Marcel is a dutch DJ/Producer who have been in the field of trance and specially techtrance for a long time .. he made some massive tracks like : Tomorrow , The Bottle , BMP and also some colabs with tiesto (Dont Ditch) and Tulips & Chocolate' (with S.H.O.K.K.). In the last few years he played at some well-known festivals and parties like Trance Energy and Shockers, he is one of the best in his techtrance field.
Trance.nu: First of all, thank you for having us here in your studio.
The summer is almost at it’s end. I’m sure that you had a busy schedule with a lot of DJ gigs. Where have you played in the last few weeks?
Marcel: Last summer I’ve been to countries like Scotland, England, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, and in the Netherlands on partys like : Defqon 1, Sensation, Decibel Outdoor , Frequence and the regular clubs.
Trance.nu: What was your favorite gig this summer?
Marcel: That was Scotland for sure! The ‘Inside Out’ in Glasgow was awesome! The people overthere are just great and really into the music!
Trance.nu: What do you like most; playing at big festivals like Innercity and Mysteryland or do you prefer DJ-ing in clubs like the Zino and the Matrixx for example?
Marcel: I prefer playing in clubs myself, because you can have more contact with the audience during your set. It doesn’t matter for me which club it is, as long as the people are there enjoying it and make a party, it’s good for me! But however big partys are really nice to.
Trance.nu: Almost every Sunday you play in afterclub Zino in Tilburg, in the South of the Netherlands at 6:00 in the morning. How do you manage to do this, even when you had a gig at Saturdaynight?
Marcel: Most of the time I have a gig at the Saturdaynight too. When I’m ‘early’ at home, around 4 or 5 in the morning, I’m going to sleep for an hour or sometimes for only 30 minutes. Around 5:30 I’m driving to the Zino. In the meanwhile I have a little stop to have breakfast at a tankstation and then I’m driving to the club. It’s just my work, but because it’s also still a hobby it’s still easy for me and looking forward to it each and every Sunday! And I never believed in drugs, it’s just getting your energy from the energy bank I think, and you have to give it back with interest.
Trance.nu: In your schedule I saw that you have gigs planned in countries like Belgium, Turkey, Germany and Estonia. Are there any countries that you never played in before and that you really like to play in?
Marcel: Yes, to be honest I can not wait to play somewhere in the United States. That would be nice in my opinion. I always wanted to go to New York, so who knows!
Trance.nu: At the moment people can vote for the DJ Mag Top 100. What’s your opinon about this list?
Marcel: Normally I’m not so into lists like this, but this year I started for the first time to do something with it at my homepage. It seems that (a lot of)clubs in England only want to book DJ’s that are in the Top 100, so it’s important to be in the list. Furthermore there’s been a lot of talking and discussion about this list, especially in the Netherlands since Tiësto became number 1. A lot of people didn’t even know about the list, but now they do. So that are some reasons why I also mentioned the DJ Mag Top 100 at my homepage. The whole public relations thing, just like interviews and stuff like that is very important nowadays. I became a DJ because I loved the music and not the spotlights. Sometimes it really looks like something else, with all the interviews and stuff like that. I know that it’s just a part of the job. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t like interviews, but I prefer DJ-ing and producing music myself. Ofcourse I like to talk about music and the things that I’m doing, but the whole public relations thing and those DJ lists, well… it’s not my favorite hobby!
Trance.nu: How do you prepare for a DJ gig? Do you know before you start which tracks you are going to play or do you decide this just before your set is going to start?
Marcel: I always decide this just before I’m starting. I only planned my first records once. That was when I had to play at Sensation. For that gig I planned my first 3 records. But even then it’s just go with the flow, because you never know what’s going to happen in the crowd before your DJ booth.
Trance.nu: For ID&T you mixed the compilation ‘Hardtrance 4’. There were a lot of good reactions on this CD. Will there be a follow up from this one or will you do another mixcompilation in the near future?
Marcel: Well, I don’t like it when people put me in a box like “he’s a Hardtrance DJ” or something like that. I don’t want to be a Trance- or a Hardtrance DJ. A few years ago I started to use the word ‘Tech-trance’. Some people still think that I’m a Hardtrance DJ, but I don’t think that I’m a Hardtrance DJ myself. So that’s also one of the reasons why I don’t do hardtrance compilations anymore.
Trance.nu: Next to your work as a DJ, you are also an active producer. In the past your releases came out on your own label ‘Rytmic’, but nowadays your tracks like ‘Serenity’, ‘Time Is Running Out’ and ‘Static State’ are getting released on the ID&T label. Can we expect some releases from you again on ‘Rhytmic’?
