This year alone, Malente has been involved with releases on such "Holy Grail" labels as Fools Gold, Southern Fried and Dim Mak... so with hit latest number "I Like It" getting props from - it seems - every AA list DJ out there, and 2010 fast approaching, you definately feel that the best is yet to come from this Germany based Purveyor of Party!
We kidnapped 12 minutes of his day to ask him a few questions:
Don - Hey Christoph, thanks for speaking with us... If you had to explain your vibe and direction to untrained ears in 3 words, what would you say?
Malente - Party, Party, Party!
....and whats your 1 piece of advice for unsigned dance music producers?
Do what you feel like doing. don't think about Styles, Labels, Money, Girls (well maybe Girls). The main thing though, is you should enjoy the processs of making music. if not do something else.
Whats your favourite VST plugin of the moment?
Old Native Intakt
Who is your tip for 2010? Who have you seen glimpses of this year, that you would like to see more of next year?
Well, what i can tell you is that the in my humble opinion one of the most underrated tracks of 2009 was "We Gonna Give You The Lesson" by Mr Miyagi. I played the sh_t out of that and everybody asked me what that track was, but as far as I know it didn't even get a proper release.
Funnily enough, Mr Miyagi is an artist we are definately aware of at Venga Digital, in fact we were about to release that track - but unfortunately the guys had blogged it quite a bit. Which was good for them, but made it a bit difficult to give a full release to! They are definately guys to look out for, we definately agree with that tip-off!
So what's next for you? What do you have out and upcoming?
Well Malente & Dex ft Bonde do Role - Bangkok is out now on Exploited, its an amazing package featuring remixes from by Freeform Five, dOP, Idiotproof, DanM & James Braun
and another original "Gipsy Kings" remixed by Round Table Knights.
Also in that package, is the Douster remix of "Lions" - and I am happy to give that to the Lock'Don readers! - See Don.
Following that, theres a release on Southern Fried in December with Jay Robinson, and a release in the New Year on Dim Mak, where I am teaming up with Azzido Da Bass! Then Australia tour in January.
Wow, probably the busiest guy we have spoken to of late - that is a serious schedule!
Malente then has kindly (big thanks to Exploited Records for this aswell) allowed us to share the link to that Douster Remix, so I do that below:
Malente & Dex feat. New Kidz - Lions (Douster Remix) (Right Click Save Target As)
So that was an excellent showcase im sure you will agree, Malente really is one of the nicest guys in the biz, and always has time for the little guys.
You can check him out on Twitter @Malente or on his Myspace
Until next time!
Don.
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