Hi this is Luke, Fran & Rhys from the Futuristic Polar Bears from UK. Between us we have over 25 years in the music industry playing all over the world and working with and meeting some great people which House Music is all about.

 How did it all begin, what made you start with the producing and the Dj:ing?

Luke: Myself and Fran had been working together for about 5 years before we met Rhys. We had been booked to play a gig in Swansea in Wales where Rhys is from and it was his friend who booked us. We just started chatting that night and decided we wanted to do a collaboration in the studio. Rhys had already been producing under the name Stefano Azati and had some releases on CR2 whilst myself and Fran had been working with Kid Massive for several years for Audiodamage Records. As soon as all 3 of us sat in the studio together we came up with a belter and decided to start the Futuristic Polar Bears. 

What are you aiming for?

Fran: Our main aim is to always provide quality house music for people to enjoy. You get a great feeling watching people enjoy our music at events and that means a lot to us. As long as people are enjoying our sound and watching us play we will keep doing it!!!
Rhys: We have some goals to achieve including labels we want to sign with, Clubs/festivals we want to play at and people we want to work with. We have them on a vision board in the studio and it’s the 1st and last thing we look at every day when we get in to work.

Futuristic Polar Bears has signed with Fransesco Diaz’s own record label Wormland Black, how did that happen? 

Luke: We made Offshore just before the summer and our friend Jason Herd road tested it for us on his Australian Tour as well as numerous plays in Ibiza and the UK from us. The feedback was great on it and we carefully picked who we’d like to sign it with. Amongst all the offers we got we felt Wormland would do the best job. Francesco and Sebastian from Wormland have been brilliant and we hope to keep working with the label for a long time. We have actually just signed out follow up single with them ”Shiva” that we made with Hayley Parsons that is out next year.

Do you have any role models or something like that?

Fran: We don’t necessarily have any role models but we take influences and guidance from a lot of people. It’s important to have good friends around you and like minded professional people working with you in this industry.

In what Genre do you see yourselves in? 

Rhys: We are in the house music genre plain and simple. Our ethos is ”As long as you can drop it peak time in a set, we’ll either make it or play it”

How’s the situation right now, any special gigs and releases? 

Luke:We’ve had a busy 2011 studio wise and gig wise. 2012 we hope is going to be a special year for us. We’ve just signed with FRESH ARTISTE MANAGEMENT for our bookings and they have great roster with DJ’s like Sonny Wharton, Jonathan Ulysses, DONS, Peyton, Matt Caselli, Hayley Parsons, K Klass & many more. We are also working with some great people on collaborations right now including Jonathan Ulysses, Ralph Good, Sonny Wharton, Hoxton Whores and Kid Massive.

Where do see yourselves in the future? And what do you hope for?

Fran: We hope to be doing this as long as we can. If you put hard work in and believe in yourself this industry can be very rewarding. Touring America, Asia and Australia is a not to distant goal for us that we hope to achieve in the next 24months.

We’re really proud to give our readers an exclusive interview with Tim Berg aka Avicii. As you all now Avicii is one of the hottest names on the House & Electronic scene right now and have made a real big name of him the latest year. As a start of this interview we would like to thank Tim Berg’s manager Ash Pournouri, At Night Management and Tim Berg himself for taking their time to answer these questions. For more information visit www.atnight.se / www.avicii.com.

So Tim, tell us, how did it all start? And in what age did you start making music?

Well I’ve always been into music! Even though I myself never went to a music school, a lot of my friends did so I’ve always been surrounded by people who know music! Then I kinda got into playing guitar and around the same time I started listening to house music aswell, and then I heard about all these different programs and I decided to download one and give it a try! Got instantly hooked and have been producing ever since.

You’ve went from being an underground Dj to a world known, how do you actually feel about that?

I think it’s amazing that so many people actually listen to my music and show up at my gigs. That’s what captured me from the beginning; I’ve always wondered how it felt to be well-known and to have my own fan base. And it feels sick that everything happened so fast. I’m really grateful to have this opportunity and feeling very lucky to have my manager, I wouldn’t be half as far without him. The way he helped me to get started and always stood up to me, I could never repay him for that.

Can you tell us a little about your life before you started with music?

I started with music my senior year in high school so I haven’t been able to do anything else. The year after high school we’re spent to produce night and day with the attitude to give it a try. Spend a few years and see how it went, before I decided to start studying on college and that. So I didn’t have time to “do” anything and just wanted to take a stand to give it all for music or not.

How you can you describe your life Then compared to Now?

The latest months have faded so quick that I haven’t been able to melt it in any way, the only big difference from the beginning until now is that I’ve noticed how people enjoy my music more and more. And more work of course! But I think that the biggest difference is that I’m not able to be home as much as I was before. My own studio time decreases and the time I spend on gigs increases all the time.

Without a doubt it’s all the traveling I have to do. Even dough I enjoy seeing the world and all, you quickly start to getting bored of all the airports, the flights and the hotel rooms. And you don’t have the time to actually see something special when you travel, and when you got the time, you’re tired because of the past night. It also sucks to be away from your family and friends that much. But to be honest I have to say that I wouldn’t change this for anything. I’m really grateful for my situation today and I’m really enjoying what I’m doing.

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With best regards, Oscar & Linus – HouseNu.

Thank you for your time and we’re looking forward to follow you in the future Tim.

2010-11-29