Random Circuits

I caught up with prolific remixer Frank Heinrich AKA Reboot. After a slew of fantastic remixes on many differen’t labels & not forgetting his own work on Cadenza & Below. I was eager to find out more about Reboot…

1 Your sound is very unique. Could you describe your sound ?

Yeah, lets start with the hardest question! as most artists
id have to say, that it is very hard to describe your own sound, but i can tell you what i expect from my own productions. I try my best to make my productions sound warm and organic. Always related to the dancefloor and with a nice groovy touch. Mainly i like to use hardware in combination with ableton live. That offers me many opportunities in
evolving the sound and to give it a life of itself. In my trax i put a lot layers over the next, to get a complex polyrhythmic architecture - so every time you hear the track you can find something new. At the moment im
experimenting with very reduced and less percussive patterns. I just wanna see how less it can take and still sound like me.

2 What/Who influences you in your music ?

Everything! The people i meet. The music i listen to. The moods i am in. The food that i eat and the wine that i drink. in some way it all comes together in your music. Of course i also have musicians that i respect a lot and that for sure have influenced my musical affectations. but they would be to many to name and i dont want to accentuate anybody.

 3 What does the live set consist of / What can we expect from a typical Reboot set ?

I play live act’s and dj sets. When i’m Playing live, there is only a short time to present the music to the audience. So i always try to show a broad range of what i produce. Of course i do prepare my live act’s, but there is plenty of space for improving. The location that im playing is a big part of the preparation. I wouldn’t play them same liveact on a big rave that i would play in a small club. Every live act is different to the next one. even if i play with the same setup many times. That has the risk, that you have performances that are not just perfect - but in any other way it would bore me after a while. Actually, i prefer to play DJ set’s. You just have more time to catch the people and take them with you.
But in either way: I love to party and that’s what i do when i am playing!

4 Alot of producers seem to be taking the same road as you by moving away from “minimal” sounds to making more deep & tribal influenced tracks would you say this is the way forward ?

I don’t know, if you could say that they are taking the same road as i am. Most artist try to do their own thing and not copy anybody. I think that “the way forward” means, that people should take new angles of view on music. I’m very happy that the music that i love is still developing and that you can always find new appendages. So i am looking optimistic into the future. Also, i know from around Frankfurt, that there is a whole bunch of amazing talented new producers. People like Markus fix, Robert diez, Sascha dive, the whole crew from Oslo rec. and many many others. I’ts fascinating to see how we all network, share ideas, knowledge’s and how of course party together. I am very proud to be part of this movement. Frankfurt is a good place to be at the moment!!

5. If you were on a deserted island and could only take 3 records what would they be and why ?that can only be:

The Beatles - Help (…To play loud and hope…)

Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae (…For the happy moments…)

and

Paul Kuhn - Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii (…To realize that im fucked!!…)

6 Whats next for Reboot/ Any plans for an album ?

I’m working on a lot of remixes at the moment. the next release is for Matthias Tanzmann on moon harbour. I remixed one of his last album tracks and im working on remixes for Guy Gerber and some others. I’m also involved in two new projects. One is with Vera and the other one with DJ Meat. They are both close friends of mine and the work with studio partners is always a nice alternation for me. With DJ meat ive already finished a remix for a old Maus & Stolle
Track and it will be released on Klang Rec. this summer. Of course i am also working on own productions and i guess the next release should be in summer. I dont want to put out too many releases and bore the people after 3 or 4.
and i have plans for an album, but it wont be released before 2009. I’ve decided to take some more time to work on it.  

7 Where can we find you over the next few months ?

Im travelling a lot at the moment. Highlights in the next months will be gigs in Cocoon Club Frankfurt (30.05),
Loft in Lausanne (10.05), Cadenza Night @ Sonar Festival (20.06) and a gig in one of my favourite clubs,
the Robert-Johnson (28.06). You can also see all my dates on my myspace see you there!

Thanks to Frank for taking time out to answer my questions be sure to hit his Myspace for more music, dates etc.

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