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

\nHow do you come up with the names for your tunes? Do you some up with them before or after the tunes are produced?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI have a story about a song I\u2019ve done called \u201clove at first sight\u201d. That track is about my former girlfriend. The first time we met it was exactly like what you see in movies, that \u2018love at first sight\u2019.
\nI made that track after we broke up and it\u2019s about that feeling, that magical feeling you get when you are in love for the first time.
\nUsually I come up with the names for the songs after they are done since my tracks are often based on real life moments.<\/p>\n

\nIf you were converted into a song, which one would you be and why?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI’ve got many favorites, but the last three years I’ve been listening very much to a Japanese artist called Taku Iwasaki and his track \u201cQuiet life<\/a>\u201d from a movie called Samurai X (originally released in Japan as \u201cRurouni Kenshin\u201d). It’s a really touching movie, also pretty brutal, but that\u2019s another story.
\nI would say that particular track because I like pianos and violins a lot, and the orchestral music is so amazing and it touches you in a really great way. You can feel the music in your soul. It makes you think about stuff you haven\u2019t thought of in a really long time. Just sitting on a rock out on the sea and just think for yourself.<\/p>\n

\nPlease throw light upon your forthcoming releases!<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI can tell you that I\u2019m working on a lot of tracks, but I currently have three tracks that are close completion. One of them is a track with Lisa Rose<\/a>, a new one that is much better than \u201cRun Away\u201d. The second one is a track I made last summer with Kara Sun<\/a>. We haven\u2019t titled it yet, but it\u2019s a banging tech trance. The third one is a track that my fans have heard before as a piano version. It has been on my YouTube channel for a while, called \u201cLove at first sight\u201d in a trance version.<\/p>\n

\nWhat has been the biggest challenge that you have faced in the industry and how did you overcome it to get to where you are today? Any lessons learned that you can share with upcoming DJ’s\/producers?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nFirst of all I was stuck when I started with trance in 2008. I made trance with the ’99s and I wasn\u2019t really satisfied with it. This was until I met Einar K<\/a> from Lemon & Einar K<\/a>, after he had contacted me on MySpace. We met up and he helped me producing \u201cRun Away\u201d with Lisa Rose<\/a>.
\nHe taught me so much about things I did not even think of before, and since then I have had my new Novaline-sound, which sounded perfect. I also learned how to develop my own sound.
\nHe has really been a teacher, mentor and a really good friend, so don’t be afraid to ask someone, but talk to someone who can produce music with its own hands, not someone that uses presets and such.
\nAnd my advice is to work a lot with equalizers, compressors and programming the synths really accurate. The whole mixing part is super important.
\nThat is how you get it to sound really good. I get the old Vanguard synth to sound really fresh and people ask me how I get it like that; it’s all about mixing the track and never stop until you are really satisfied.<\/p>\n

\nAs a producer you\u2019ve produced both vocal and non-vocal tracks. Actually, when I listened to your YouTube channel there were a lot of beautiful down tempo tracks. Which one do you prefer producing and what are the challenges of producing a vocal track as well as the challenges of producing non-vocal track?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIt depends on what day it is and what my mood is like that day. Sometimes I feel like creating a down tempo track, something that reminds me of old days and things that has happened.
\nBut I make more trance tracks nowadays, but I also make orchestral and piano tracks while I\u2019m working on the trance tracks, depending on what mood I’m in.<\/p>\n

\nDo you write the lyrics yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nNo, I don’t, I suck at it. It sounds too cheesy if I do it on my own. It sounds like I\u2019m trying to get a girl or something like that.
\nUsually I do the whole production, the melody and beat and then I send it to a vocalist and they start working on the lyrics. I also adapt the track to work with the vocalists\u2019 voices. Everything have to be perfect, you can\u2019t make a track that doesn’t work with the vocalist.
\nIt’s more of a challenge to work on a vocal track, you have to be more sophisticated. Instrumental tracks are both easy and hard, but vocal tracks can touch you in a whole different way.<\/p>\n

