Miles Dyson (Plasmapool), Germany

UK’s top selling artist - Trackitdown 2006
Owner of Plasmapool and 12 record labels

Miles Dyson is one of the fastest rising stars in the world. With his brand of dirty grooves, grinding electro and sexy house beats he’s infecting clubland all over the world. In the early Nineties, he started his career in one of the oldest electronic music clubs in Germany, Futureclub Abby. He was a child prodigy at just 13 years old. Not even old enough to legally to drink he took on his first club residency at 15. By 16 he was performing on his own float playing in front of 400,000 screaming fans at the famous Zurich Street Parade. In 1999 he won the European DJ-championships and that was just the beginning…

With fame slowly catching up to him, Miles started his first label “Plasmapool Productions" in 2002. In 2003 he occupied the number 1 position of the Swiss DJ charts for 30 weeks with multiple releases. It was therefore fitting that later in the year, Miles was honoured with the award "Producer of the Year 2003" in Switzerland.

Since this time he has built a small Empire with his own publishing and production company (Plasmapool media entertainment), digital distribution company (plasmapool.digital), more than 50 exclusive international artists signed and 12 labels (12"boot, 12.inch.recordings, Aelaektropopp, Boyztownrec, Houserecordings, International Porn Recordings, Plasmapool Productions, PlasmaUS, PlasmaWhite, plasma.digital, Raise33 and Suicide Robot)! Miles Dyson and Plasmapool are becoming one of the most successful institutions in the music scene. Plasmapool is now one of Europe's leading vinyl and mp3 selling companies. All this success has led to him being labelled the “CEO of House Music”!

Miles Dyson’s work is now hitting worldwide mainstream with “Electric Soul One” featuring on the cover of Mix Mag and 30Hz “Daddio (Miles Dyson Remix) and “Miles Ahead” selected on the latest Ministry of Sounds Sessions: Summer. Toolroom Record’s super producer Dave Spoon has labelled him one of the most exciting new electro-house producers to emerge over the last couple of years, the music industry calls him “The Boy Wonder” and even the press names him “Electro-God”. He’s also currently producing and remixing for the international music industry elite. His latest remix work “Daddio” (Lot49) and “Rubber Man” (erase records) both hit download charts all over the planet on position 1.

Nocturnal Magazine
“a sick ass techno-house producer whose eclectic bootleg/remix/hammers keep filling my record bag with goodness. Miles' richness exudes through the quality of his arrangements & the texture of his sound. Your ready-for-anything dancefloor will thank you later.”

: Well Miles, the last 18 months has been pretty amazing you must be pleased with your progress?

Yeah, everything is working fine ;) My remix and production schedule is filled, I'm completely booked out with tours till early May 2008 and each new record I release is hitting sales charts. So no need to complain. But also no need to rest - specially NOW I have to work like hell for keeping all that running... But it wasn’t only the last 18 months. The whole thing is constantly growing since I released my first record in 2002 which hit the sales charts in Germany on position 1 instantly!

: What has been the recipe to your success?

Well I guess unlike most producers I’m not focussed on any special genre. But apart from that there are a lot of producers out there you can easily recognize by their sound as they always use the same synths or even the same production lines
I started Djing in 1991 and there was only Trance and Techno. Later House became popular, Breakbeat, 2step, Breaks, Minimal (which exists from the mid 80ies guys – so no new invention!!!!), Speedgarage, Electro aso. So during the years (damn shit - I’m getting old) I extracted all the best skills out of these genre which is now used in my productions. I suppose that’s why people are not getting bored listening my tunes as I’m always able to serve new sounds, new skills, just completely new structures and themes.

: In your career you’ve played at most of Europes top venues and clubs, is there anywhere you haven’t played that you’d particularly like to?

...yep, I've been in many countries during the last years and the last white spots on the map like Tasmania, Korea, Venezuela, South Africa and New Zealand will be toured in early 2k8. But the most desired places I haven't been so far are China and Japan. And as soon as someone will engage me I'm gonna stay there for a month or 2. I'm really eager to see all the landscapes and the culture..
ANYONE OUT THERE FROM CHINA/JAPAN READING THIS?????? ;)

: What’s been the highlight of your career so far?

