{"id":12470,"date":"2010-07-08T20:19:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T19:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/basshunter\/"},"modified":"2010-07-08T20:19:49","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T19:19:49","slug":"basshunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/basshunter\/","title":{"rendered":"EQ Interview With Basshunter – “I’m 25 years old, I’m single, I’ve never been this happy with my haircut in my entire life…”"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n And what a lovely haircut he has indeed…\n<\/p>\n I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Basshunter<\/strong>. Love or hate his music, I've always appreciated that he helped bring fun techno (or what he calls euro-dance) back to the forefront and made it a bit popular again. Coupled with the fact that he was just a normal guy from Sweden making computer music and sort of fell into his place in the music industry, Basshunter <\/strong>is proof positive that any musician with a little bit of ambition and an internet connection can take their laptop songs off the desktop and get them played throughout the world. Having garnered a huge number one with "Now You're Gone"<\/strong> and having produced a few albums now, Basshunter<\/strong> is now ready to show the world who he really is with new single "Saturday".<\/strong> What I loved about this interview with Basshunter<\/strong> is how he explains that he's not the guy you see in his music videos – he's kinda "what you see is what you get"<\/em> and that is a funny and excitable 25 year-old guy who enjoys the good times, earning some dough and most definitely keeping it real with the ladies.\n<\/p>\n If you want to know more about what Basshunter<\/strong> is up to with his next album and why he chose to change his sound a bit for "Saturday"<\/strong> then read on! Basshunter<\/strong> also talks about his time on Celebrity Big Brother<\/strong> and why he enjoys spending so much time here in the UK…\n<\/p>\n So "Saturday", is quite different for you actually. When I first saw the video, I thought it was a bit of change for you – in the good way…<\/span><\/strong> Whose idea was it to give the Basshunter sound a little bit more of an electro-pop feel?<\/span><\/strong> I always refer to you as "the man who brought fun techno back"<\/em> – how do you feel about that branding?<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n What did it feel like when you released "Now You're Gone" and it became massively popular and you then started to see more acts doing the same sort of music?…<\/span><\/strong>
Yeah – it's different in a very good way if you ask me. I've been producing dance music and euro dance music for 8 years now and this is it. I'm quite proud of the song. <\/p>\n
A lot of things that I've produced never get released. If you listen to my unreleased folder on my computer you'll hear a lot of different kind of stuff. There's some stuff that I produced two years ago that will be on the new album and it will be a little more "poppy". To answer your question on whose idea it was – it was no one's idea. It just came out like that. We decided to end the video storyline with Aylar<\/strong> and all that with "I Promised Myself" <\/strong>as the closing chapter. I've been represented as kinda like "a high school kid" – a<\/em>n innocent high school guy that ended up with the prettiest girl and had love problems and all. But seriously, that never happened. I'm not like that. I haven't had a girlfriend in five years. I love my freedom, I love my parties, I love the girls. This is actually the first time in my commercial career where I am representing myself. And as you can see in the video, there is a lot of partying, a lot of girls. That's what "Saturday"<\/strong> is all about". Going out partying, going out with girls, hanging out with your friends, drinking, having more drinks with more girls and hopefully end up doing something else when the sun comes up. I feel great. <\/p>\n
You call it techno, in America they call it techno. Judging by the beats and the bass-drums and bass-lines I am using – it's not euro-dance, it's electronic music with very melodic melodies. I wouldn't refer to it as techno – I would say dance music generally… <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I get that question a lot – there wasn't anything like it at that time and the years before it was mostly pop and R&B. So yes, when people say I brought back a new era of techno\/dance music, I must say that I am proud, very grateful and happy. There has been so many producers who have just been waiting for this and if you're telling me, I was the one who opened up the doors again, I'm very honored and very very happy for anyone I might have opened a door for…\n<\/p>\n