60 Seconds With Tony Lionni

With the release of 'As One' next week, Danced On Arrival caught up for a brief chat with Tony Lionni, the man behind the beautiful 'Found A Place' and one of the best house/techno producers around.

DOA: 'Found A Place' proved to be a big hit for you, did you ever think it would be so adored by clubbers and critics alike?
TL: The music market is a very unpredictable one at the moment. It's simply a case of getting music to the right people at the right time via the right media. I always have faith in my music, it's down to the public afterwards whether or not it has a lemmings effect.

DOA: Which of your tracks are you most proud of?
TL: All of them.

DOA: Growing up, what kind of music and artists did you listen to?
TL: From a very early age disco, soul and jazz funk, then later when hip hop and electro arrived developing into jazz, reggae etc...

DOA: What is your philosophy towards dance music?
TL: What ever makes you move. As an artist you have to find yourself and your sound signature as Theo said.

DOA: When you first started producing, which artists influenced your sound?
TL: Ron Trent, Theo Parrish, Kerri Chandler, before that in 1988 - Todd Terry, Adonis etc..

DOA: What were your ambitions for 'As One' when it came to making it?
TL: To compile an album which reflects the electronic and deep house side of my productions as I also write techno and tech house.

DOA: Do you think the quality of house music, on the whole, is currently in decline or ascendancy?
TL: It's exactly the same as it's been for the last 10 years or so and hasn´t moved on that much in the last 6 or 7 years, but there's still plenty of scope. It's simply media talk jumping on the bandwagon that house music's dead.

DOA: Following your album launch, what have you got noted down in your schedule?
TL: World tour and a couple of remixes coming out.

DOA: If you could work with any DJ/producer at the moment, who would it be?
TL: To be honest probably no one as from past experiences, for me, it doesn´t work. It becomes too claustrophobic and cluttered.

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