Exclusive Interview with Dicky Trisco

Siam2nite had the opportunity to have an exclusive interview with Dicky Trisco, shortly before his performance at Black Pagoda on 21st March.

You are an in-demand remixer. Could you point out some remixes that you are especially happy about?

Open to offers anyway!! Recent ones that I really enjoyed doing..well definitely my rework of Drop Out Orchestra's The Blue Train. It works a treat on the dance floor and has that BIG disco sound, but the drums are heavy enough to hold the floor and it is a new original track as well. So that one is ticking a lot of boxes for me. I also just did a DubaRub version of a Pete Herbert & Danton Eeprom track for the La Dame Noir label out of Marseille. The original was pretty different in style for me. More dark and punk funk. But it made me think of a few things I really loved as a kid like Bela Lugosi by Bauhaus and the kind of alt dub sound PiL captured. So I did a more dub influenced work out on it and I am really chuffed with the way it came out.

Out of all tracks you have made, which would you recommend to someone that is not yet familiar with your music?

I am still very proud of the Boogie Corporation stuff we put out on 2020 Vision and on our own imprint. It was original and packed full of ideas and different influences. It was a very creative project. Edit wise… I still play Got To Have Your Dub from Disco Deviance all the time. It is a really simple edit, but it works a treat in a club. That is what DJ editing is all about for me. I also think the Do The Night Thing edit that Pete Herbert & I did is still a cracker. I play that one whenever I can.

In 2012 you and Pete Herbert released a 10-track album called “Sunday Night Fevers” with 10 disco interpretations. What can you tell us about the album and your collaboration with Pete Herbert?

Pete and I are good mates. Our relationship is based on having a great laugh together and we have similar but different and complimentary tastes in music, which works really well in the studio. We also have respect for each other and look after our friendship. That is so important. We have done stuff together for years now on Maxi Discs and Disco Deviance. And have been DJIng together more and more as well. Pete plays more House than me. I play more disco. But we both crossover and it is a great dynamic when we play together. Just seems to be getting better and better really over the years. We played in Brazil this New Year on a beach and I think it was our best time playing together yet. But of course there is more to come...

In 2007 you started your own record label “Disco Deviance”. What can you tell us about it?

It's great. We did the important things right. We got good people involved form the start, good mastering so the records sound wicked and always tried to make sure the B Side was even better than the A side.

What are you currently working and focusing on and what’s on your agenda for the near future? 

I run about 7 or 8 labels at the moment. So I am always busy working on those at all times. I am also touring a lot these days with trips to South America and Asia as well as around Europe. So mostly I take things as they come and just try and do my best wherever I am at. The rest is up to other people thankfully. I still think of myself as really lazy…but actually I am not. I just want to be lazy!

What was the best and the worst gig you ever played and what was the funniest thing ever occurred during any of your performances?

Best gigs…well I used to play a lot in Istanbul and absolutely loved the scene there. But Brazil at New Year with Pete at Mareh festival was pretty special. 1000 people dancing in amongst the coconut trees mostly dressed in white to celebrate the coming of a New Year and really into the music. And with one of the best sound systems I have ever seen. That was pretty up there. Wilden Renate in Berlin is a pretty out there kind of place with a very special atmosphere. It is like an old East Berlin commune with writing on the walls and lots of different small rooms. You see some pretty interesting things there. But you need to go and see them for yourself.

On 21st March you will you perform live here in Bangkok at Black Pagoda. Have you visited Thailand before? Will your performance be your Bangkok debut? What can Bangkok expect of your upcoming performance? 

I last visited Bangkok in 1988. I was very young and it was pretty different for me and a little bit wild. But this will be my first time playing there and I would like to drive the place crazy and give us all a night to remember for a very long time.