Born and conceptualized in the world famous Cross nightclub and heralded as the most successful Friday night in town featuring guests such as Claude von Stroke, Mason, Jerome Syndenham, Serge Santiago & Tim Sheridan, the Twisted Disco continues to take the capital by storm over the past 6 months at their new home and newly refurbished Pacha London.

Continuing with their innovative and exclusive Pacha music policy the Twisted Disco returns with another formidable forward thinking lineup as we present to you flying in direct from Stockholm, Get Physicals very own ZOO BRAZIL!

John Anderson aka Zoo Brazil has been producing music since the early 1990's releasing under an array of different aliases from Laid, Cuba Computers, Nars, Kelly Project, Outcold to the now world renowned Zoo Brazil!

Jonty Strufff cuaght up with Zoo Brazil to get the low down...........




: starting with Pacha: what kind of set do you have planned for the party
(how much planning do you do typically? Do you usually know your first/ last
track?

"I NEVER PLAN ANYTHING.PERHAPS NO ONE COMING TO SEE ME SO.I LIKE TO CHILL
AND DO SO LITLLE WORK AS I CAN..NO HONESLTY.I DON'T PLAN MY SETS AT ALL .
ITHIS DAY YOU GET SO MUCH PROMOS SO YOU DON'T REALLY AVE TIME TO CATCH
UP..BUT I TEND ALWAYS TO HAVE AROUND 15 NEW TRACKS IN MY SETS EVERY WEEK.A
LOT OF MY OWN NEW PRODUCTIONS DURING THE WEEK.SO I HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA
IN MY HEAD."

: Technik is blowing up right now though it's harder than most of your other
tracks: how conscious are you of people's expectations?

"I..OR "WE" - IM
DOING ALL MUSIC WITH MY LONG TIME MUSIC PARTNER JOHAN EMMOTH (16YEARS
NOW!!!).OOHH SORRY DID NOT SHAKE YOUR HAND HERE.MY NAME IS JOHN ANDERSSON -
HELLO!...SORRY. YES TECHNIIK..YES..HMM.WELL I DO MUSIC I ONLY LIKE
MYSELF..SO IF PEOPLE LIKE IT..FINE!..AND SOFAR AFTER 16 YEARS PEOPLE LIKE IT
..AND LIKES IT MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY IT SEEMS..BUT WE ARE DOING SO MANY
DIFFRNET THINGS..SO NEVER FALL OUT OF ANY TRENDS OR FASHIONS..WE MAKE MUSIC
WE LIKE AND THAT'S ALL REALLY..

: Technik: a genuine monster of a track: how did you create it? (did you
have a clear idea?

YES I HAD THIS BASSLINE IDEA..SO TWEAKKED MY ANALOUGE
SYNTHS TO THE MAX.AND AFTER SOME MORE TWEAKING IT WAS BORN.WE WAS NOTH
FALLING DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF LAUGH WHEN WE HEARD IT FINNISH FIRST TIME AND
WAS THINKING.WONDERING WAS PEOPLE ARE THINKING AFTER HEARNG THIS SWIZZZLING
BASSLINE THAT JUST BUILD AND BUILD.AND DURING THE WEEKEND I HAD A DJ GIG IN
UKRAINE..SO I T WAS NO BETTER PLACE TO TEST IT THERE.AND IT WORKED I CAN
SAY.

: how much is playing London different from elsewhere (is it just another
European city- are crowds noticeably more informed/ up for it?

I THINK IT
TOOKED A WHILE BEFORE UK DID FOLLOWED THE GERMAN MORE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS..UK
THAT ALWAYS BEEN THE LEAD KEY PLAYER IN THE SCENE, HAVE NOW CATCH UP
AGAIN.SO ITS YOU KNOW THE SAME LIKE GERMANY OR HTRSOJFFSTAN. ITS ALL GOOD
UK SCENE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN MY HEART AND STILL IS.

: did you ever visit London in your youth? (when where, did you go
clubbing?)

I WENT FIRST TIME WITH A FRIENDS BACK IN 1998.WE STAYED FOR 2 WEEKS AND WENT
TO SOME RECORD LABEL LIKE "PAGAN RECORDS" AND "AZULI" TO LEAVE SOME DEMOS
THAT WAS MADE FROM THE PERIOS 1993-1998 HAHAH.IT WS SO FUN..WAS RUNNING
AWAY FROM SOME GANG I SOHO..WENT LOST IN SOME DOGGY AREA..COULD NOT ENTER A
HIP CLUB BECOURSE IT WAS A "MEMBER NIGHT ONLY" AND ALL THAT.SO YES I HAVED
MY MOMENTS IN LONDON. NOW DAY I BEEN THERE 100TIMES SO I KNOW WHER TO GO AN
DNOT TO GO..ITS LIKE MY HOME TOWN NYKOPING BUT MUCH BIGGER AND YOU HAVE
SUBWAY ASWELL.

