{"id":18474,"date":"2013-05-22T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/aznightlife\/?p=18474"},"modified":"2013-06-02T18:37:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T01:37:16","slug":"djs-uncensored-thomas-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/aznightlife\/djs-uncensored-thomas-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"DJs Uncensored: Thomas Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by: Amanda Savage<\/a><\/p>\n

DJ and producer, Thomas Gold, spoke to AFM before his Memorial Day weekend kick-off show Friday, May 24, at Maya Day and Nightclub in Old Town, Scottsdale. Gold talks music, passion, touring and what he would do on a day off.<\/p>\n

AFM: So you\u2019re playing in Scottsdale at Maya Day Club for Memorial Day weekend. Have you been here before? What are you excited for? Will you be dropping any new tracks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas:<\/strong> I have been to Scottsdale before but never played at Maya Day & Nightclub. I just remember the crowd was great and it was big fun to play! They say Maya is a new club so I’m really looking forward to that! I’ll bring a bunch of new music with me, edits, mashups and maybe some new original stuff. . .<\/p>\n

AFM: Is there anything you look forward to about visiting Arizona or the Southwest in general? Food, sites, people etc., ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas:<\/strong> I won’t have much time to stay so no sightseeing etc – but actually I do look forward to some nice food and a heavy party crowd!<\/p>\n

AFM: So you\u2019re based in Berlin, one of the biggest nightlife cities in the world! How does the city influence your music style?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas:<\/strong> I’ve been making music before I moved to Berlin so it was not the initial musical influence. But I love to go out and hang out in clubs when I’m home. The music here is rather minimal\/techy and underground. But there is always a lot of fresh inspiration when I listen to other DJs sets here!<\/p>\n

AFM: When you make music, are you more of an artist inspired by feelings and experimentation or a sound engineer who applies logic and principle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas:<\/strong> When I write music, it’s all about feelings, experimentation and spontaneous ideas I have. But, in the process of crafting and tweaking a track it often comes down to technical things, but always in a musical way. For example when you work on the low end of a track there are some acoustic principles I’m working with to get kick drum and bass sounds working well together. Also when I use stuff like compressors and EQs it’s both – a musical and technical approach.<\/p>\n