I need to make a clean breast of the mix - belong to the interview - is one of my new favourits, and also the producer trio, but I liked them and their songs before the interview of course. People defines their style as deep-funk, certainly we can find some house and progressive lines, too. 

I tried but couldn’t find enough information about you, so I’m asking you ’random’ questions. But I hope we can make a nice intwrview together.

So let’s start at the beginnings! If I’m right, you are three in the team. Who is who, and how did you find each other?

Inox: Basicly, we all love house music and we live in same town which is enough to get in contact. Im Inox and im producing or trying since 1997. I love deep to techy house and ofcourse relaxing downtempo stuff.

Dido: I'm Dido, and must say i have nothing to do with the singer Dido, my parents called me like this loooong time ago:) We know each other couple years and  to mention, it's funny that even we all live in same town, we meet each other on internet.

Iceberg: Well you are correct, we are 3 guys in this project, im the oldest one than Inox  and Dido is the youngest. I started my dj carreer in 2001.. meet with Dido in 2003, and very soon we started gigin' sometimes together, cause we were into the same sound and had understanding between eachother. Than at begining of 2006 i started to comunicate with Inox, first through the internet, than we met on some party. Soon after that both of us were playin at the same festival in Saraevo(Bosnia), and since that we became friends.. private and professionaly.

Do you play any intstruments? Or do you have musical qualification?

Inox: I try playing keyboards, but must admit that im still an amateur. Im producing for almost a decade now and thats the only qualification i have.

Dido: I don't play any instruments either.I guess my passion for music is my only qualification i guess.

Iceberg: No. I dont play any instruments and i dont have any musical qualification.

Since when have you dealed with electronic music?

Inox: Since Underworld, Orbital, FSOL, Prodigy etc. I felt truly in love with electronics since i first saw the ReBirth software. That was love and first sight and im still faithfull to it.

Dido: Well since i was 11, it all began with FSOL, Underworld, Orbital, Prodigy,Chemical Brothers, Front 242 etc.I remember that how i was getting older i was discovering new music, new artists, and that i'm still doing it :)

Iceberg: My first touch with EDM is somewhere in 1998-99 as i can remember.. back than first listening some compilation of ministry of sound, GU compilations, Yoshiesque compilations from Deep Dish... but never thinking of the posibility that one day i'll start dj-ing myself.. and professionaly i start in 2001. Jason Jinx back than gave me some 4-5 vinyls on one party and thats how all starts :).

Do you divide roles in producing? What tasks are whose?

Inox: Once or twice a week, we gather in my home studio and try fucking with loops and instruments. Im the machine but Dido and Iceberg are the brains, and they are also good students and soon they will be pros on their own.

Dido: I also try to do vocals sometimes (kiddin) :P

Iceberg: In our project we are all the same, no one is the boss-but i must say that Inox is the "machine", and me and Dido-we are more in the arangment of the tracks we are makin', and maybe if we put some vocals into tracks.. we will be the leads.. hehehe(im kiddin).

What programmes do you like?

Inox: I use Fruity Loops as layer for audio samples but mainly VST-Ins and Reason is what i use the most.

Dido: Ableton & Pro Tools..

Iceberg: In most of tracks we use Fruity Loops as layer for audio samples but mainly VST-Ins and Reason, but with todays tehnology there is many oportunities to use lot of programs.

What musical chances are there in your country?

Inox: None. The whole scene is going backwards, but i hope it will be better soon.

Dido: Yeah to depressive here with the club scene, the clubs have very bad politics, and the crowd is not educated a lot.It's all going in different direction.

Iceberg: I rather want answer this, but since you ask- i must say that they are very bad. Take this for example-in our country we are noticed by few people who are into EDM,

oposite of that our talent(hope we have it :) ) is much more noticed out in Europe(mostly south-east) and South America (as we are part of the Feedback-Booking Agency).

If you are tired of producing, what do you do as a relaxation?

Inox: There is nothing like good downtempo or chillout.

Dido: Well i also like a lot chillout/downtempo/triphop stuff, lately i try to discover more good producers who make this kind of music besids the maestros in this field of music: Ulrich Schnauss, Boards Of Canada, Jon Hopkins,Honeyroot,also Tom Middleton & Mark Pritchard's in thier Global Communication guise,also i'm waiting years for the release of Tom Middleton's Amba album, heard some of the stuff and they are amazing.I also spend most of the time infront my pc and beside production and finding new music i'm also chating with my freinds, i'm meeting nice people around the world everyday on internet and always discuss about music and life also sharing opinions about,.Lately also i'm reading books and get interested about Buddism and Dalai Lama,those stuff are changing my perception about life and the things around me.So i guess this things relax me a lot.

Iceberg: When we produce and get tired of it,we lay on bed in most of cases and listening some kinda Ulrich Schnaus stuff or go outside on walk through the park(like pensioners) hehee.

What was your biggest success till now?

Inox: It must be our EP signed on Proton Music, to be released in september.

Dido: Well the EP for Proton Music and also rescently we are in the Feedback-Bookings roster.

