DJ Laurel: "Belarusian music to be out on vinyl records"

Euroradio met the funk DJ and founder of Sound Diving Group as soon as we found out that he was going to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his work. It is always nice to meet show-biz figures when they are planning something really fantastic.

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“We will produce hits on vinyl records"

Euroradio: Laurel, what is Sound Diving Group like 12 years after its creation?

DJ Laurel: Sound Diving Group – is sound diving. The aim was drawing people's attention to the music I have been promoting in my sets for 12 years: electronic music with a  touch of jazz and soul, electronic dance with funk, jazz and soul.

Euroradio: You started with playing such music and organizing parties. Have you thought of developing this activity?

DJ Laurel: I have, I am going to create an independent label Sound Diving and publish Belarusian and maybe foreign music on discs, vinyl records or in the digital format.

Euroradio: Is it possible to publish music on vinyl records in Belarus?

DJ Laurel: It isn't. It can be done in Russia and in Europe. But it costs a lot and we are only going to publish hits on vinyl records. Experimental works will be out in the digital format.

Euroradio: Where are you going to sell vinyl records?

DJ Laurel: In Minsk, Europe, England and America.

Euroradio: How long will we have to wait?

DJ Laurel: About a year. We are planning to prepare everything by the spring of 2013.

Laurel has shared his plans to go to the United States to do some "musical digging". Euroradio asked Laurel to explain the interesting phenomenon to our listeners.

DJ Laurel: “Digging” – is a widespread phenomenon among DJs of the northern soul and funk. DJs visit different countries to look for rare material.

Euroradio: You said that you were going to visit the United States. Have you chosen any cities?

DJ Laurel: New York, California, Chicago. I will be looking for boogie in Chicago, for soul - in California and for disco and funk - in New York.

It is time we asked about the party Laurel has been speaking about recently. It is dated for the 12th anniversary of Sound Diving and will take place in Minsk Loft café on November 30.

DJ Laurel: Let's start with the main guest Richard Dorfmeister from the famous duet  Kruder & Dorfmeister. The duet  have done a lot for the intellectual electronic stage by making cover versions of many famous musicians' songs, for example Madonna and  Depeche Mode's.

Michael Reinboth, the second guest, is also a legendary person and the founder of the biggest European label Compost.

He has collected 70 thousand vinyl records - it is one of the biggest collections in the world. He started working in the 80s. You can imagine how good his taste is - it is something that I call "golden ears".

These two super artists will visit Minsk on November 30.

The audio version of Euroradio's interview with DJ Laurel contains the following tracks:  Kruder & Dorfmeister's remix of ‘Useless’ by Depeche Mode, a soul song from a 7-inch record by Ray Frazier and the composition  "that cannot be found on the web" (or couldn't be found until now) -  ‘Speechless’ by Kruder & Dorfmeister.