Marcel: Well, at my own label I don’t release that much stuff anymore nowadays. Mainly because it’s a lot of work. You have to arrange everything yourself; the pressing, the marketing, the promotion etc. It really costs a lot of time and furthermore, it’s not easy with all the downloading and copying that’s happening, to earn the money back that you have to invest to release your productions. ID&T exactly knows how they have to handle with promotion / marketing etc. so that’s why I release the Marcel Woods tracks at ID&T. But there are still some other projects under different names that I release at other labels.
Trance.nu: In the past you worked together with producers like Nico Parisi, Yves Deruyter (Frequence Theme) and S.H.O.K.K. (Woodshokk - Tulips & Chocolate) for example. Are there any plans to work together with other producers in the future?
Marcel: At the moment there aren’t any plans, but when there is a request of somebody that I like to do a track with, then I’m up for it for sure!
Trance.nu: Are there any producers or singers that you would like to work with?
Marcel: I’m not so into producing vocal stuff myself, because I have the idea that it get’s too commercial if a Dutch guy is doing it. I mean, I don’t see nice, vocal, non-commercial dancetracks made by Dutch producers that much. Motorcycle for example, is a typical really cool vocal production. I don’t think that a Dutch producer would make a production like that so easy. I think that you have to be specialized when you do something with a vocalist. But however i just did a vocal production myself, it will be released by Purple Eye (Ferry corsten’s company) so just check it out if I need to do more of this…..ha ha (Babylon feat. Riny with “23 Minutes”)
Trance.nu: You already released some nice productions, are there already plans for a Marcel Woods artist album?
Marcel: No, there are no plans for an album. I think myself that I have to grow for that (as an artist). I need to have my own sound. I know that I’m on the right way, but first I want to be a high quality artist before I’m going to plan a whole album. Okay, we could do an album now, but I don’t want to make an album with all the things that I did, just to show ‘hey, look what I already did!’.
Trance.nu: Can we expect some new productions from you soon?
Marcel: Sure! I’m always busy in the studio, so there will be some new stuff very soon! The new Marcel Woods track is almost finished and furthermore there will be a new track from me called “23 minutes” on the Purple Eye label. I did a Marcel Woods remix from that one too.
Trance.nu: How long do you work on a production normally?
Marcel: Well, most of the time I finish a track in one week, but sometimes it’s faster and sometimes it takes some more time.
Trance.nu: What’s your favorite own production?
Marcel: That’s a good one… That one still has to come!
Trance.nu: What kind of equipment do you use in your studio?
Marcel: The Indigo Virus is my favorite piece of equipment for sure! Furthermore the Andromeda and my mixer the Sony DMX-R 100!
Trance.nu: Do you use only hardware or do you also use software?
Marcel: I almost only use hardware. Software I don’t use that much…
Trance.nu: In the past you remixed tracks from artists like Mike Robbins, Geal, Marco Joosten etc. Can we expect some new remixes from you in the near future?
Marcel: I’m not a big fan of making remixes to be honest. Mostly you will get a lot of requests after you had a hitsingle. For example: after the release of ‘Time Is Running Out’, I got over 10 remix-requests in 2 months time… The problem is that everybody wants to have a remix with the same sounds in it and then I have to mix it with their vocals … I’m not getting happy from that and I don’t think that the original artist will be very happy too. I don’t want to be a copy of myself, so that’s why I don’t do that much remixes and I’m just trying to do my own thing. But when I really like a track, I sometimes ask if I can remix it. For example when I heard the Mike Robbins track ‘Are You A Freak?’. They gave me a CD with the track to test it in my sets. When I heard it I was like ‘Wow! I really like this one!’, so I asked them if I could make a remix. And they liked it, so that was fun to do! But requests… most of the time I have to say no…
Trance.nu: Is there any track that you would like to remix?
Marcel: Hmmm… there is one track… that’s ‘Lyod - Vanquire’. A very old track, but I don’t think that I dare to touch this one…
Trance.nu: Together with Walt you produced a track called ‘Te Quiero’. The style of this track doesn’t really fit in the list of solo tracks that you released on the ID&T label. What is your own favorite style to produce?
Marcel: I personally prefer to produce a mixture between techno and trance. Call it tech-trance myself.
Trance.nu: Do you have any other hobby’s next to your music?
Marcel: Well, there is not much next to music in life, is it? Hahaha!
But most of my spare free time I spend with my girlfriend.
Trance.nu: What can we expect from Marcel Woods in the near future?
Marcel: I keep on going with the stuff that I’m doing at the moment and we will see what’s going to happen. The sky is the limit!
Trance.nu: Where can people see you behind the wheels of steel in the next few weeks?
Marcel: Dance Valley the Winter edtion, the Matrixx in Nijmegen, afterclub Zino in Tilburg and for the rest just check my website!
