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 Nilly: How long have you been DJ-ing for and what got you into DJ-ing?
Cherry: About a year. I'm still a deck baby….Actually, I think it was like too many glasses of wine that got me into agree-ing to DJ for my own birthday party...Hmmm. Before that I was simply happy sitting down listening and collecting different types of records in a tiny room
Nilly: You play a wide spectrum of music. What are your most preferred genre/ style?
Cherry: "a wide spectrum of music" ! Nilly: Who are your main influences?
Cherry: Musical influences would be Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Luomo, Amit, Spirit, Technasia, Ash & Kiat from Singapore who are getting released on Goldie's Metalheadz soon. Nilly: Have you always been into electronic music or do you come from a classical roots background?
Cherry: Nope I'm an incredibly late starter. I only started listening to music about 5 years ago, before that, not even the radio. I don't understand classical music notes or musical keys...don't you find the notes look like alien bean sprouts? I do have a good appreciation and respect for sounds though `:) Nilly: “Pop My Cherry” is quite a risqué name for a club night in a place like Singapore that is known to traditionally buckle down on anything remotely controversial. Did you or have you faced any issues when promoting your parties?
Cherry: I didn't invite the government people to the party so nahhhhh it's alllllll gooooooddddddddd. :D Nilly: Are you the only person behind “Pop My Cherry” or are there others involved? If so in what capacity.
Cherry: I'm not the only one. There's about 15 girls who have tried their hands out at PopMyCherry! nights, everyone takes turn to go on the console every now and then to play some tunes. I just plan the nights and get everyone pissed drunk and laughing that's all :D Nilly: What is the most popular sound in Singapore at the moment?
Cherry: Indie and rock, electro-rock influenced big club tunes, commercial hip hop we have a healthy drum&bass scene too. Nilly: Tell us about the music community in Singapore.
Cherry: They like to go to this place call River Valley Road for prata and chicken riceother than that, Singapore is pretty small and there's limited places where you can go in terms of quality sounds so everyone's a friend after a while. Nilly: Have you been DJ-ing around Asia before?
Cherry: I've played in HK once in Fringe Club for the Hong Kong Fringe Festival
and at The Loft bar in Zouk KL, Malaysia Nilly: Have you supported major acts in Singapore? If so who were the artists?
Cherry: Most of the time, it's really just good tight parties with friends...instead of supporting big acts, well i supposed the biggest act which i played before was Utah Jazz from V recordings UK. Nilly: What do you think is the future of electronic music in Asia?
Cherry: Think it's going to be very interesting in the music production side as Asia is equipped with real easy access to technology and softwares, and also we have influences coming into us on regional level which are all very culturally different (japanese, cantonese, thai, indonesian) and also on a global level which expose us to music from the west.
Inteview by Nilly C. |
