This episode is work safe.
Royal Sapien is New York City-based producer and DJ, Ben Mautner. At the moment Ben is planning DJ dates around New York to spread his unique fusion of house and breaks. He has had sets featured on Proton Radio, Tune Exposure, XM Satellite Radio, the Balance Record Pool Show, and hosts Decibels, a monthly show on Proton OnDemand.
Interview with Ben Mautner of Royal Sapien.
We discuss making iPod friendly songs and jeep beats; how he began his msuic label, Olaris Records; why he shut down his internet radio station; wher ehe makes most of his money as en electronic musician; the difficulty of touring at night clubs in the U.S.; designing book covers; new media he finds useful to promote himself as an artist; other bands and musicians he compares himself to; hw we feel about Twitter; using remixes in the dance community to raise money for AIDs awareness; the crass consumerism of electornic music magazines; why the relationship between the artsits and the listener is so much more intimate than that that exists in mainstream music; his approach to remixing songs; how he became a DJ and a producer; his favorite song as a child; playing his music for his father; attending raves and spinning and running events as a teenager; where he got the name Royal Sapien; remixing Tilly and the Wall's "Bad Education"; the electro influence.
Featured songs are:
- "Anti-Skate" by No Context
- "San Francisco Love" by Royal Sapien
- "Bad Education (No Context Remix)" by Tilly and the Wall
