SATOSHI TOMIIE IN PERSON (Continued...)

DN : You've also worked with Robert Owens again, who featured on 'Tears' your collaboration with Frankie Knuckles, How influential would you say that Frankie Knuckles and that song have been on your career?

ST : Yeah, I guess it's one of my greatest moments of my career, having a record like 'Tears' for my debut single. It wasn't something I expected to become reality, so yeah it was a good thing.

DN : I've heard that you're remixing the Future Sound of London classic 'Papua New Guinea, can you tell me a bit about that and when it's been released?

ST : Yeah, almost finished. At the beginning of the year, early February I think, the label asked me to do a remix of this record. I really liked the Hybrid mix who have also remixed it. I mean, to me doing the remix, it gives me the chance to be creative and is a kind of challenge. I've been doing the remixing for a long time, basically, most of the time, I take remixing jobs because I can be creative and I see it as a challenge to make something exiting, and this is definitely one of them. I've took some time, as it's not an easy record to do. When I do a record like this, I don't know, maybe I take too long, but I want to get it right. I have no idea when it's being released though, I've actually finished the mix, I'm just doing the editing now on my computer.

DN ; You've also remixed a local production team 'Little Green Men' (Scott and Scooby) from Newcastle can you tell me how you became interested in them?

ST : Yeah man, I'm working on it, I just love the song, (Need). The last time I was here, Scott played me his track on CD and I really liked the track so I decided to remix that.

DN : You've recently set up your own label 'Saw Recordings' recently releasing 'Paronize' by Bipath. Can you tell me a bit about that and the reasons behind setting it up?

ST : I've been thinking about doing it for the last few years. The main reason is that I'd like to release something more experimental. I also want to do my own stuff and then put out a record whenever I want, instead of waiting for someone else's schedule. I want it to be very underground, I mean Love in Traffic is obviously very underground, but I want it to be even more experimental than that. Working with other producers and the up and coming artists, that really excites me. I'm not really into being a big A&R man though, I just want to release stuff and give people a chance. I mean, it's good to have record sales, but before that it's the music.

DN : And finally, what's happening in the future with yourself and Saw Recordings?

ST : Well, I guess I want to just keep doing what I'm doing, I'm sure 20 years later I'm still playing records and producing records. Nobody can tell what the music will be like in the future, but I want to stay cutting edge all the time. As far as Saw Recordings, I don't want to stick to one style, the first two releases were between progressive and house, but the third release is more tech-house. I want it to be more diverse. I like different types of music, that's why the first album was a diverse style of music. So naturally I don't want to stick to one style, but basically keep doing what I'm doing.