: you press release points out that you were instrumental in persuading
Harthouse to relaunch: why did you leave them for Gung Ho?

I HAVE NOT REALY
LEAVED GUNG-HO! IF NO ONES PAYED US LIKE MILLIONS OF PUNDS WE CAN STAY FOR
ONE LABEL FOR A WEEK OR SO..BUT AS WE DO SO MUCH MUSIC WE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR DIFFERENT LABELS. ALSO IT FEELS GOOD TO WORK WITH LABEL YOU ALWAYS
DREAMT OF TO WORK WITH.. TO BE HONEST I THINK THERE IS NO PRODUCERS IN THE
WORD THAT WORK WITH SO MANY AND DIFFERENT LABELS LIKE US.I HOPE THER IS NO
ONE..IF THERE IS WE HAVE TO CHANGE LABEL EVEN MORE THEN.

: You've been producing for ten years: how difficult was it to feel
competitive when the likes of John Dahlback and Steve Angello becoming
overnight stars a couple of years ago when they'd only been making music for
several years?

10 YEARS? ITS MORE THEN THAT ? BOTH ARE GOOD MATES AND WE WORK WITH THEM
CLOSE.JOHN DAHLBACK SITTING NEXT DOOR TO US HERE IN THE STUDIO..AND STEVE
ANGELO IS MY NEIGHBOUR. IN FACT I WILL TRY STEVE TO SELL HIM HIS APARTMENT
TO ME NOW! JOHN DID SIGN A NEW TRACK FROM US TODAY..AND WE WORKING ON A
REMIX FOR STEVE AS WE SPEAK. BUT WE HAVE SOLD MORE RECORDS THAN JOHN AND
STEVE TOGATHER IGHT NOW..WEDID WRITTE A SONG CALLED "THE ONE" ON KYLIE
MINOUGUES NEW ALBUM - OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD NOW AND COUNTING SO I
THINK WE HAVE THE SALE LEAD SO FAR. WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD FOR JOHN AND
STEVE?S AMAZING WORK - VIVA LA SWEDE!

: how much does being Swedish help- or hinder- your career?

IT HELPS A LOT!! WHEN YOU PICK UP GOOD LOOKING GIRLS..ALL SWEDES ARE HEALTY
AND GOOD LOOKING..YOU KNOW THAT OK GOOD - JUST A REMINDER! SO THANKS GOD
THAT IM SWEDISH!! IN FACT WE NEVER HAVE TO HAVE THAT "PICK UP LINE" IN BAR
- WE HAVE THAT "SWEDISH/SCANDINAVIAN" MAGIC TOUCH TO ALL WE DO..EVEN MUSIC
WISE..WHEN YOU TWEAK A MOOG IT VERY DIFFRENT FROM WHEN A GERMAN DO IT.SO IT
HELPS TO BE SWEDISH.IN MANY WAYS OF LIFE!!

Cari Lekebusch chatted to skrufff a couple of years ago and described a
random drunk guy trying to punch him in the booth ('typical Stockholm; there
are always bar fights and stupid things happening'): has anything similar
happened to you?

NO IM ALWAYS THE GUY THAT PUNCH FIRST! I WAS THE GUY THAT
TRY TO TO HIT HIM! HAHAHA NO.WHAT DID CARI DO?? SOUNDS ODD SWEDISH PEOPLE
ARE SOOOOOO FRIENDLY SO CARI MUST BEEN PLAYING ELSE WHERE.BUT STUPID THINGS
ALWAYS HAPPENS - ASK NIC FANCULLI!!

: I understand there are big problems with biker gangs; have you ever
crossed their paths: had bikers attending your gigs?

HAHAHA IN FACT I HAVE
BBBIIIGG TIME 1 TIME WAS IN BAR VERY DRUNK - I GOT THIS IDEA TO GIVE ONE OF
THE GANG LEADER A FLOWER FROM ONE OF THE "FLOWER GIRLS" THAT TRY TO SALE
ROSES AT DOGGY BARS/CLUBS..YEAH I KNOW I WAS AT THIS DOGGY BAD PLACE.DON'T
ASK ME WHY.ANYWAY.. I BOUGHT A FLOWER..AND TOLD MY FRINED: "YOU GET THE
SYNTHS AND YOU CAN GET THE RECORD COLLECTION..BUT I HAVE TO TO THIS
LADS"..SO I WALKED TO THE GANG LEADER AND KNOCKED ON HIS BACK..IT WAS LIKE
THE TIME JUST SLOWED DOWN.AND MY BRAIN WAS SAYING "RUUUUUNN DON'T DO THIS
DON'T DO THIS.YOU WILL GET KILLED!" HI TURNED HIS HEAD AND I GAVE HIM THE
ROSE - HE SMILED AND SAID "THANKS!"..HE JUST TURNED HIS HEAD BACK.WALK
AWAY.NOTHING HAPPENED!.! IT FEELT VERY GAYISH IN SOME WAY.HMM.AND SWEET!
..SO KIDS GIVE MORE FLOWERS TO BIKER GUYS THEY LIKE IT AND MIGHT INVIT YOU
FOR DRINK! 2ND TIME WAS IN THE ARMY.YES WHEN I WS YOUNG ALL SWEDSIH "MEN"
HAD TO DO THE ARMY FOR AT LEAST 10MONTH..DUNRING MY TIME IT WAS "RED ALERT"
AS BIKERS HAD BLOW UP HANGERS IN THE WOODS TO NICK GUNGS AND OTHER FACNY
STUFF.SO GUES HOW THE THEY AFTER 3 WEEKS TRAING GAVE A FLASHLIGHT AND
MACHINE GUN TO PATROL THE FOREST - ME!!!!! OOOHH MY GOOD..I HAD THIS
MACHINE GUN IN MY HANDS FULL LOADED..AND WAS JUST WAITNG TO SOMEONE TO SHOW
UP..NOT THE BEST THING I DONE IN LIFE.BUT NO ONE TURNED UP, ONLY A DEAR THAT
MADE ME SHIT MY SLEF (ALMOST!!)..PUHA..SO THAT'S SOME STORIES I HAVE CAN I
GO TO SLEEP NOW.SOME MORE..OK..NO PROBLEM.

