Five of our favourite dance music interviews from 2015

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We love a good Q&A with our favourite artists. There's always a niggling question we've been dying to ask, or one of our writers ends up delving deeper than we expected to unearth interesting anecdotes from the past. 2015 was a great year for interviews with DJs and musicians from the world of dance music, and we've highlighted five of our favourite...

Mark Moore

S'Express artist Mark Moore explored London's clubbing history, from The Blitz and the New Romantics, to acid house and the underground's rise.

"My place was like the place where all the Detroit artists stayed, Derrick, Carl, I think Kenny Larkin stayed once too. It was like a haven for them, they'd come and stay in my spare room. I think Derrick kinda dumped Carl at mine or he came round.

"Anyway, I ended up taking Carl to his first nightclub, which was Kinky Gerlinky, the famous drag club. He hid in the corner all night with his eyes really wide, looking terrified. Then, at the end, I said 'What did you think of that?' and he goes 'OH MAN! THAT WAS AMAZING!'"

Read the full interview here: Mark Moore Interview: London Express

Prosumer

Prosumer discusses what makes a good club, being an outsider, disco's heartbreaking lyrics and the UK's quiz culture.

"The DJs whose sets I enjoy the most are probably also the ones who are most like myself when it comes to their personality. Happy and grateful that we get to do what we do, share the music we love and make a living from it. Caring about the night and the party, wanting to give people a good time.

"I think we are lucky to often get a glimpse of how the world could be if people would care more about what they can share and have in common than what sets them apart." 

Read the full interview here: Prosumer Interview: Euphoric melancholy 

Nicky Siano 

Disco legend and owner of the iconic Gallery club Nicky Siano talked about the New York scene, his achievements and creative freedom.

"Nobody had heard any music like this, nobody had freestyled like that before, nobody had done the hustle. It was just masses of people, wanting to dance.

"It was the gay guys first of all, and they were bringing their girlfriends, and they loved to dance. And they were forcing the boyfriends to come along because they wanted to go out, and they didn’t want to go out, believe me. But they went, because the pussy was there, baby!"

Read the full interview here: Nicky Siano Interview: Disco's Dignitary

Tensnake

We caught up with Tensnake to discuss his biggest tracks like 'Mainline' and 'Coma Cat', why genre drawers are restrictive and working with Nile Rodgers'. 

"'Coma Cat' was definitely an accident. A happy one. Nobody expected that and I think you can't really plan that sort of stuff. I mean, back then I was producing in my room, I had no contacts, no nothing.

"When you work in a big team or big city and with the right record companies it's more likely that you can have commercial success but it's hard to plan. I never went for the commercial success, I think in general I produce easy access music in a way, I like melodies."

Read the full interview here: Tensnake Interview: Mainline to success

Stanton Warriors 

We spoke to one half of Stanton Warriors, Dominic Butler, to talk about Britain, breakbeats, Bristol, Banksy and bass.

"These days most DJs are doing fuck all behind the decks, they're just pretending the buttons are hot. Hot button kind of vibe. I just find it a bit boring. It's been 20 years, for my own sanity I want to work the tunes.

"We've got a lot of technology at our fingertips, why not use it to its max? That way it makes it more enjoyable for us and for the crowd."

Read the full interview here: Stanton Warriors Interview: All basses covered