But that's not what I want. I want to have my passion and love inside my productions, not just what other people want on the dance floor. I want to do music because I want to show people where I come from and what I feel. I know people do a lot for money, but money is not the most important thing in the world. It can also be bad. And I still love playing techno at parties—I went to a lot in the '90s. Of course I'm not as young anymore, but I love to see people dancing. It's nice to have more gigs, but the balance is great right now.I only try and put what is necessary on social media, the things people need to know. The music has to talk, not my face.It's not necessary to tell people, "I've been there, I'm going there." Of course before a tour it's important to tell everyone where you play, but people are posting so much now. Social media can destroy a lot of things. The music should be first, but it feels like it's in third place at the moment. That's why I feel it's important for people like me to push the music back to the front. A lot of people post photos from studios full of gear—modulars, synths, all the new things. But I think, OK, where is the music? People should enjoy producing more, and not feel pressured to do this social media thing.I don't feel frustrated but I think it's destroying the music. I don't know where it will go from here. DJing and producing gets easier and easier every year, so I have the feeling that more people are coming up. But do they really have the passion for it, or do they just see other DJs posting pictures of nice places? Music should be the most important thing, but it's not easy at the moment—it's all about straightforward techno. Maybe I could make more money by doing functional techno tracks, but in the end it's more important for me to have a good feeling about what I do.It makes me happy when people speak to me about my productions, because this comes from my heart. It's part of what I want to say about music. With DJing, it's nice to play sets but you're playing music from other people. If someone tells me that I play different music from the other DJs they see, that makes me happy. The travelling is also great, because it was my dream to see the world. I told my parents, I will see the world soon. It took a while—15 years—but they are happy about what I'm doing now. In the end, I made it. Of course, I don't always get to see the cities I visit, only the hotel, plane and club. But this is what I wanted.I was 22. I made theEP in 2010.I sent him a lot of bullshit []. But then he recognised these tracks, which were totally different from the others I sent. At the beginning I sent him more dance floor-style tracks, but they didn't work. It wasn't really the right music, and it wasn't good enough. But then I started to do this mix between the genres I loved—breakbeat, drum & bass, house, techno—and experimented with that.He gave me a lot. One I always remember was to take your favourite things from tracks you really love, listen to them and then make music with them in mind. I tried it and realised that he was right. It's great advice. You can take inspiration from old favourites, not whatever is popular at the moment. I want to tell some people sometimes, why do you always copy, copy, copy? Can't you just make what you really love?Part of the problem is the media. People get fame quickly, so you can start from nothing and have thousands of followers the next day. They're not thinking about the music. You can do something with samples in Ableton very fast, but they don't have the right passion. Are you really enjoying producing, or is it about bringing things out quickly? Of course, I also made some mistakes in the beginning, and I wasn't always happy about my productions. But now I really know what I want. There's no big hype and it's still underground. People need to find their own way, because otherwise you hear 100 people doing the same thing. I can't do that.