to combine the darker element to Maetrik with the groove- based melodies and lyrics of Maceo Plex, and I think I have found
finding a way
a really good combination.” MACEO PLEX
The images that I have in my head are a little bit darker. I find it hard to explain, but I know what I am thinking...”
WEAPONS OF DANCEFLOOR
DESTRUCTION Not that an explanation is necessarily needed. Maceo Plex’s music says it all, serving as Eric’s cathartic voice in a world beset by anxiety. For a fairly unassuming guy, his tracks speak volumes. The relentless arm of machinery, a disquieting sense of digital sexuality and a creeping tide of stark dystopia all reoccur. There lies a genuine fear of the future, something borne out of the human race’s drive for the infinite, its insatiable thirst for consumption — for the biggest of the big. The use of his own version of DJ Duke’s re-edit of the theme from John Carpenter’s apocalyptic ‘80s movie Escape From New York, as an intro to his recent Essential Mix for Radio 1, is a touchpoint that reinforces it. “It’s a cheesy movie, but so cool,” he confirms. “[The plot] is so possible, I think this planet might be going in that direction anyway. There’s a lot of stuff going down politically — and, then, there is just a really nice beat to the record!”
But an external question looming over our future is not the only rift currently affecting Eric. A personal, creative battle has taken place in his work since the inauguration of Maceo Plex. The release of his live mix (recorded last summer at Ibiza’s Amnesia) on Cocoon in March revealed the convergence of his
alternative musical personas, when Maceo Plex tracks slotted in alongside Maetrik, indicating a meeting of the two separate worlds. “It’s happening a lot lately,” he admits. “After that, I started finding a way to combine the two. The darker element to Maetrik with the groove-
based melodies and lyrics of Maceo Plex, and I think I have found a really good combination.”
Regardless of what happens next, whether Maceo Plex prevails or succumbs to the iron fist of Maetrik, what we can be sure of is that, regardless of his incarnation,
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Estornel will be with us for the long- haul, fully focused and refining his sound, pushing things upwards and onwards into our respective futures. Whatever they may bring...
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