Meet Christian Peak From CP Records
One of the things we use the NYLVI blog for, as some of you probably already know now, is to post interviews with people we meet from the worlds music scenes. So far we have done five interviews and today we’ll do interview number six. This time with DJ Christian Peak from Serbia, who has just started the techno label CP Records. As a DJ Christian swears by vinyl and proclaims that he is his own influence. So let’s get started.
NYLVI: How did you become involved in the music industry?
Christian: Well well.. When I was a kid I listened music all the day, while doing something, always music was on. I liked music so much that I started to “dee-jay” on some house parties of my friends and in really short time I discovered that electronic music, mainly techno fits me the most and that I enjoy techno the most.I just like it. Slowly I bought my first turntable [Vestax]in the year 2000.I started to buy vinyls and bought my second vestax.I was mixin’ at home, usually all the day, it was a pleasure for me and I started to play on parties and so on and so on I am here now :-)
NYLVI: We understand that you just recently established a label. What made you decide to do that?
Christian: I was trying to make some music, never succeeded, but in year 2003 my best friend and me made a track which was never released, that was my first touch with producing. Later I was practising alone, trying to make some good tunes and not so long ago [2008 July - August] my friend “Hristian Stojanowski” told me that I make good tunes and I want these tunes to be released on my OWN label on VINYL and not in digital so this is how my label was born.
NYLVI: What is the philosophy for your label. Do you have a clear plan for what direction you want to take it?
Christian: The only philosophy is “Vinyl kills the mp3 industry”. My label will release ONLY on vinyl.
NYLVI: Are you planning on signing more artists to your label? And if yes, what will you be looking for?
Christian: That’s a question that I can’t answer you honestly right now coz my label is very new, but I am planning the second release already with Hristian Stojanowski…
NYLVI: What expectations do you have for the label - What do you think it will be like to run it?
Christian: SURE ! It will be a pleasure for me to run my label… The only expectation I have is that DJs, artists will buy my vinyls and will like them.
NYLVI: How do you plan to promote your label?
Christian: I got in touch with some distributors already so it won’t be a problem
NYLVI: As a DJ where do you play most of your gigs?
Christian: My last gig was in my home city “Novi Sad” but here I have gigs very rarely coz in this city the clubscene died. No clubs where you can listen electronic music even !
I don’t know where I have most of my gigs, I am always in some other city…
My first party abroad was in Bosnia and it will stay in my memories forever coz it was more than great.
NYLVI: What characterizes your music?
Christian: “Softly killing” with funky, tribal and a little bit of acid…
NYLVI: What are your main influences?
Christian: My main influence was “Marko Nastic” long time ago, Valentino Kanzyani, Umek, Chris Liebing… but since all of them sold themself to minimal [it's not techno at all] and digital [playing mp3 on parties], Honestly now I am my own influence…
NYLVI: What is the scene like for your music where you come from?
Christian: People like it, people need it but the scene gives them minimal what makes them bored and once more it’s not techno. It’s TRASH.
NYLVI: Your label will release music only on vinyl - why?
Christian: Coz I absolutely don’t have any respect to those who sold themselves to digital. I hate digital. Vinyl makes you a DJ and not the laptop…
NYLVI: Vinyl has started to make a real comeback now within a lot of genres, reaching a wider audience. Have you seen any signs that vinyl has increased in popularity within the techno scene, which traditionally has been heavily orientated towards vinyl?
Christian: I don’t know, I think I am one of the “rebels” who are trying to bring vinyl back to techno.
The soul of techno music is vinyl, you can’t play techno without soul, and that’s what the most DJs are doing - digital.
NYLVI: Your all-time top fives records?
Christian:
Danny Howells - I feel Love 2002
Marco Bailey - Panema EP
KSS 02
ADL 015-5
Old and new “P” releases I really like :-)
And Umek - “Consumer recreation” can’t be missed!
Have a look at Christian’s site here
Update: Just wanted to let you know that CP Records now also releases in digital.