DIRKDADAVO allows me to make a presentation of old and new songs; the past is the past and it was very nice, and I am thankful to the fans, but as an artist I always look to the future, so I thought it was a good idea to present something new tomy audience. Really previously unreleased music! And exclusive on this vinyl. So, it is not even on the music streaming channels at release date… And that’s fine for me, and hopefully also for the listeners! Keep an eye on the video! We already asked you about your album with Jean-Marie Aerts, (DDDJMX) represented here with OZZ but we always want to knowmore. You said that it was recorded for three years as he spent some holidays with you. How did the project evolve during these years? Did you alreadyhave an idea of releasing an album or you were just jamming? Jean-Marie came for the first time 3/4 years ago, and what was intended as a holiday for him, started with recordings after a few days. We started jamming in my studio, just recording simple stuff. So, when he left, I had all the recordings and I was free to do with them what I thought that suited the best; making arrangements,writing lyrics, do the vocals and mixing and finalizing the songs. It was only after his 3rd visit that the idea of the album came up. Everytime he came,it resulted in 3 / 4 demo track recordings. So,we compiled them as an album titled OCEANED.It’s a real honor for me to work with him and it’s a compliment that he trusts me in mixing and producing our recordings. JeanMarie produced tracks for The Neon Judgement‘s Blood and Thunder album (1989), so we are long-time friends. You have also been releasing the material of Radical G on your label DanceDelic-D. He has been collaborating with you in NE too, howdid you meet him? Have you listened to his The Deserted Kingdom that was released a couple of years ago? We have met long time ago at a record company. He was releasing his first cd album and he came to deliver his cd material for further distribution. I got a cd from him, I listened to it, I liked it and I contacted him again and I proposed to do some music together so that happened. Of course, I still follow his music as much as I can. How have you done the selection of the tracks of the new compilation? The selection was made together with Je M’en Fish (Bart Dujardin) the label that co works on the vinyl.He had a good vision sound wise to combine sounds and songs. It is good that he was there because he has more distance from the music as a random listener, and so he was a good help to www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be decide on the tracklist.We discussed it and finally agreed on the tracklist together This is the first vinyl that you release with your label. Do you think that this “vinyl fever” is going to last? No idea, the album presales are going well, so that’s good. But first, we finalize this release before looking into something else.But definitely,vinyl is “warmmusic love”,and I am very happy with this vinyl because it represents my timeline. From my music from the past into my latest music projects. It did not become easier to produce and release vinyl in today’s world… So, I leave this open… What are your plans for the future? Any chance of seeing you live in this 2023 with any of your projects? I have a new EP ready under DDDJMX (with Jean-Marie Aerts ) and I will digitally release it after the Summer. It would be nice to get on stage with one of the projects. But with a new project name it would be very difficult to get a band together and financed it, play gigs in good circumstances… and Neon Electronics LIVE is on non- active. There is an economic reality in music, and I don’t think that in today’s music streaming “business” there is money for investment and to get a new band going on the road, unfortunately…And I am also not really looking for that… But you never know! In the meantime, I am happy continuing composing new music scapes. facebook.com/dirk.dadavo/ www.dancedelicd.com/ François Zappa © Published by the kind permission of El Garaje de Frank www.elgarajedefrank.es - 10 - Read full interview on https://elgarajedefrank.es/en/interview-with-dirk-da-davo/
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