DJ Spotlight
René Amesz
BY Elizabeth Mitkos January 24, 2008 01:01
WHO Hailed as Holland’s latest floor-filling export, globetrotting DJ/producer René Amesz has been rounding up a greater following in the past year. Recently reworking Red Hot Chili Peppers’ single “By the Way” with Rotterdam DJ Peter Gelderblom (renamed “Waiting For”), the duo have put out releases on La Factoria and Sander Kleinenberg’s Little Mountain Recordings (notably, 2006’s “You Make Me Climb The Wall”). Getting his start spinning in 1996 in his hometown of Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands and producing for the Mid-Town label under various aliases, Amesz gained an international following in the early 2000s with productions like “Open Your Soul” and “Back Into the Funk.” In 2004, he entered the upper echelon of jocks at Holland’s renowned Extrema Music events alongside Pete Tong and Steve Lawler. Having steadily made remixes for labels including Stereo Productions, Toolroom and 25 Hertz Recordings (and, most recently, Fedde Le Grand and Funkerman), Amesz is returning to original work with an EP release planned for early this year, before returning to the remix way of thinking for Noir Music.
WHAT “Tech-house-prog-no,” says Amesz. “Almost everything I hear has elements that I get my ideas from.”
WHERE Till the AM on Sat, Jan. 26 with Simon Jain and others at Footwork (425 Adelaide W).
FAVOURITE RECORD OF ALL TIME Josh Wink, “Super Freak” (Ovum).
FAVOURITE RECORD RIGHT NOW Middleman, “Don’t Rock” (Kitsam).
FAVOURITE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW AND WHY www.reneamesz.com “Because it probably broke a new world record for being under construction so long.”
WHAT IS YOUR WEIRDEST DJING EXPERIENCE? “Playing with broken headphones, a broken mixing deck, two broken monitor speakers and two badly working CD players. And it was one of the nicest gigs ever. It was in Hungary!”
WHAT IS VITAL TO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE? “Playing at least one game of soccer on my PSP!”
WHAT GLOBAL ISSUE CONCERNS YOU MOST RIGHT NOW? “Terrorism.”
WHAT IS YOUR RING TONE RIGHT NOW? “Standard Nokia tune.”
WHAT IS THE LAST GREAT FILM YOU SAW? “The last one I saw was 1408 with Samuel L. Jackson. But the greatest is definitely Independence Day with Will Smith.”
WHAT ACTOR WOULD PLAY YOU IN A BIOPIC? Jim Carrey.
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