INTERVIEW - TECHNASIA

Released just before the summer, 'Central' is the first new Technasia album in five years. Technasia is Charles Siegling, a musician and DJ raised and based in Paris, who founded Technasia in 1996 with Amil Khan, raised and based in Hong Kong. Melting the boundaries between east and west, Technasia released numerous 12 inches and two CD albums as a duo before Amil left in 2008 to dedicate himself to raising his newly born child.

Whilst Technasia's previous album 'Popsoda' (2005) got mixed critiques due to a more commercial sound compared to earlier releases, 'Central' takes the listener on a journey without compromise. Here's everything Charles Siegler has to say about it.

'Central' is like a musical journey, taking the listener back to dirty techno played in early UK clubs, Chigago house to progressive house and other styles that evolved over the years. It has a club vibe all over it. Is that something you intented to do?

"Yep, I guess you said it all. I really wanted to convey this feeling for my third album, the experience of two decades of electronic music from my own perspective. 'Central' goes in many different directions, express different emotions that I come to feel or live in this music world through the thousands of events I performed at and the thousands records I bought. Whether it was at a raw techno club in Leeds in the late 90's, on a beach club at sunrise in Brazil or in front of a delirious crowd in a huge festival in Tokyo, it all sweats here and there in 'Central'.

"It's all intended to make a journey through those many things electronic music can be, and that I got the chance to live. I don't like narrow-mindedness in electronic music in general because it's like wasting

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