Dr. Motte - HOW I MET THE BASS #158

DR. MOTTE on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrMotteOfficial - SoundCloud: @dr-motte HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to DR. MOTTE: Q: Talking about your mix. What do these early tracks and genres mean to you and how did you get in touch with Techno and House later? A: I collect music since the age of 12 and that was in 1972. A record store opened up 5 minutes where I lived in West Berlin. At the age of 14 I discovered Jazz. I was a Jazz fan till 1979 and went to all Jazz concerts and spend all my money for Jazz music & Jazz concerts. Later at the end of 1970s I was listening to John Peels music which had a huge impact for alternative music in any direction and I was very much involved in to the „Geniale Dilletanten“ movement in West Berlin. 1986 me and 2 other DJs opened up the club „Turbine Rosenheim“ and there I started the first ever Acid House Party. Q: You just celebrated 30 years Loveparade. How would you describe the development of Electronic Music and the whole scene around from 1989 till now? A: It was a "Do It Vourself" movement in the beginning. We wanted to do an innovation with the lifestyle we lived together of this new acid thing what was coming up. We all had a super feeling about the new music and we had the impression that we could embrace everyone and everything. When the wall fell down and East Berlin was open we had the chance to build our own world in the old buildings and free spaces we created inside. That was very magic and the drugs much better. Thanks for being at the right place and the right time. Q: Besides music you are active in several political and social projects. What are you currently working on and what are your plans for the future? A: We need to protect our own culture and the open spaces we use for. In Berlin is a lot of gentrification going on and some investors collecting buildings and raising the rent for the clubs, studios and practise rooms. This will kill the club culture in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany. I'm thinking in the moment what is the best thing to do to protect our electronic dance culture in Germany. I'm sure pretty soon there will be a solution and some action. We need to come together and rise up and fight for our rights and 30 years of building up of our own culture. We need protection by our government not ignorance. We are the people and we want freedom for us not security.