Het Grote DJ-dubbel interview

Partyscene Redactie | 26 september 2001
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Beschrijf jezelf in 5 karaktereigenschappen:
Alvredo(A): Hahaha,..moeilijk, loyaal, wisselvallig, emotioneel, oprecht.
Alison Marks(M): I'm honest, hot headed, loyal with a good sense of
humour and no ego.

Wat is in je werk je grootste frustratie?
A: Dat de underground muziek niet door de grote massa gewaardeerd wordt. Er komen 20.000 man voor Tiësto, zie je niet gebeuren met bv Toni Humphries.
M: I have been trying for a while now to make my own records and one of my biggest frustrations is that I am not yet a good enough engineer to make records as good as I want them to be ...I know what I want but I don't know how to do it yet.
It’s very hard to keep an idea fresh and be creative when it takes you ages to do the simplest of things (and when u have no patience)! But I will get there eventually...Also I find it very frustrating that clubbing seems to be increasingly about drugs/money/being cool and not music and expression which I think is a bit crap. I am also very frustrated by airports and delayed flights. I hate waiting. I am very frustrated as you can see.

Wanneer beschouwde je jezelf als volwassene?
A: Nog steeds niet
M: I don't think I do yet. What is an adult?

Vind je jezelf aantrekkelijk?
A: Ik vind mezelf niet onaantrekkelijk
M: Sometimes. If I have been good (or had a lot to drink!).

Je mag 4 mensen (ook overledenen) uitnodigen voor een etentje. Wie kies je?
A: Mustafa ( m’n beste vriend), Nelson Mandela, Gene Rodenberry & Denise Richards.
M: Four isn't enough....Hermann Hesse,Sigmund or Lucien Freud,Loenardo da Vinci,Kate Bush....Picasso,Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Socrates and Plato

Wanneer was je voor het laatst zenuwachtig en waarom?
A: Lang geleden, phoe..., ik denk in een stripclub in New-York. Lap dancers was ik niet gewend
M: When I was doing my compilation album Parallels because I was scared no one would like it.

Wat wil je dat mensen van je herinneren als je dood bent?
A: Ik hoop m’n muziek, m’n dj-sets
M: For making things better and being one of the best at what I do.

Denk je te weten wat je partner in je ziet, en wat is dat dan?
A: Nee!
M: I am always a challenge and I think he likes that. (most of the time)

Wanneer heb je voor het eerst in Stalker gedraaid?
A: Een paar jaar geleden. 2 jaar geleden, kan dat?
M: Can't remember - about a year ago maybe more

Wat vind je van Stalker?
A: Ehhh, een hele goeie, lekkere, warme underground house-club
M: I love Stalker for many reasons. I like the size of the club in that it is very intimate - which I prefer. And I like the ethos of the promoters which seems to be to try to push the scene forward and bring new fresh ideas instead of just using the DJs and styles that are popular at the moment. But mostly I like the crowd because they really seem to know their stuff. They are open minded and always want to hear something different. They are very cutting edge and do not demand to hear only one type of music but they seem to be able to distinguish immediately between good and bad music. You can't get away with any fillers at Stalker so its always a challenge which is good fun. They are also a very responsive crowd - if
you get it right! and I LOVE the fact that you can smoke weed openly in the club which for me coming from England is a real treat and suits my music perfectly.

Wat zijn je interesses naast muziek?
A: Auto’s, sport en SF.
M: I like oil painting - portraits mostly and I like to appreciate other people’s art. I read a lot (but not as much as I'd like to) but my main interest is people. I did a degree in Psychology and before I was able to DJ full time I used to work on a mental health ward which I always found fascinating, inspiring and humbling.


Je meest rampzalige optreden en waarom?
A: Ik denk in Tel Aviv, was op een feest waar bijna niemand was. Vlieg je daar helemaal naartoe en dan is er niemand.
M: I played in Johannesburg a while ago and was booked to
play in a club on a Hard House night. They were very blinkered and only wanted to hear that sort of music so I was fucked really and it was a particularly unpleasant experience, there was a nasty vibe and the promoters and crowd were quite hostile.

Voor welke foute actie van jezelf heb je je enorm geschaamd?
A: Teveel om op te noemen
M: How many pages have you got. no, I'm generally quite well behaved actually. The only times I have been really ashamed has been when I have treated others how I would not want to be treated myself...but you live and learn. And as long as you do learn I think its ok.

Door wie, wanneer en waar ben je ontknaapt/-maagd?
A: Dat weet ik nog wel. Het was in Amsterdam Noord, door Dominique op de bank. Ik was 16
M: Why do you need to know this? What insight into me as a DJ would this offer. I did have a particularly nasty experience when I was about 7 when I was playing in the garden at some friends house and I was mounted by their Great Dane whilst crawling on the floor to
retrieve a football. It had to be pulled off me and it was most upsetting. If you must know...I lost my virginity to a guy called William Gilson who was my boyfriend at the time and I was 16. It was in the basement of the house where I lived with my parents while they were asleep upstairs. Not a very exciting story. Sorry.


Nooit meer sex ( op wat voor een manier dan ook) of doof?
A: Dan maar nooit meer sex
M: I think it would have to be no more sex because if I was deaf I would invariably go mad and I'd definitely be depressed so I would find it very hard to persuade anyone to have sex with me and would end up losing both!

In hoeverre doe je concessies aan je muzikale smaak om het publiek te pleasen
A: zoverre het in mijn mogelijkheden ligt (met de platen die ik heb). Soms is het gewoon niet mogelijk met je sound
M: Not at all. I would never play a track if I didn't like it myself but there are occasions where you can not be as cutting edge as u would want and u play more obvious records... you do have to take them into account but I would still never play anything I didn't like just to please a crowd. I can't do things if I don't believe in them.


Wat zijn je verborgen talenten?
A: Ik kan heel goed verkopen, ik kan mensen heel veel wijsmaken
M: Quite a few but they remain hidden to all but a select elite...?!


Waar ben je bang voor?
A: Nergens
M: Failure, illness and the death of my loved ones

Als je een hond zou zijn, wat voor een soort?
A: Geen enkele! Daar heb ik helemaal niks mee!
M: A red setter

Wat vond je van het interview?
A: Lekker
M: Excellent. It is the first interview I have had where I have not been asked what its like to be a female dj. Thank god! The last interview I did they asked me 'what do you carry in your handbag'!? so this one is considerably more stimulating.

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