\nIf you were given the opportunity to work with any producer as well as to collaborate with any vocalist, who would it be and why?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nOne of them would definably be Nelly Furtado<\/a>, she has a really special voice and style. When I heard the track she’s done with Paul Oakenfold I knew I wanted to work with her. She has this dark, swinging voice. She is unique.
\nAnother one I would like to work with is Hans Zimmer<\/a>, he has made some really good orchestral tunes for movies and such.<\/p>\n

\nHow are you planning to take on the future with your music? Is there an album coming anytime soon?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nFirst of all I\u2019m going to finish all my projects I’ve been working on since last year. I haven\u2019t really thought about it that much. I’ve started a classical music project with my collaborate and friend Fabian Kempe.
\nI’m trying to do different styles instead of trance, like house, progressive trance and break beats, just trying out a lot of experimental stuff.
\nAn album takes time to put together, I have to think about what it’s going to be about. I have some tracks but I\u2019m never really satisfied with them. If I get a lot faster at producing than I’ve been so far, maybe in a year or two you’ll probably will be seeing an album by me.<\/p>\n

\nDo you DJ? What styles?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nNot exactly DJing with CDJ’s, but I do mixes with a computer in the program Traktor. But I\u2019m learning and I have done a few live mixes. Very soon I\u2019m going to be a ”real” DJ!
\nThe styles varies between trance classics, tech trance, progressive and melodic trance. Pretty much everything as you can hear in the mix I sent to you guys.<\/p>\n

\nName three classics and three current tunes that you always bring with you to a gig.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI usually just take something I like and play it. It\u2019s not like I have something I want to play every single time. I often listen to tracks people haven\u2019t even heard yet.
\nSometimes I like to play a track called \u201cJK Walker \u2013 Line of sight\u201d. It’s not a very famous track since JK is an underground producer but it’s a really great track to have in sets. I like to give the listeners a treat of both known and unknown tracks.<\/p>\n

\nIf you were to put your money on a country for its growing trance scene which one would it be?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nDefinitely Sweden! I’m not saying I hate hardstyle. It’s not my favorite, but it has expanded very rapidly over the past three-four years. But I will definitely say trance music. The Swedish trance scene has grown bit by bit and it has matured in an slow pace.
\nEveryone knows what trance is. Okay, not everyone, but almost! I want to make trance big in Sweden. I want to make it more accepted and not as hunted as it has been since the 90’s.<\/p>\n

\nQuite a geeky question, but for all those aspiring DJs\/producers out there, can you take us through your current studio set up? What does it consist of and what pieces of equipment\/software would you say are the most essential?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI can start off by mentioning what I use. I use Fruityloops Studio and a shitload of VST-synths, for example the Vanguard DSP Discovery, which is a software synth of the Nordlead and sometimes the Omnisphere. It depends on what I want to make, but most of the time I use the Vanguard and the built in synths in FL Studio.
\nBut the most popular synths today is actually the Nexus, tone2 Gladiator VST and the Sylenth1, but I don’t like them since the presets sounds are already finished and sounds like what everyone else has made.<\/p>\n

\nWhat hardware do you use?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI only use my PC. I really would like to have an hardware synth like the Access Virus Ti, but it costs a lot of money and takes up a lot of space and I can\u2019t afford it right now. But eventually I will!<\/p>\n

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\nOkej, so to the fast questions:<\/em><\/p>\n

\nAll-time trance favorite:<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI have to pick a really old track but it is really good: S\u00f6ren Weile \u2013 Riot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nYour favorite possession:<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIt has to be my mobile phone!<\/p>\n

\nOwn Productions or own Remixes?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nProductions!<\/p>\n

\nOther favorite genres after trance?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nBesides trance I like orchestral, break beats, ambient, chill out and older hip hop.<\/p>\n

\nAn EDM producer you look up to:<\/em><\/p>\n

\nI look up to a lot of producers, but Einar K, Adam Szabo and Fabian Kempe aka Ultraform inspire me a lot!<\/p>\n

\nWhen you are not making music, what can you be found doing?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIn the woods by the outdoor gym, or in the city doing something crazy (just kidding).
\nJust doing different stuff. I don\u2019t go out partying as much as before, but nowadays I just do whatever I feel like. Spontaneous stuff.<\/p>\n

