Paco Osuna Mini Interview
29th November 2011
Ahead of this Saturday’s final Shake It of 2011, we called up our special guest Paco Osuna and fired a few burning questions we needed answering at him…
Shake It: Hello Paco (or should we call you Francisco!) thanks for speaking with us today…
Paco: I’m good thank you, call me as you prefer but since I have a conscience everybody calls me Paco.
Shake It: I see looking at your calendar that you have been very busy around the world this year!
Is there any country you played at which really stood out for you?
Paco: As always the USA, it is amazing to play for the American crowd, they are super passionate about the music, each time that I visit this country the more fall in love I am with cities such as San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Denver, Miami which are really special for me.
Shake It: I hear that Layo & Bushwacka! were so impressed with your set at Amnesia this summer (Paco is a resident at Ibiza’s Amnesia) that they booked you straight away to play for the Shake It 2011 finale.
Can you tell those who don’ t know wha t your sets normally entail
?
Paco: My sets I guess is a good music mixed with good effects creating a crazy atmosphere… hahahha make sense
?
Shake It: Speaking of Shake it – you are playing with us on Saturday 3rd aren’t you? When were you last over in the UK
?
Paco: Last time was at Ministry of Sound for the Plus 8 vs Minus showcase, actually I was playing with Layo & Bushwacka! too, great memories from the night.
Shake It: Do you enjoy the London scene
?
Paco: I love London scene, I wish I’ll be able to play more often here, is a very good crowd
Shake It: You were born in Barcelona but started DJing in Valencia in 1994 – do you think this region influenced your sound at all
?
Paco: Well maybe not in the sound I’m playing but for sure on the way I mix, my technique.
Shake It: What was the club scene like there back then ?
Paco: It was very nice, like Ibiza right now, a lot of parties, a lot of afterhours was for the moment unique.
Shake It: What made you make the move from playing house music to techno back in 2001
?
Paco: My passion for techno and discover this sound on my residence at amnesia when cocoon start to have its residency.
Shake It: You were the first Spanish DJ to be signed to Sven Vath’s Booking agency – quite an accolade!
Can you tell us how this came about
?
Paco: I meet Sven at Amnesia when he started his Cocoon nights and by coincidence he listen a tape mix of mine and offered me to be part of Cocoon. He likes the w ay I w
as mixing and he inspired me a lot on music.
Shake It: You’re hailed as of the most successful Spanish producers / DJ – what sets you apart from other DJs / Producers?
Paco: I don’ t know, maybe I have always in all my se
ts and productions very fat bass lines.
Shake It: Is there anything coming up release wise on your own imprint Mindshake that we should look out for
?
Paco: The new remix I’ve just completed for Kabale und Liebe on Rejected, out so
on BOOOOMB!