: How much is the plan for Zoo Brazil to become a live act? (how much do you
have ambitions to be pop stars? To be famous?

LIVE IS COMING, WE HAD SOME
FAME ALLREADY..ADN MORE WILL COME.INFACT WE DONE MORE THAN ANYONE KNOWS..ITS
FUNNY THAT WAY.WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS BEHIND WHAT BLABLABLA..TAKE THAT
KYLIE THING I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT..WE AHEV NOT MADE ANY NOISE AROUND IT EVEN
SOME PEOPLE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT BE FIRST PAGE NEWS!! ..LET THE
MUSIC SPEAK FOR IT SELF!

: how are Zoo Brazil perceived in Brazil? (has it helped make you more
popular in Brazil?

NOT REALLY. BUT ITS FUNNY NAME OVER THERE FOR THE
CROWED..ITS A ZOO CALLED JUST "ZOO BRAZIL" IN BRAZIL. AND IT WAS NAME THAT
JUST COME UP IN THE HEAD UNDER PRAESURE TO COME UP WITH A ARTIST NAME
DIERCTLY ON THE SPOT.TO BE HONEST DID WE THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY BE LIKE 1 OR
2 ZOOO BRAZIL REELASES..BUT WE DID KEEP THE NAME FOR FUN..AND NOW IT REALLY
BLOWED UP.SO WE KEEP IT FOR SOME TIME FOR SURE.

According to the Durex study, one in ten people think Brazilians are the
sexiest people on earth: how much would you agree (are they sexier than
Swedish?

THAT'S DUREX TALKING AGAIN..DONT TRUST DUREX.ITS BRAZILIAN PEOPLE
BEHIND DUREX.I HAVE TOLD DUREX SO MANY TIMES THAT THEY SHOULD PUT THIS
BEHIND THEM.. BUT THEY KEEP ON TRY TO PUT THIS FACT OUT THEY SAY 1 IN
TEN.BUT THE REST 9 IN 10 THINK SWEDISH PEOPLE ARE THE SEXIEST ONES.SO ONCE
AGAIN: DUREX STOP THIS. NO BELIEVIES YOU.

a couple of topical questions: what do think of football (have you been
following the european championship?)

YES EVERY GAME...I USE TO BE A
GOALKEEPER.AND IM A HUGE SOCCER FAN..AND ITS SO FUN TO SEND TEXT MESSAGE TO
DJ/PRODUCERS..NIC FANCIULLI (SORRY NIC ONCE AGAIN YOUR NAME ARE INVLOVED
HERE!) HE LIKE 50% ITALIAN SO WHEN THEY LOST HE GETS SOME "SUPPORTING"
MESSAGES FROM ME.AS MY GREECE FRIENDS WHEN SWEDEN BEAT THEM UP! ? BUT
ENGLAND WHAT HAPPENED!!!! YOU SHOULD HAD KEEP THAT SWEDISH GUY SVEN..AND
YOU HAD MADE IT! BUT YOU HAD LOST AGAINST SWEDEN..AS YOU HAS FOR THE LAST
50YEARS!! SOME FUN SWEDISH VS ENGLAND FOTBOLL STATICS!
- FOTBOLL IS FANTASTICO DON'T YOU THINK!! ?

and specifically football players who DJ: a good thing? (specifically
Holland player Wesley Sneijder)

I DID NOT KNOW FOTBOLL PLAYERS COULD DO
THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE PITCH..SORRY THIS WAS A NEW FACT FOR ME.I HOPE THEY
PLAY BETTER ON THE PITCH THAN ON THE DECKS


CATCH ZOO BRAZIL AT PACHA NEXT FRIDAY

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