Trance.nu: Thank you very much for your time and good luck in the future!
Marcel: Thank you too!
http://trance.nu/v4/interviews/marcel-woods-interview
Trance.nu: First of all, thank you for having us here in your studio.
The summer is almost at it’s end. I’m sure that you had a busy schedule with a lot of DJ gigs. Where have you played in the last few weeks?
Marcel: Last summer I’ve been to countries like Scotland, England, Sweden, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, and in the Netherlands on partys like : Defqon 1, Sensation, Decibel Outdoor , Frequence and the regular clubs.
Trance.nu: What was your favorite gig this summer?
Marcel: That was Scotland for sure! The ‘Inside Out’ in Glasgow was awesome! The people overthere are just great and really into the music!
Trance.nu: What do you like most; playing at big festivals like Innercity and Mysteryland or do you prefer DJ-ing in clubs like the Zino and the Matrixx for example?
Marcel: I prefer playing in clubs myself, because you can have more contact with the audience during your set. It doesn’t matter for me which club it is, as long as the people are there enjoying it and make a party, it’s good for me! But however big partys are really nice to.
Trance.nu: Almost every Sunday you play in afterclub Zino in Tilburg, in the South of the Netherlands at 6:00 in the morning. How do you manage to do this, even when you had a gig at Saturdaynight?
Marcel: Most of the time I have a gig at the Saturdaynight too. When I’m ‘early’ at home, around 4 or 5 in the morning, I’m going to sleep for an hour or sometimes for only 30 minutes. Around 5:30 I’m driving to the Zino. In the meanwhile I have a little stop to have breakfast at a tankstation and then I’m driving to the club. It’s just my work, but because it’s also still a hobby it’s still easy for me and looking forward to it each and every Sunday! And I never believed in drugs, it’s just getting your energy from the energy bank I think, and you have to give it back with interest.
Trance.nu: In your schedule I saw that you have gigs planned in countries like Belgium, Turkey, Germany and Estonia. Are there any countries that you never played in before and that you really like to play in?
Marcel: Yes, to be honest I can not wait to play somewhere in the United States. That would be nice in my opinion. I always wanted to go to New York, so who knows!
Trance.nu: At the moment people can vote for the DJ Mag Top 100. What’s your opinon about this list?
Marcel: Normally I’m not so into lists like this, but this year I started for the first time to do something with it at my homepage. It seems that (a lot of)clubs in England only want to book DJ’s that are in the Top 100, so it’s important to be in the list. Furthermore there’s been a lot of talking and discussion about this list, especially in the Netherlands since Tiësto became number 1. A lot of people didn’t even know about the list, but now they do. So that are some reasons why I also mentioned the DJ Mag Top 100 at my homepage. The whole public relations thing, just like interviews and stuff like that is very important nowadays. I became a DJ because I loved the music and not the spotlights. Sometimes it really looks like something else, with all the interviews and stuff like that. I know that it’s just a part of the job. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t like interviews, but I prefer DJ-ing and producing music myself. Ofcourse I like to talk about music and the things that I’m doing, but the whole public relations thing and those DJ lists, well… it’s not my favorite hobby!
Trance.nu: How do you prepare for a DJ gig? Do you know before you start which tracks you are going to play or do you decide this just before your set is going to start?
Marcel: I always decide this just before I’m starting. I only planned my first records once. That was when I had to play at Sensation. For that gig I planned my first 3 records. But even then it’s just go with the flow, because you never know what’s going to happen in the crowd before your DJ booth.
Trance.nu: For ID&T you mixed the compilation ‘Hardtrance 4’. There were a lot of good reactions on this CD. Will there be a follow up from this one or will you do another mixcompilation in the near future?
Marcel: Well, I don’t like it when people put me in a box like “he’s a Hardtrance DJ” or something like that. I don’t want to be a Trance- or a Hardtrance DJ. A few years ago I started to use the word ‘Tech-trance’. Some people still think that I’m a Hardtrance DJ, but I don’t think that I’m a Hardtrance DJ myself. So that’s also one of the reasons why I don’t do hardtrance compilations anymore.
Trance.nu: Next to your work as a DJ, you are also an active producer. In the past your releases came out on your own label ‘Rytmic’, but nowadays your tracks like ‘Serenity’, ‘Time Is Running Out’ and ‘Static State’ are getting released on the ID&T label. Can we expect some releases from you again on ‘Rhytmic’?
Marcel: Well, at my own label I don’t release that much stuff anymore nowadays. Mainly because it’s a lot of work. You have to arrange everything yourself; the pressing, the marketing, the promotion etc. It really costs a lot of time and furthermore, it’s not easy with all the downloading and copying that’s happening, to earn the money back that you have to invest to release your productions. ID&T exactly knows how they have to handle with promotion / marketing etc. so that’s why I release the Marcel Woods tracks at ID&T. But there are still some other projects under different names that I release at other labels.