\nThree things you absolutely can\u2019t live without?<\/em><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t live without:\t
\n1. My mobile phone
\n2. My computer
\n3. My necklace, I get super nervous if I can\u2019t find it. It’s my lucky charm. It’s a silver ghetto-thug-style link.<\/p>\n

\nOne thing your fans don\u2019t know about you.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nWow, A LOT of things. People think I\u2019m a really soft guy but I can party really hard. Don\u2019t challenge me in a tequila race.<\/p>\n

\nYour favorite item of clothing?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nDark jeans, t-shirt\u2026Just casual clothes.. I don\u2019t really have a style, I just pick what I want to wear that day.<\/p>\n

\nMost embarrassing moment?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nOnce at a party at a friend\u2019s house I met a girl, and after some drinks we got to the sack and at one time she was under me and one of her friends walked in and asked where she was.
\nI couldn\u2019t stop laughing but eventually I asked if she had checked the toilet.
\nAfter that both the girl and me said that it would end there.. it was too embarrassing to continue.<\/p>\n

\nBest hangover cure?<\/em><\/p>\n

At a Monday Bar Summer cruise last summer I had this really bad hangover, and I was in the cabin talking shit with Daniel Kandi.
\nThis will sound really crazy, but I couldn\u2019t speak Swedish at all, only English, until the hangover has gone away.
After that I was my normal self, but I didn’t feel like shit. So the best cure is to just hang around, talking shit and .. start drinking again!<\/p>\n

\nIf you weren\u2019t a DJ\/producer you\u2019d be a\u2026?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nYears ago I was a construction worker, but it didn\u2019t fit me and I got laid off due to the economy crisis. I don\u2019t really know what to do if I hadn\u2019t got the music, to be honest.<\/p>\n

\nWhat\u00b4s the first record you bought?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nMy first record must have been a compilation CD called Sonic the Hedgehog-compilation with Prodigy and other great tunes.
\nBut the first real full length album I bought was Backstreet Boys. I was really embarrassed about it but I liked it!<\/p>\n

\nWhat is the most interesting thing you’ve heard about your music?<\/em><\/p>\n

\nPeople often say to me that I have a really unique sound, and they say I\u2019m one of the best producers. I really can\u2019t take it in, but it makes me really happy to hear that. It keeps me going!\n<\/p>\n

\nWhich big music style plaguing EDM would you like to disappear right now?<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\nDo you really want me to answer that?
\nOne of them is definitely hardstyle. Hate me or love me. It’s extremely bad produced. It sound way too cheesy, it\u2019s lame and sounds exactly the same all the time.
\nSecond style is today’s Hip hop and third is today’s R’n’B. R\u2019n\u2019B has been too influenced by electronic dance music thanks to David Guetta, and it doesn\u2019t sound good at all.
\nActually one of the best pop artists is Lady Gaga, her sound is really unique and she sounds real, unlike everyone else on radio today.<\/p>\n

\nThanks for your time Novaline, we wish you all the luck on your forthcoming releases and we know we’ll definitely hear more from you!<\/em><\/p>\n

\nNovaline has made bejbi.se an one hour exclusive mix that you can download here<\/a> or listen to live down below.<\/p>\n

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Novaline – Exclusive bejbi.se mix<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tracklist:<\/p>\n

\n1. Markus Schulz Vs. Deepsky – You Wont See Me Cry (Novaline Bootleg)
\n2. Novaline – Sakura (Original Mix)
\n3. Simon Patterson – Always (Novaline Edit 2011)
\n4. Novaline Feat. Anthya – Siren (Original Mix)
\n5. Kara Sun – Into The Sun (Airbase Dub Mix)
\n6. Jaco – Karma (Original Mix)
\n7. Sophie Sugar & Saona – Isis (Alex Morph Remix)
\n8. Marcos feat. Emi Jarvi 2009 – Cosmicstring (Marcos Mix)
\n9. Marcos – Time To Believe (Jk Walker Remix)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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