Sharam Jey has a long and proud history in dance music. He’s never been one of those A-list names, but from the cooler blend of groovy trance he touted in the late ‘90s (as Billy Hendrix) to the groovy house of Shake It in 2003 to the electro-disco of the mid-2000s up to his present day, he’s got a lot to be proud of. With a new album, In My Blood, out now, we thought it was about time to get a Podcast from him - and his mix of hooky electro grooves and upfront disco is a real peak-time thriller.
Sum up this podcast in 10 words...
From edgy funky new disco sounds to banging electroclash beats.
What’s your personal favourite track on it?
That is difficult to tell. Usually I build up my live sets from a more deep-funky sound at the beginning over to more danceable stuff to heat up the crowd up to some banging eletrco tunes to finally hit them on the head and make them scream for more.
And with this mix I tried to put all these emotions in just a 1-hour-mix. So this is so to say the essence of my sets. But If I would need to name one it would be of course my current single Army Of Men with Cornelia on vocals which is taken from ym new album In My Blood. Remixed by Disco Trash Music, some talented guys from Germany
What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
As I said with this mix I try to range from Blondie-like disco-elements with some hymnic vocal tracks to pumping sounds to get people in the right mood for a nice night out in the club. Plus you will get some nice gimmicks like some old school '80s samples newly interpreted.
What’s the best gig you’ve played recently?
The last 3 months I was fully engaged with my album in the studio and office. Now the album is out I am ready to hit the clubs on a worldwide tour again.
But one of my most memorable gigs was the Hultsfred-Festival in Sweden last year where I was the only DJ among just rockbands like The Strokes or The Babyshambles. I also enjoyed palying in front of 20,000 people at Tomorrowland in Belgium also last year. You can have a look at it on YouTube.
What have you got coming up?
Well, the highlight recently has been the release of my new album In My Blood. It features some great tunes like Monday Morning with Princess Superstar. She already loved the original instrumental club version and she had the idea do vocals on it. The track The Things features Tommie Sunshine on vocals. Honestly I was a sceptical on this but the result just blows me away.
Currently as I said Army Of Men is out as a single with remixes by Arthur Baker TAI, Dirty Disco Youth and more and a video that is just eye candy.
The next single will be “Hearts Of Stone” featuring Andreas Hogby who is the singer of Swedish rockband Torpedo. I got to know him from the director of both the “Monday Morning” and the “Army Of Men” videos. He told me about that rock guy who would like to go a bit more electronic with his music and wanted to sound like my productions. So he quickly agreed to do a song on the album and the collaboration was cut and dried.
And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Be positive, stay true to yourself and have fun in what you are doing… And of course support my album as I have put lots of endless nights and passionate work in it…
Thanks!
TRACKLISTING:
1) Creme Freshey - Do it Right - Creme Fresh
2) Plastiscines – Barcelona (Rory Philips Rmx) - Because Music
3) Alex Metric - It Starts (Evil Nine Rmx) - Marine Parade
4) Mom & Dad - Jump Train - Cdr
5) Tony Senghore - Dism - Cdr
6) Malente &Jay Robinson - What A Bass (Sharam Jey Rmx) - Southern Fried
7) SJ pres. Discofisco - 1 Night - Cdr
8) Sharam Jey ft Cornelia - Army Of Men (Dirty Trash Music Rmx) - King Kong
9) Telonius - Disco Tec (Zombie Nation Rmx) - Cdr
10) A - (Fc Kahuna Rmx) - Cdr
11) Computer Juice - Computer Juice (Riton & Seiji Rmx) - Turbo
12) The Editors - Papillon (TM Edit) - Cdr