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MARC ANTONA
Since his musical genesis on the Parisian underground in the early 2000s, French
DJ/producer Marc Antona has become one of the most sought-after cats in the
techno game. His fi rst production ‘Happy Martians’ emerged on Freak ‘n’ Chic in
2006 to universal acclaim, with subsequent cuts for techno tastemakers mobilee
and Sender further cementing a deadly rep. Having tirelessly honed his DJ skills
in such pivotal Parisian clubs as Rex and Batofor, as well as across Europe and
beyond, Antona has cultivated a formidable notoriety in a relatively short time.
In 2007, he teamed up with Dan Ghenacia to launch his own offshoot to Freak ‘n’
Chic — Micro-fi bres — a more electronic, strobe-lit alternative to the house sound
of its musical cousin. His succession of sexed-up, dubbed-out, permafrost techno
tracks on the fl edgling imprint have since tightened Antona’s grip on both clubs
and minds the world over.
Recently relocated to Portugal, after a period of adapting to his new environs and
spending some quality family time, he’s back doing what he does best — rinsing
out dancefl oors with impeccable, insouciant selections that exude Gallic techno
cool.
“I have plenty of tracks that I haven’t fi nished because I had to take care of my
family for a little bit and I also moved to Portugal,” Antona explained.
“I had a lot of things to do! I made a lot of music but I didn’t release it. But when I
DJ now I normally play an hour of unreleased tracks.”
Fret not for some of this enviable sonic arsenal will soon see the light of day. With
a new EP out now on Micro-fi bres, ‘MF05’, he’s back in full effect on the production
tip with plenty of plans for the ’09.
DJmag caught up with the tech king to fi nd out what tunes are presently rocking
his world…
Pan-Pot
to Daniele Papini’s ‘Church of Nonsense’,
Minilogue
bass and manages to create strong energy
Shibuya
which was a very good techno track. With no
Doiicie (A)
levels without using excess noise. Like all
True To Form
breaks, ‘Physical’ is just very simple, effec-
Minilogue
the best techno, it is minimal but never bor-
“I really love this track because it shows the
tive and quality techno.”
“This has a strange title, I don’t know
ing and has a sexy, funky side too.”
very dark and deep side of Pan-Pot. There’s
Paul Ritch
what it means! I really like the contrast
Re-Up
huge energy and, as usual for Pan-Pot, a
Push It
here between the running rhythm behind
We Lost The Flight
lot of sexiness to the track. It’s packed with
CDR
the track and the voice. There is a spoken
Micro-fi bres
very surprising production touches that
“The next one is a unreleased track from my
word segment during it and the music rolls
“The fi rst fi ve releases on the label were my
catch the listener off guard too.”
friend Paul Ritch. ‘Push It’ has a big melody,
behind. It’s really cool.”
own productions, but this one is the fi rst
Hugo & Daniele Papini
it’s a very fresh track too! There are three
Fabrizio Maurizi
from another artist. Re-Up are two Italian
Physical
parts and at the end it has a string section,
No Fear
guys based in Barcelona. They used to be
Systematic
pitched down low, which really works. I think
M_Nus
called Polygon but they had a dispute with
“This track is rather different. These two
that ‘Push It’ has a really big sound. This is
“M_Nus seem to have a knack of uncovering
another guy with that name. ‘We Lost The
guys were producing that Italian minimal
on the deeper side of techno, there is a lot
really innovatiove artists out of nowhere and
Flight’ is a very classy deep techno track that
sound before but this is has a sexier techno
of imagination and new sounds, but it’s not
this is the latest member of their team. A real
manages to combine a range of infl uences
vibe with a class vocal sample. It’s different
shouty, or in your face.”
dancefl oor worker, this has really kicking
into something genuinely unique.”
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