WIN! Tickets to The Drop Vol. 38 feat. SIMPIG @ Dada
By Oscar Holland
Simpig is a portmanteau of Shake it Maschine (SIM) and Mr. Pigman – the names of two Swiss DJs playing juke, footwork and other types of electronic music to get your feet moving. We caught up with the pair ahead of their show at the ever-popular Beijing club night, The Drop.
Did you consider any other combined names, like Shake It Pigman or Mr. Pigmaschine?
Not really, to be honest. We’ve been writing Simpig on WIP [Work In Progress] files as a shortcut almost since the beginning. When we decided to become a band, Simpig was [the obvious choice] for us. But maybe we should try ShakeMrMaschinePigmanLoveChina!
The fliers may have already been printed. We’ll check for you. So do you ever worry that footwork is going to have a ‘dubstep moment’ and end up all over the billboard charts? Could that be a good thing?
Maybe that moment will come. I still don’t know if it would be a good or bad thing. Maybe the most important [thing] for us is to stay who we are, whatever happens.
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What have you got in store for your China shows?
We worked on an all-new version of our live show for this China tour, which contains new versions of the new album's tracks – some new stuff, some older – to give the public a full Simpig experience!
For those readers who have never had a Simpig experience, what track would you recommend?
Maybe ‘Strangers’ from our album [of the same name], but it’s hard to define us with only one track.
So why did you call your album Strangers?
We chose the name for two main reasons: Our music style is almost unknown in Switzerland and, in our minds, we’re all strangers to someone else. Especially in these times of the refugee crisis, we want to say: if they are strangers to us, we are strangers to them. Don’t be afraid of what you don’t really know.
The album covers a lot of genres, from trap to trance. Are there any types of music that you’d refuse to touch?
Firstly, we are two music lovers, and by ‘music’ I don’t mean ‘only footwork or bass.’ We don’t want to feel limited by our musical style when we start producing – we just make what we would love to hear, and fuck the frontiers. So the answer is no, we allow ourselves everything.
SIMPIG Tour
> Beijing: Feb 26, 10pm-late, RMBTBA. DADA.
> Shanghai: Feb 27, 10pm, RMB60. The Shelter.
We've got two tickets to give away to one of our lucky followers. For a chance to win scroll down and follow the instructions below.
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Deadline for entry is 6pm on Thursday 25 February. We'll alert the winner Thursday evening. Good luck!
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