This week we would like to introduce a young Hungarian producer who deals with many other things related to electronic music. Mainly progressive sound is peculiar to his style, but he worked also with rock music. And who is he? Only one word: Downkill!

As usual you got into electronic music as a consumer. Went to clubs and had fun, but later turned over the other side as a DJ/producer/audio engineer, etc… Special career. J How sould one start a way like yours?

Fortunately I’ve never consumed too much things except music. Due to this I thought to try producing. I started to do it more seriously in ’97. First only to my friends, but later I got involved. And this was my straight way to where I am now.

I started as a producer, later became a DJ. I knew that’s what I wanna do, so learnt for an audio engineer.

Your style changed a lot during the years. First techno, later deeper and more emotional progressive. How did you get to your recent sound?

I thought my early techno madness won’t have been over. But after 5-6  years I felt there’s something wrong. It couldn’t give me new things and wasn’t suitable for me. So I suddenly gave it up and knew I’ll have got a big change. I didn’t know what I want, just needed something more clear sound that contains as much melodies and harmonies as drums and rhytms. So that’s how I got to progressive and found in it what I missed in techno. Of course I still like techno too. And I think it’s the origin of every electronic genre.

Your career was started at Fiberline Audio with a V-Sag remix. Which record was that, and how did you get in contact with the label?

I made a remix for V-Sag – Kittie in an Empty House. I didn’t know Fiberline Audio before, found them on the internet. I was looking for remix competition exactly, because I wanted to try myself, and it was successful… 6 records got into the final, and mine was the absolute first one. That was my intro to the producers’ world.

People say that progressive style is over, or try to find its own way. What’s your opinion about it?

I think proggie has the broadest limits among the electronics. So it couldn’t be over. It would be difficult to list all the music styles I usually play. But everyone says I play proggie as many other DJs. Nowadays every genre mixed into others, but I think it’s only a change. It’s not over. And more and more new DJs and producers keep it alive.

You have got a great job as an audio engineer you master electronic music every day. But you work also for a rock studio. How can it get on well together?

Easily. The sound that I work with is work material. I don’t care how I like it, just about its quality. Anyway I can find the beautiness in every kind of music. Of course I’m very criticist due to the years I’ve worked with music, but I like quality music in all genres.

You help also two foreign labels and many producers. What tasks do you have in these projects? And which are these labels?

Well, my „professional” friends heard how clear my music is, and they asked me to master theirs too. First it was only a friendly favour, but later it was getting more serious. I never promoted myself, the producers recommended my work to each other. This summer I had so many requests that I couldn’t accept all. I got in contact with the leader of Red Circle Recordings due to a reference, who needed mastering asap. He liked my work so still send me more and more music to master. I know Chris Drifter from Soundtribe Records since summer as well. If he needs some clearing on the out coming music, he asks me to do it.

There are two main workflows, mixing and mastering. In a good case the music I get sounds good and doesn’t need mixing. Then my task is only to master it which means to set the final frequency and volume. In other cases I have to do mixing as well that needs more time.

Besides this you find time to produce own tracks and remixes as well. Isn’t it too much sometimes?

Yes, sometimes it is. But fortunately not usually comes everything at the same time, so it isn’t a serious problem to do all these things. The lot of work harms to my own music, because I don’t have enough time for it. It’s due to the many remix requests too. I think I should accept all these chances.

And after a nice day you go home and turn on the recorder just to relax? ……:)

No, I don’t have DJ stuff, only a headphone and CDs. So I switch on the computer. It’s already on for 3 days constantly. I do most of my works also at home on my pc. I always work with sound materials so there is never quite around me. To relax I usually listen to softer and slowlier music for example lounge, ambient, downtempo.

You meet many beginner producers during your work. What do you think who is the most talented?

Among the Hungarians Elfsong, The Stain and Dynamic Illusion. Mango and Alex Rize from abroad whose music I really like. But nowadays more and more new talent comes up.

Would you tell us something about The Scrubz that you do together with Soundsmith? What does this name mean and what is this project exactly?

We started to produce music together in 2003 and established The Scrubz formation this year. This is absolute our project. We make own tracks and remixes together and b2b or live act performances. At live act gigs we play only our own music, bootlegs, remixes and edits that are special, because they aren’t available anywhere in this form.

We had many gigs as The Scrubs, but the most memorable was a 2 week-long performance at Turkish Riviera where we played in 6 parties and all were successful.

Plans, gigs, releases in the close future?

The most important things are producing and remixing at the moment. My next gig is on Saturday at Allstar Gntlean Club with Lank, Soundsmith and Blackman. Bytheway I’m the resident DJ of this club, so I usually play here.

About releases, my Bs as Deep and a remix for Federico Epis came out last month at Soundtribe Records. In the end of the year I’ll have a remix with Chris Difter for Michael&Levan – Distant Closeness at Soundtribe again, and another remix for Chris Difter at Existence, and my „Cruisin’” maxi at Soundribes that contains remixes by Soundsmith, Elfsong and Chris Difter. For January I’ve got a remix request from Silk Digital for Arthur Deep’s music, and another remix for the label of Bs as Deep.

At the end of the year I’ll take over the managing of Supero Recordings. It’s gonna be restarted with a brand new style. And we also plan with some colleague to start an own label, so I think I won’t be bored. J

What do you think, if we will talk 10 years later……? :)

I think everything will be different 10 years later, but I’ll be still in the scene for sure. :)

I have so many plans that I want to realize. I hope when we talk 10 years later, I will give an account of my successes in these.

MySpace:  www.myspace.com/downkillmusic