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The Hectors Mixtape ~ Hosch & Ekka | [THM047]

📼 The Hectors Mixtape 📼
[THM047]
Hosch & Ekka

1) Tell us about yourself [Andrew Burns and Ben Connelly aka Hosch & Ekka]….. 
Our first introduction to DJing was at a house party where we were both playing around on some decks, courtesy of our good friend Mr Patrick Do Rego, who was the self proclaimed DJ and lighting professional for what seemed to be every party that was thrown by our friends at school. Shortly after that we decided to team up as a duo and got hooked on producing our own music very quickly. Whilst still in school we played some under 18’s nights in cab vol and studio 24 which kept us motivated. Skipping class became a regular occurrence after discovering the school’s music studio - the teachers always knew where to find us…

2) How did you get into music and DJing?
We learned to mix with some basic numark decks and a two channel mixer. Without any USB input we were left burning CD’s on the way to gigs, quite often in the passenger seat of the car, (we’re glad to say we’re more organised now!) Our first ever record purchase was Kayra - Let me love you. We first heard this song in an 80’s inspired film and it took us deeper into the stems of house and rave culture.

3) Who/what are your favourite DJs/producers/labels?
One of our first and pivotal experiences of dance music was during a trip to London at the age of 18 where we entered the world famous Fabric. Awaiting us was a 7 hour set with Laurent Garnier & Craig Richards on warm up. Their passion and skill for DJing along with their incredible record collection inspired us massively and made the night one that we will never forget. It was 8AM and Garnier wasn’t showing any signs of leaving the booth, even after exceeding the official close of the club. We danced for another hour and surrendered at 9AM to catch our (very rough) flight back to Edinburgh! That night in Fabric most definitely changed our appreciation for music and how we wanted to play our own sets.

4) Tell us about your mix…..
We thoroughly enjoyed putting this mix together that we feel questions today’s judgement of what house and techno is defined by. We have included a range of deeper sounds along with some more driving tracks. It was Recorded in our home studio on two XDJ 1000’s (which thankfully have USB ports)

5)What are your future plans?
We are currently spending a lot of time in the studio to complete our debut EP and have explored many different genres and ways of making music over the last few years. We are also adding live elements to our sets and plan to make this a big part of our future.

Mix tracklist: 
Rills - Love Loop
Adam Port - Sally
Roy Rosenfield - When We Were Innocent
Mark Allow - White Tusk
The Mole - If I had a Nickel
Sasse - Gino (Lanzarote Mix)
Chymera - Episode
Chymera - 7 Hours
Magnus International - Kosmetic
Soulstar Syndicate - Love 4 Love
808 State - In Yer Face (Bicep Remix)
Tevo Howard - Spend some time (Underground Mix)
Bjorn Torske - Clean Air