...to see 7 of my records in the Top10 of European Vinyl Sales Charts the same time and recently placing 2 productions on position 1 AND 2 of Djdownload and the Ministry of Sound download store...

: What releases have you got coming up?

There's a lot of stuff in the line - remixes, own releases, co-productions. It would just be too much to name all that...

: You own 12 record labels too – how is that going? Are they just a platform for your own productions? How do you manage all them at once?

Don't ask!!! It's hell lot of work and it wouldn't be possible without my buddies and employees. I have only 1 label for my own releases "Plasmapool Productions". All the rest is separated into genres or was created for special artists like the "Suicide Robot" label for German live-act “Electrixx” or “aelaektropopp” for Aaren San.

: You use a lot of your own material in your sets but which other DJs and producers are doing it for you right now?

I love the new electro sounds from the UK from artists like Calvertron, Will Bailey, Hervé, Twocker, Micky Slim and Digital Filth. It really ROX!!!!!!

: Do you play your music mainly off vinyl or CDs?

Depends on WHERE I'm spinning; in Europe I mostly have only vinyl with me but due to weight limitations on international flights outside Europe I simply cannot take many records with me. So I'm additionally forced to play CDs there. But to avoid this in the future I started creating sets with a MAC and Ableton Live where I can remix tracks in real-time which is much more fun even than spinning records. But I'm feeling more old-school - so vinyl will attend me all my life.... : How did you learn to mix, was it vinyl decks or CDJs? Come on, I don't know if there were any pitchable CD players on the market when I started Djing ;) So Vinyl on real turntables was the only option that time and I spent like 10 hours each day behind the decks...

: What advice do you have for aspiring DJs out there looking to get into dance music? It’s not only Djing. Apart from a hand full of artists worldwide I don’t know anyone that just became (I hate that word) “famous” because of spinning records only. So you have to face all that market specific additions like “producing”, “marketing”, “promotion” aso. You need a lot of talents, but as long as you believe in your own capabilities and keep working - though it might be hard from time to time – success will come!!!

: If you weren’t DJing what would you be doing?

To be honest Djing bacame the least part of my activities. Most of the time I produce tracks, do remix work, have to manage my labels, my loads of artists, international relationships with other music companies, I also do mastering work for a few big names aso.
But this ain’t really a question as DJing is the most essential thing in my life and I don’t know if it would be LIFE without spinning records ;)

: What is the best thing about this DJing lark?

- seeing thousands and thousands of people screaming in front of you!! I love it!!!
- visiting all the countries
- and meeting all these nice people all over the planet

: And the worst?

- jetlags
- having the fattest man on earth right on the next seat in the plane for 12 hours and you just can’t even move or go to the toilet ?
- Ukrainian airplanes (the last one I took from Simferopol to Kiev crashed on the runway – a turbine exploded!!!!!!!!).

: Are you looking forward to playing in the UK at Filth on 21st December? Absolutely!!! The UK is a very special place for music and I think there’s no other place on earth where people LIVE music that extensively. You have an amazing musical culture and I really love spinning there!

: Will you be partying after your set?

Hello, I’m here for PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

: What is your favourite thing about playing in the UK?

The explosive atmosphere!! The UK is a place where you can play records you would never ever spin somewhere else on the planet. People here just UNDERSTAND music more intuitive.
Not to mention meeting all my UK friends...

: What’s next for Miles Dyson?

I’m facing a new mix compilation which will be out in January, a lot of new productions and remixes will be coming in the next weeks and I recently started on a track with Hardy Hard (f.k.a Hardsequencer, a big name in the breaks scene and co-founder of MAYDAY). There are also negotiations of remix swapping and co-productions with Filthy Rich, DJ Dan and some other guys...

As I said – no need to rest ;)

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