Best of 2013 Interview: The Upcoming Duo Corti Organ (Daniel & Nikola)

Corti Organ started as a DJ and producing project of two young guys, who want to share their passion for electronic dance music. Influenced mainly by the rising of Trance in the mid to late 90s, the two guys constantly wanted to experience new sounds.

The passion for electronic dance music originated from the tremendous spectrum of sounds — the clear atmosphere of Trance music, the straight line of Techno, the flexibility of House. Besides those three generally defined genres and their subgenres, there are a lot of other styles, other then the EDM, which arouse their interest.

The huge spectrum of musical influences led from DJ’ing to actually producing music. 2010 was the year of the first releases and already the playground for different genres. Progressive Trance, Uplifting as well as more Techy approaches got their way through. And with the help of a lot of talented people and labels around Corti Organ got the platform to release all their musical output.

2012 was the year of a few major changes for Corti Organ. They got in touch with more DJs, producers and labels to push their sound to a higher level.

With their friend and fellow Dutch producer Husman we shared some experiences whilst working on their own tracks, but eventually led to two collabs as Husman & Blidge.

Throughout this process of developing 'our sound' as Corti Organ they got supported by Woody van Eyden, Alex M.O.R.P.H., played by Maarten De Jong, Paul Oakenfold, M.I.K.E, Paul van Dyk and the legend himself Armin van Buuren.

Now with even more ideas for upcoming productions and events they are ready and well set up for a further progress in sound. :)

Name:  Corti Organ (Daniel & Nikola)
Location: Germany &  Croatia

Dimitri:  Can you tell us about your achievements in your music career in 2013 as DJ &/or producer? 

Corti Organ: The collaboration with Alex M.O.R.P.H. was a highlight for us. The track reached number 21 in the Beatport trance charts. Not to forget, our first DJ performance at Nature One Festival, we loved it !

Dimitri: If you look back on 2013, are there any events in your music career that you wished you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Corti Organ: No not really. We love what we do and we do it because it’s our passion. Sometimes though, when we are in the studio, we wish to have a classical piano education, which would make melody making probably faster :)

1) Best Track:
Corti Organ: Protoculture - Laguna

2) Best Artist (DJ & producer):
Corti Organ: Alex M.O.R.P.H. 

3) Best Remix:
Corti Organ: BT – Skylarking (Ilan Bluestone Remix)

4) Best Remixer:
Corti Organ: Ilan Bluestone

5) Best New Talent (DJ or producer):
Corti Organ: Of course us, Corti Organ! Hahaha! :) Other than that our buddy Husman

6) Best EDM Album:
Corti Organ: Lange – We Are Lucky People   

                                                      
7) Best EDM Compilation:
Corti Organ: Vonyc Session 2013 by Paul van Dyk

8) Best artwork/cover of an album or compilation:
Corti Organ: HeavensGate Volume 2 CD   

                                    
9) Best lyrics in an EDM track:
Corti Organ: RAM and Susana - RAMelia

10) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on an EDM track:
Corti Organ: The Nameless Girl ("Bright Light" on Fenology Records)

11) Best EDM Label:
Corti Organ: Vandit Records

12) Best Music Video:
Corti Organ: Estiva & Cardinal feat. Arielle Maren - Wait Forever

13) Best amusing video from Youtube related to Dance Music:
Corti Organ: Must be “Armin van Buuren studio fail”, hilariously silly!      

      
14) Best Online Social media network:
Corti Organ: twitter.com, it's fast and direct

15) Best music composition software:
Corti Organ: Ableton

16) Best Event or Open Air Festival:
Corti Organ: Nature One

17) Best personal DJ Gig:
Corti Organ: Nature One 2013 at HeavensGate Floor.

18) Best DJ set of the year from another DJ?:
Corti Organ: This is hard, they are a lot of really good ones out there and we can't decide.:)


19) Best country in which you have performed:
Corti Organ: Germany!

20) Best Radio show:
Corti Organ: HeavensGate

21) Best Radio station:
Corti Organ: Lots of good channels out there.

22) Best Online Record shop where you usually purchase your music:
Corti Organ: Beatport

23) Best Website that you visit regularly:
Corti Organ: Youporn? Oh no wait www.amazona.de

24) Best smart phone/mobile/App:
Corti Organ: Tweetbot

25) Best DJ/Producer product (software or hardware):
Corti Organ: Quadrafuzz, best distortion 

26) Best new sound or sample which has been used in EDM this year, preferably introduced by you?
Corti Organ: Oh this is hard, probably that oldschool lead sound in Magnum :)

27) Best Twitter or Facebook message you received from a fan or friend or you have read from someone else:

Corti Organ: A real flattering comment of one of our biggest fans regarding our track Adria

"glad to say that I will be celebrating the birthday of Corti Organ - ( ADRIA ) after two months ....coz that’s the track which changed my life...& showed the way how to enjoy every moment of life....thnxx to you guyzz for making this wonderful track...& I wud also like to tell you that its been a year since adria is released but till now I cant go a single day widout listing to adria....iTS MY DRUG..HAHA..#RESPECT TO CORTI ORGAN"

28) Best piece of News you heard this year related to Electronic Dance Music:
Corti Organ: That we can have a release with Alex M.O.R.P.H. and to play at Nature One. Happy times!

29) Best holiday destination or best hobby or activity that you spent some time in during 2013
Corti Organ: Croatian coast is our favourite and very nice. You should check it out. Maybe during Ultra Europe!

30) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career:
Corti Organ: Take your time, don't rush and stay true to yourself and do what you like.

31) The Best Book this year, preferably related to EDM:
Corti Organ: Sorry, no idea.

32) Best Movie of the year preferably related to EDM or inspired you to compose a track.
Corti Organ: Django Unchained!

33) Best tip that you learnt this year relating to DJ’ing or music composition
Corti Organ: Less is more, we learn it every year!

 Dimitri: 2014 is ahead of us; would you like to tell us your plans for future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations or DJ gigs.

Corti Organ:  End of 2013 we have an EP coming out with a nice remix on Fenology. For 2014 we have a lot of exciting new music coming and hopefully some gigs. Other than that Nikola will graduate. :)

Dimitri: Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to this interview

Corti Organ: Thanks for having us!

Thanks to Timo at Fenology/ Music & Artist agency for his support to organize this interview

Interview was written and conducted by Dimitri Kechagias, Music Journalist, Radio / DJ

Additional info:
http://www.corti-organ.com/
http://www.facebook.com/CortiOrgan
http://www.twitter.com/CortiOrgan
http://www.youtube.com/CortiOrgan
http://www.soundcloud.com/CortiOrgan