Before his string of Australian shows the big bad French techno warrior Maelstrom, who has seen releases on BoysNoize Records and Sound Pellegrino was kind enough to give us a buzz on a few burning questions we had to ask.

A bit of banter later we ended up hearing about his favourite Australian sounds, not giving a shit about the negativity currently surrounding dance music and scaring women away with his music!

Dates and a stream of his most recent EP ‘Generation’ below.

SR – Which artists have influenced your music the most?
M – Model 500 / Juan Atkins – Spiral Tribe / Manu Le Malin – `Steve Reich – Terry
Riley – Photek – Goldie

SR – What are you looking forward to doing in Australia?
M – Kissing a crocodile

SR – Are there any Australian producers catching your attention at the moment?
M – Wordlife, the Finger Prince, Light Year, and the motorik / bang gang crew are
blowing my mind,

SR – What are the songs closest to your heart?
M – John coltrane ‘a love supreme’ – Roy Ayers ‘everybody loves the sunshine’

SR – What other talents do you have besides production?
M – Cooking, and Parenting skills

SR – What are your thoughts on the current dance/electronic scene? Are we due for
an apocalypse-styled revolution?
M – Honestly I couldnt care less, there’s always going to be good music no matter how,
when, or where.

SR – Have you ever used your music to seduce a woman?
M – I’ve tried once but she run out screaming to the street

Maelstrom Australian Tour Dates

Brisbane – Sunday July 22nd, 2012 | Coniston Lane
Sydney – Friday July 27th, 2012 | Motorik, Club 77
Melbourne – Saturday July 28th, 2012 | Survivor!, The Bottom End