So you’re already collaborating as Phace and Misanthrop – what was the drive – what was the creative vision to rename the partnership Neosignal and start the label. PHACE: We’ve been producing separately and together for quite a while now, and we formed the label Neosignal in 2008 and created everything from scratch – the brand, the look, the visuals – the whole feel of the label to represent us. It worked really well and built a strong following, but as time went on, we found ourselves wanting to get outside the genre box and release some bass music, some broken stuff – any kind of electronic music from across the spectrum, and at that point, we decided the project needed a new name in its own right. It was clear to us that we needed to be called Neosignal as well to demonstrate that we’re fully behind the label and it’s not a side project or simply a vehicle for releases. It’s a way for us to explore new fields and really fire ourselves up to create fresh energy and new ideas.
the variables – it has to be your own. We are German after all!!! We always want to have control!! And as Florian said – we want to be making music in a whole range of genres and tempos and our individual identities are very tied to drum n bass so using Neosignal as a band name allows us the freedom to have a catch all umbrella to build all kinds of projects under and take on stage.
The last EP was tremendously successful and featured collaborations with Noisia – how’s the relationship and will you be working on more projects together in the future
PHACE: We met the Noisia boys a couple of years ago and we’ve been firm friends ever since. We’re definitely going to continue working together when the time is right. They’re busy and we’re busy but we always manage to find a couple of windows during the year to sit down and get in the studio together. It’s a strong friendship above and beyond a production relationship, which MISANTHROP: Obviously we both released gives it much more weight and we’re looking a lot on other labels, but it was always going through the filter of that label’s identity. When forward to getting some projects together very soon you release on another label – you may have creative freedom on the music – maybe even neosignal.de the cover art – but if you really value the way an overall experience unfolds and control all