HYPETRAK 專訪法國著名 DJ Gesaffelstein

繼自己的首支 MV 作品《Pursuit》獲得 2013 年度 UK Music Video Awards 音樂大獎 4 項提名之後，法國著名 DJ Gesaffelstein 隨即便引起了廣泛的關注，並且有越來越多的藝人邀請他幫忙拍攝 MV，比如 Kanye West 的《Black Skinhead》等等，而他自己打造的全新 LP《Aleph》也獲得了無數贊譽。最近 HYPETRAK 便有幸采訪了這位多點開花的法國藝術家，探討新專輯創作背後的故事，與 Kanye West 公事的經曆，以及他對于現場演出的看法等等。下面便帶來是次訪談的節選內容，完整版不妨查看 HYPETRAK 的官方网站。

You have been active within the music scene for years but you just released your debut full-lengthAleph a couple of months ago. How did you know you were ready to put it out?
Since 2010, not taking remixes into account, I haven’t put out that much material. I just wanted to gather all those things that influenced me since the very beginning and make sure it felt right.

Aleph is quite emotionally driven. What emotions played the biggest role in terms of creation/production of the album? Did you have a pre-designed road map for it?
The idea was to create a strong musical entity that could go back and forth from dark and violent things to some more melancholic and dramatic sounds. When I wasn’t at my studio, I used to write down some ideas to memorize and put them into music.

How does it feel to have it out and are you happy with the reception?
It’s a really odd feeling. I feel like I did all those researches on my own sound unconsciously. All the feedbacks have been amazing so far, I’m really happy about it.