StereoDeluxe I-view

Pubblichiamo una chiacchierata con Bernd Roesler, membro del team di una delle più stimate etichette nu-lounge e dance di terra di Germania, le cui pubblicazioni hanno captato sovente l'attenzione dei nostri padiglioni. Stiamo parlando della SteroDeluxe. Nonostante la scomparsa del suo fondatore, Oli Rösch, l'etichetta è portata avanti egregiamente dai suoi eredi, che si impegnano per proporre progetti di qualità (The Funky Lowlives, Mo'Horizons, Trio Eletrìco, Boozoo Bajou, Jaffa...), atti a mescolare il parco sonoritmico lounge con sonoritmie più recenti (o se si preferisce mod-erne). Mettetevi comodi (magari in una Egg, celebre seggiolo disegnato da Hansen e Jacobsen nel'58 impressionato nel logo StereoDeluxe), fate partire un disco SteroDeluxe e buona lettura!

In a few years, you’ve reached a certain notoriery as a label proposing good taste music. A lot of your productions are easibly recognized by people. What about initial intentions of your label? The intension of our label is to provide the people with the quality product they really like to have. starting with the outstanding artwork of all our releases (cause there are still people who BUY CD's and Vinyls ;-)), ending with the great music.

What about its history? Oli Roesch (who died in august 2002) founded the label in 1996, the first compilations were released (bassic instinct, slow mo, future lounge) and received heavy feedback from all around. really successful artist albums were to follow (mo'horizons, boozoo bajou), the artist roster started to increase and here we are now with new SD artists like The Strike Boys, Trio Elétrico, BiggaBush, Magic Number, Bobby Hughes Combination, Megablast, Emo etc. still releasing our compilations as well like the new Stereo Deluxe series (One and Two so far), Slow Mo or Martini Mood

Among German labels whose productions are too generically labelled “nu-jazz”, Compost Records looks to be your direct competitor. The issue of Morricone remixes follows the acclaimed omonimous one by Reinboth’s label. It’s a bit like having a game of chess... not at all! our style of music is not really that close to compost's so i wouldn't say we're direct competitors.

we're rather sitting in the same boat and should maybe even work a bit more together.....

by the way: our morricone 3 cd-box includes original titles by ennio morricone only! no remix at all!!

we knew about compost would release the remixes, so it was all cleared before.

What about the furniture of your offices? to be honest the first time i entered the main office i thought i landed in a police station, not a record label ;-)

we have a open-plan office with 6 big desks and some shelves, like every ordinary office.

but you will stand right in front of a huge kind of counter after entering the main door, really like in a police station on tv ;-))

Have you ever listened Lounge-A-Palooza? i know most of the artists on this (if you mean the compilation), but haven't listened to it yet. but i'm really into alternative sounds as well. i grew up with ac/dc, iron maiden, judas priest etc. and still love pearl jam, alice in chains or soundgarden for example, always keeping an eye on what's happening on this side of the market as well.

What’s your favourite garment coming from 60’s? huge sunglases! ;-)

Quincy Jones, in the presentation notes of Our Shining Hour by Sammy Davis Jr. And Count Basie, wrote that bossa nova offered a way of escapism from the trap of 2/4 and 4/4 in which jazz seemed to have fallen. What should you add to his considerations, considering the implementation of electronics and dub in your works? in general i think there's nothing wrong with 2/4 and or 4/4. but i agree that bossa nova beats were/are a great enrichment to make productions sound more diversified.

Any future plans? winning the jackpot someday, buying a caribbean island....

Did you get bored while answering? far from it! thanks for your interest!