Interview proudly presents...

Interview : Elements [Earth]

30th June 2007 : 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Brown Alley - Corner Lonsdale & King Streets Melbourne

After a year of dedication and hard work is finally paying off as Interview Productions hosts its first event in a series of special parties designed to explore the elements that are within us all.

Starting off with Earth, future parties will include the elements Wind, Fire & Water, as the Interview crew take us on a journey through sound and visuals.

Featuring some of the finest local and international talent on offer, element Earth features headline acts including Decoy live, Chwen from Mexico and Australia's very own Ozzy. Supporting them in this first chapter of the Elements saga will be local talent including Ben Evans, Steve May, Blinky live, Jules Plees, Gavin Martin, Mike Nichol, Sasha Petrovic, Julian Reynolds and more.

Only a year after Decoy's debut album 'Not Responding To Light,' Ian Chaplin and Phillip Rex are following up with their second instalment. Due for a winter release, 'Push Button Pony,' is set to be even bigger then its predecessor. Garnering superfluous amounts of inspiration from playing at parties and experiencing the talent of locals, Decoy is constantly pushing their sound, admitting "dance music is evolving at the same rate as technology itself."

Already gaining remix duties for one of the biggest names in Psy, Vibrasphere, it doesn't stop there as an upcoming tour of Europe will see there Live show play to new audiences. Similar yet different to many other Progressive Psy producers, Decoy's Jazz influence was the focal attraction for Seb and Marcus of Son Kite, who assisted in getting their first album released last year and have now also, collaborated on a couple tunes.

Featuring a live percussionist, live bass and soprano saxophone, their live show at Interview will be one not to miss, "As to what you might expect is up to the listener. Hopefully, no glitches!"

Recently journeying from his home in Mexico to explore the country of Australia, Javier Ponce aka Chwen may share his name with the Mayans word for the creative and magical monkey, but this young Psy-Trance DJ has more to offer. Slowly moving into producing, this highly spiritual explains how music "... [Has] truly opened my mind to the concept: Music is Math is everything." With a non linear outlook on music, Chwen describes his encounters with Psy-Trance to be both profound and spiritually uplifting.

Featuring the following Artists/DJs!

decoy [ live instrumental performance ]



Decoy was founded over 8 years ago by Ian Chaplin & Philip Rex. Over that time they have evolved into one of the most unique progressive psy-trance live acts around today. They have performed regularly at Earthcore & Rainbow Serpent, as well as playing at St. Kilda festival, Earthdance both in Melbourne and Sydney, Winter and Summer solstice parties, and most music venues in and around Melbourne. Also they have played parties and club gigs in Sydney, Noumea and Tahiti.

Both Ian and Philip have a long list of musical backgrounds, with jazz being the schooling, and building blocks of their respective careers. They have been active in the Melbourne Psy-Trance scene since 1999. Decoy is building on these foundations to produce music which reflects their backgrounds, but looks to the future, and they believe this to lie in forms of electronic music. The focus of the last 6 years has been with progressive psy-trance, as this is ,stylistically, the music that inspires them, and allows total freedom for self expression. Added to this the fact that the guiding principles and philosophy of the entire outdoor party scene is an inspiration to anyone who has a pulse! In short, music must move forward, and the huge amount of talented people producing amazing music is the most inspiring thing to them.

2006 has been a watershed year with the release of their debut cd “Not Responding to Light” on Israeli progressive label Dance’n’Dust, as well as
collaborating with Minilogue on four tracks ( unreleased) ,a remix for Vibrasphere ( due for release in Feb. 07 ) two more tracks on Dusty Nation 3 and writing for their next release, due out early to mid 2007. Their live show features soprano saxophone and upright electric bass

Decoy will be performing a special 90min LIVE show for us, with a full ensemble of Percussion, Strings and Saxophone!!!

chwen [ mexico - nebular hypott mex ]



Javier Ponce (aka Chwen) discovered Psy-trance in 2001, and fell in love with the style. Through the sounds of psychedelic trance he found what he was looking for in music: magic - a new way of being in touch with his inner self. In 2004 after 3 years of attending underground parties he decided to buy his own decks. Since the beginning he displayed a lot of talent, and after only 4 months he was invited to play at the first psytrance festival in the city of Ciudad Victoria. After playing at a local party with Trancemission, a well-known progressive trance act from Mexico City, he was invited to form part of their record label called Nebular Hypott, now part of the Iboga Records Mexico.

Since then he has played in almost all of the important festivals in Monterrey: Nebular Resonance 20/08/04, Darkinox 18/03/05, Crop Circles Connection 14/05/05, Mystik Illusions 1/10/5, Equinox 25/03/06, Iboga Records Mexico Label Party (Monterrey) 9/09/06 just to mention a few. He was a resident DJ at Café Iguana, the biggest trance nightclub in Monterrey, Mexico until travelling to Melbourne to bring some Mexican magic to the scene in Australia. He has shared stage with some of the biggest national and international acts in the world such as: Azax Syndrome, Bubble, CPU, Dark Soho, Liquid Ross, Menog, Mexican Trance Mafia, Phyx, Psipsiq Jikury, Psysex, Refer Decree, Rinkadink, Trancemission, Teen Sluts, Tron, Unos Fonks, among many others.

He has been invited to play all over Mexico where he is well known and respected, and once asked to play in the United States. In the near future he will be entrancing us with his own musical project that will create a truly psychedelic experience. The styles he plays ranges from Minimal trance to Progressive trance and Psytrance. In his sets you will find funky beats mixed with magical frequencies and mellow tunes, always creating the perfect blend between night and day leading you into his mischievous, magical, mysterious parallel multi-verses.

ozzy [ tribeadelic recordings ]



Deck wizard, producer and sonic sorcerer, OZZY heads Tribeadelic, Australia's premier psy-trance party outfit and record label.

Known for his slinky sets and mind-blowing music, OZZY presents an aural assault of the senses. His morning sets are renowned for their madness and never fail to kick up the dust at aussie bush doofs.

As a Dj for many years, and with access to the magical music vaults of tribeadelic artists, Ozzy has recently played at the "Soulclipse" festival in Turkey, as well as festivals in Israel, Japan, Noumea, Europe and of course many australian parties big and small!

He set up Tribeadelic Records and with six albums released to smash dancefloors, the label has become one of Australia's best and most popular parties all over the world.
Now producing as "Liquid" , Ozzy is putting his experience to creative outlet and after testing their bombs on the dance floor with great success, Liquid's debut album will be released in 2007 on Tribeadelic.

Prepare for the freshest sounds from the melting pot of Melbourne, Australia.
Interview : Elements [Earth]