MIJK VAN DIJK IN CONTROL

From 1990, Mijk van Dijk has been acting on the forefront of the electronic dance music scene. He started out as a producer of hard Techno records, later in 1992 he paved the way for more melodic Techno and Trance.

At the Start-ab-Remix-Contest last October he remixed a track by English shooting-star artist Sandi Thom in 48 hours together with other VIP-remixers including Chris Liebing, Marc O'Tool vs. Criss Source and Kaizer Souzai.

Mijk's discography is as impressive as long and he seems to be fond of technology helping him create his music as he's a big fan of Ableton Live .... and Sony's Playstation Portable too! Let's find out more about this remarkable man from Germany.

You have been around since the very beginning of Electronic Music. How did you experience the change in the way you work in the studio over the years?

"For me it was a giant leap from Stone Age to Rocket Age when I replaced my Dual 1 G4 Powermac with a QuaD 2.5 Ghz G5 Powermac. Unbelievable! Suddenly everything was possible which was only a dream before. Now I am doing the whole production in the computer. I mix over a Yamaha 01x and go digitally in certain outboard equipment, before I route back the signal digitally into my computer. I still use a lot of Hardware, but it has got to be unique, like the old Nordlead 1 or even older stuff like Roland SH-101, Juno 106 or TB-303. However I usually record the hardware synths to audio at a certain point of the production to be able to mess around with the audio signal in a more detailed way.

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