Trance.nu: In the past you worked together with producers like Nico Parisi, Yves Deruyter (Frequence Theme) and S.H.O.K.K. (Woodshokk - Tulips & Chocolate) for example. Are there any plans to work together with other producers in the future?
Marcel: At the moment there aren’t any plans, but when there is a request of somebody that I like to do a track with, then I’m up for it for sure!
Trance.nu: Are there any producers or singers that you would like to work with?
Marcel: I’m not so into producing vocal stuff myself, because I have the idea that it get’s too commercial if a Dutch guy is doing it. I mean, I don’t see nice, vocal, non-commercial dancetracks made by Dutch producers that much. Motorcycle for example, is a typical really cool vocal production. I don’t think that a Dutch producer would make a production like that so easy. I think that you have to be specialized when you do something with a vocalist. But however i just did a vocal production myself, it will be released by Purple Eye (Ferry corsten’s company) so just check it out if I need to do more of this…..ha ha (Babylon feat. Riny with “23 Minutes”)
Trance.nu: You already released some nice productions, are there already plans for a Marcel Woods artist album?
Marcel: No, there are no plans for an album. I think myself that I have to grow for that (as an artist). I need to have my own sound. I know that I’m on the right way, but first I want to be a high quality artist before I’m going to plan a whole album. Okay, we could do an album now, but I don’t want to make an album with all the things that I did, just to show ‘hey, look what I already did!’.
Trance.nu: Can we expect some new productions from you soon?
Marcel: Sure! I’m always busy in the studio, so there will be some new stuff very soon! The new Marcel Woods track is almost finished and furthermore there will be a new track from me called “23 minutes” on the Purple Eye label. I did a Marcel Woods remix from that one too.
Trance.nu: How long do you work on a production normally?
Marcel: Well, most of the time I finish a track in one week, but sometimes it’s faster and sometimes it takes some more time.
Trance.nu: What’s your favorite own production?
Marcel: That’s a good one… That one still has to come!
Trance.nu: What kind of equipment do you use in your studio?
Marcel: The Indigo Virus is my favorite piece of equipment for sure! Furthermore the Andromeda and my mixer the Sony DMX-R 100!
Trance.nu: Do you use only hardware or do you also use software?
Marcel: I almost only use hardware. Software I don’t use that much…
Trance.nu: In the past you remixed tracks from artists like Mike Robbins, Geal, Marco Joosten etc. Can we expect some new remixes from you in the near future?
Marcel: I’m not a big fan of making remixes to be honest. Mostly you will get a lot of requests after you had a hitsingle. For example: after the release of ‘Time Is Running Out’, I got over 10 remix-requests in 2 months time… The problem is that everybody wants to have a remix with the same sounds in it and then I have to mix it with their vocals … I’m not getting happy from that and I don’t think that the original artist will be very happy too. I don’t want to be a copy of myself, so that’s why I don’t do that much remixes and I’m just trying to do my own thing. But when I really like a track, I sometimes ask if I can remix it. For example when I heard the Mike Robbins track ‘Are You A Freak?’. They gave me a CD with the track to test it in my sets. When I heard it I was like ‘Wow! I really like this one!’, so I asked them if I could make a remix. And they liked it, so that was fun to do! But requests… most of the time I have to say no…
Trance.nu: Is there any track that you would like to remix?
Marcel: Hmmm… there is one track… that’s ‘Lyod - Vanquire’. A very old track, but I don’t think that I dare to touch this one…
Trance.nu: Together with Walt you produced a track called ‘Te Quiero’. The style of this track doesn’t really fit in the list of solo tracks that you released on the ID&T label. What is your own favorite style to produce?
Marcel: I personally prefer to produce a mixture between techno and trance. Call it tech-trance myself.
Trance.nu: Do you have any other hobby’s next to your music?
Marcel: Well, there is not much next to music in life, is it? Hahaha!
But most of my spare free time I spend with my girlfriend.
Trance.nu: What can we expect from Marcel Woods in the near future?
Marcel: I keep on going with the stuff that I’m doing at the moment and we will see what’s going to happen. The sky is the limit!
Trance.nu: Where can people see you behind the wheels of steel in the next few weeks?
Marcel: Dance Valley the Winter edtion, the Matrixx in Nijmegen, afterclub Zino in Tilburg and for the rest just check my website!
Trance.nu: Thank you very much for your time and good luck in the future!
Marcel: Thank you too!
http://trance.nu/v4/interviews/marcel-woods-interview
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