Jordy Lishious Interview Posted by Steve Tucker on Jun 12, 2007 - 2:13:33 PM

Marco V Tipped Jordy Lishious as being the next best producer to come out of Holland for 2007. Marco V should be a Psychic as Jordy Lishious has had his 1^st track “Raw” signed to Ministry of Sound Data Records! So when we heard that his UK debut was at The Honey Club we took the opportunity to interview Jordy to give you a better idea of who he is and what he thinks of the UK house scene.

Hi Jordy, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions.

Steve:   Who is Jordy Lishious?

Jordy: Err, how do I describe myself…  Jordy Lishious is a nice guy that lives in the southern part of Holland, likes spending time with his friends and girlfriend, loves good movies, making music with my mate Boy and enjoys playing in front of an auspicious crowd!

Steve: How did you come up with the name Jordy Lishious?

Jordy: Actually, it wasn’t my idea! Marcel Woods gets all the credits! I know him for a couple of years now, and we were brainstorming about my name. Eventually he came up with Jordy Lishious (Jordy Sgusting, Jordy Partment and Jordy Pneck weren’t that good… Heheh) =)

Steve: What have you been up to over the past few months?

Jordy: The last months we have been quite busy in the studio producing new tracks and remixes. Also I’m very busy in the weekends, driving through Holland to play my music all over and I’ve got my own radio show on XFM ( www.xfm.nl ) every Saturday from 9pm – 10pm.

Steve: In your biog you talk about early memories of music. What influenced you to get hooked on house music?

Jordy: I think I discovered my true love for house music when I went to the first big party (Trance Energy in 2000) and when I started clubbing. One of the biggest clubs in my hometown “The Talk of The Town” had a marvellous resident-dj who really knew what good house-music was. He always played tracks nobody ever heard before (internet wasn’t that big back then..) but nobody seemed to matter. The cool vibe and the good house music were the perfect elements for everyone who liked to party in the weekend!

Steve: How would you describe the Dutch Dance scene at the moment?

Jordy: Massive as in HUGE AS HELL!! Every weekend you can see your favourite big heroes throughout the country! House is just everywhere!! Sometimes it seems like there’s an overkill of parties and clubs organizing their thing, like everyone wants to make a little money out of it.. I think the Dutch audience is a little bit spoiled because of that, but gladly there are still loads of clubbers where the true love for house music is still visible!!

Steve: Your UK debut is at Honey Club this weekend. What sound can the clubbers expect to hear from you?

Jordy: The music I like to play isn’t just one type of house-music in my eyes. I like a good vocal-record, but also a nice rough techy-edged stomper! It’s all about the dopeness!! House-music has to be danceable and has to bring a certain atmosphere with it. I’m really looking forward to play for the UK crowd!! Please gimme a little feedback over there guys, haha! ;)

Steve: What are your thoughts on the UK Dance scene?

Jordy: I think there a loads of people who really are into house and everything that has to do with it. Because I’ve never experienced an UK party or something, I have to go with my feeling and the stories I’ve heard of fellow-dj’s. So I can tell you a bit more after the weekend ;-)

Steve: Do you think that the UK Club scene is ready for Jordy Lishious?

Jordy: I certainly hope so! It has been my dream for about all my life to travel the world and spreading (my vision of) good music. The UK is the capital of electronic music so I hope I can fit in!

Steve: I am loving your production especially your 1^st track “RAW”. Where and from whom do you draw your inspiration from?

Jordy: Raw is the first track Boy Lamoen and I made under the “Jordy Lishious” pseudonym. I wanted to make a cool, dope house-track, but not with the “standard” electro sounds of this moment. It turned out to be a track with some rough synths, but also with a feel-good melody. Because there are so much tracks out there that just look like every other track, we wanted to do things a little bit different. We didn’t want to make an exact copy of a big hit. But my sources of inspiration are people like René Amesz, of course Steve Angello and friends and every producer that makes original, quality house-music!

Steve: What was your reaction when you found out that Ministry of Sound’ Data Records where signing it?

Jordy: I couldn’t believe the text-message I received from Dick (label-manager BeYourSelf Music former ID&T Music)!! I was shopping in the Ikea with my girl and was completely blown-away ( a few Pjotr’s and Flörk’s are still in reparation, sorry for that…) ! Even before I had the chance of realizing it, Boy called me in an instant. It’s so cool to know that other people like the music you make and that they support you! Ministry is one of the worlds biggest house-labels so it’s a true honour to have a track of mine released over there!

Steve: What production software do you use to produce your tracks?

Jordy: We work with a MacG5 with Logic and a bunch of plug-ins. We only use internal software and softsynths.

Steve: What has been the high light of your career and why?

Jordy: There are so many things I can be thankful about. The fact “Raw” has been signed in the first place, and now has been licensed to M.O.S., my first time in the Escape in Amsterdam, my first foreign gig in Oslo, being asked to do a remix for Benjamin Bates, the massive gigs I had in the biggest club in Holland; The Matrixx, hearing that some of the biggest names in the industry are supporting your productions (Angello, Erick Morillo, MArtijn ten Velden, Dave Spoon, Marco V…) and so on!

Steve: Tea or Coffee?

Jordy: Definitely Coffee! (Sometimes tea, but that’s when I ran out of coffee)

Steve: What is the ring tone on your mobile at the moment?

Jordy: The theme from Super Mario 3 from the SNES! Nostalgia to the max !

Steve: If you could be a super hero who would you be and why?

Jordy: Not so much a super hero, but the first thing I can come up with is SpongeBob! In my eyes he’s a true hero, haha! I’ve got all of the season’s DVD’s at home and I love to check a few episodes every once in a while. Really my type of humour.

Steve: What is the next instalment for Jordy Lishious’ production?

Jordy: The new Jordy Lishious track will have some more accents on the beats. We want to make a track that will rock the floors instantly, with some minimal beats in the break and some hyped-up synths which will start rocking as the break will set trough! I’m pretty happy with the first arrangement we made last week. Hopefully we both can find some more time this week to finish the first version. So maybe I’ve got something exclusive for this weekends UK gig!

Steve: Finally, If you had one week to live what would the 5 things you would do before you met your maker?

Jordy: Hmm, a tough question.. Actually, I’m aware of the fact that every day can be your last, so my goal is to do as much things that I can that I like to do.. But I definitely would like to see some certain places and spots in the USA. I’d like to take a parachute-jump once, spend as much time as I can with my girl, closest friends and relatives, play at the ultimate gig and that’s about it I think! I’m already quite happy now =)

Excellent, Thank you for your time Jordy and all the best for the future.

You can catch Jordy Lishious on Saturday 09 June - Sin City @ The Honey Club – Brighton.

Also playing will be Mantana and The Drunken Punks.