Julietta and ANA talk all-day sets, favourite clubs and what makes a good party

Your four hour B2B set is part of a marathon fifteen-hour Cocoon Heroes club special in Manchester. Can you guys remember playing anything equally as epic?

ANA: I remember one time we played together B2B in Berlin at Wilde Renate. We arrived at the club and the party seemed to be almost over. We started playing and after a short time the atmosphere became so amazing, with happy dancing people around. The party was so magnificent that we finally played a few hours longer than expected. The people went crazy the whole time, sometimes I thought 'I am going to faint' because there was almost no oxygen in the club anymore, but I survived!

JULIETTA: Talking about a marathon party, I just remember ANA’s and my 12 hours marathon b2b set two or three years ago at an after party here in Munich. We started at six in the morning and ended up in the evening, people still going crazy. That was one of the first moments in my life I was thinking about looking for a chair to sit on while playing.

For this Cocoon Heroes party the venue is split between the outdoor courtyard area and the inside club. Can you both tell us your favourite clubs around the world?

ANA: Basically it's hard to name only one, because there are so many cool and nice clubs where I loved playing, like Club Der Visionäre or clubs like Robert Johnson. One of my all time favourite clubs worldwide definitely is Panoramabar/Berghain, where I am really excited to be playing for the first time in autumn.

JULIETTA: Whew... that’s always hard to tell. I definitely love every single party of my new Half Baked residency in London – they are simply outstanding! I loved playing my first gig at Fabric last year, at Eleven in Tokyo, Le Salon Daoumé in Montreal, Kontrol in San Francisco a couple of months ago... but over the last years there were lots of more for sure!

What do you think makes a good party?

ANA: If you can feel a special atmosphere, some good vibes, funny smiling dancing people, a good sound system!

JULIETTA: A good sound system, an open minded crowd (and a crowded dance floor of course) and a smart warm up DJ. Some friendly promoters are not necessarily needed to improve the party, but are the cherry on top of the cake.

What sort of sound can people expect from an ANA B2B Julietta set? Whose music has got you guys excited right now?

JULIETTA: It’s always hard to explain your own style, especially if you are not focussed on one specific direction. I’d say that we play an impulsive, homogenous mixture from deep house to dub techno. It’s not the first time we play b2b – we already did that many times over the last years. We had our own party night together at Harry Klein where we used to play b2b, and of course we love to be booked together out of town because it’s always much more fun to travel together - even though we sometimes feel like an elderly married couple as we are best friends for such a long time now... (laughs) and we have a similar taste in music. Talking about music, I’m still in love with every single release of Delano Smith and Mr G and I just discovered a guy called Nu Zau who does quite interesting, dubby stuff.

ANA: Basically I try to avoid talking in genres. Its limiting the music, and the terms can be defined differently by each. But to give a frame to the people I prefer to say my music is in between house and techno... that goes for our B2b as well. At the moment I am really up for triply, dubby house stuff. I love almost every track from Mr. G or John Daly. There is also a lot of new stuff which is inspiring me from guys like Myles Sergè.

Zutekh vs Tpot presents Cocoon Heroes at South, Sunday 26th August, £15 all day or £12 evening

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