Iceberg: My personal success -  i can mention playing with almost all big name dj-s like Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha, Dubfire, Satoshi Tomie.., playin outside Macedonia-through whole Balkan almost...etc; and for production, I think we still dont touch the biggest success, hope to be soon.

What do you do in everyday life? Do you work or still study?

Inox: Im a graphic designer and thats what i do for living. Too bad i cant focus on music only.

Dido: Well i still study, but i'm rookie 3 years (hahaha), because 99% of the time i'm focused on music only.

Iceberg: In my everyday life i have work- workin in our only club station radio Club FM, and mostly im on my PC searchin for the new fresh music.So it means that im totaly on music in my life(have time always for some other pleassures too) :).

Progressive is mixed with some funky line in your music, and tracks are very clever and upbeat. Are you cheerful in private life as well?

Inox: Not really. Im more into deeper intelegent sound and my solo tunes sound more like that. Latenta Project is whole different idea. We try to push dancefloor music that is actually music in first place. We are sick of cheap beeps and bleeps and music without soul that is mainstream in the clubs now. We live in hope for the return of the good old proggy days, when music was the main thing..

Dido: Yeah, as Inox said, we try to push dancefloor music that is actually music, i mean look around the stuff that is released everyday,it's absoloutley rubish,i'm not offending anyone elses music but i guess this days everyone who doesent have any musical talent can make a song, and that track will be released due the mp3 revoulution.We are three diferent persons,and the music we make is telling about us i guess, who we are.Our music is connection between deep,funk and progressive house, we are also dj's and we have own taste, and when we make music we are expressing our feelings,not trying to be trendy or making tunes for moneyor to be famous, because then u will loose it, like a lot of good producers and dj's did, it's most important that you follow your heart.In privite life i try to be positive as a i can get these days,but see whats happening around us look all the people who chase material gains and boosting their ego's and it’s for this reason there is a lot of greed and war in the world,insted of that i find my self very lucky person for creating something nice and beautiful and my possibility to share to the other people,instead being a part of this insaine destructive system.

Iceberg: First of all I will say that we make house music-without any genres under, cose into our tracks we use always samples from different genres, but mostly we are concentrate to make groovy-melody staffs which wil make people dance and have fun, at least we try to do that. Yes we are lookin to present how we feel into our private life-even sometimes is hard to do that right.

Do you sometimes have a miff in the team during producing?

Inox: Ofcourse, but we are humans not animals and we get over it very soon. (but we'd love a pair of MILF hangin' around the studio :)

Iceberg: Hahaaa yes, I will lie if i say we are not arguin about something.We are 3 heads all somehow different, but when its question of producing the track, we are concentrate to work as one, is hard but we doin somehow.

What sounds give you ideas for creating your own music?

Inox: The inner sounds :). Sometimes you feel extra energy and making music is the only way to release it.

Dido: Well, actually we listen all kind of music, live different lifes so i guess inspiration can come from everywhere.But its important a lot to connect your feelings and emotions with the music u make.

Iceberg: Hmm, I think its the idea that we have at the moment, mostly we use piano sounds for that melltin point that we want to have into tracks.

What does ’asss-shaking electronic music’ mean in your words? :)

Inox: Means music + energy. That must be: Tom Middleton, Danny Howells, Jimpster etc.

Dido: Music that moves you.When we are playing we always look for that energy that connects u with the crowd, its a lovely feeling.I think its amazing what music can do to us, human beings..

Iceberg: Hehehee, well that means that we make music which move people asses on to dancefloor, hope that we are doing right till now, if we are wrong sorry for inconvinience - heheee.

I heard you first time in d-Phrag’s show on Frisky Radio. How did you know him?

Inox: He is my old friend. d-Phrag owns and i must thank him again for inviting us in the show.

Iceberg: I dont know that guy, but i respect him for helping us about our promotion, Inox maybe can tell ya more about that,since he is the one that has contact with him.

What does your name, ’Latenta Project’ mean?

Inox: Latent can mean "hidden", "presently inactive" or "potentially existing but not yet realized" (Wikipedia)

Dido: Lazy bastards that are obsessed with music or look Inox's answer :)

Iceberg: Ohhh,hard to explain really-but it came to us from nothing,it look to us as a word Latent-like have not so much interest for other things than music; that is in our minds- not to be missunderstood pls.

Where have you had gigs abroad till now?

Inox: Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia... mostly our neighbour countries.

Dido: Bulgaria, Croatia...

Iceberg: As a team we have played several time in our country only till now (with hopes that will change that soon) and for myself - I say i played almost through whole balkan region.

And a last question, what are your plans for the close and further future?

Inox: Music always comes first. No matter production or mixing, we are total music addicts and we will always spread the nicest sounds around the globe.

Dido: What comes next? Who knows, we just keep doing what we do before.Enjoying in music, producing & playing.

Iceberg: We dont have big plans as we are still young talents (as they called us) but hope to make some cool production-which wil make us much more noticed throught out the world of EDM -and afcourse in OUR country hehehee.God knows what will happen.. will see.. hope for god always right. Thnaks for your kindness to present us on your page, so people can get in touch with us. Cheers ;).

Web: www.latentaproject.com

MySpace: www.myspace.com/latentaproject

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