Christophe Drouillet (3D Vision) interview

So first i want to ask you all.When did you start 3dvision and why and where and etc...?

WE STARTED 3D VISION IN 1998 BECAUSE WE NEEDED A PRODUCTION PLATEFORM IN FRANCE : THERE WAS NO LABEL AND WE WANTED TO KEEP THE PSY TRANCE ALIVE. 3D VISION IS LOCATED IN PARIS, FRANCE....

Then here are mostly questions for Christoff. Can you tell us somethink about yourself?

I AM INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC SINCE I WAS A CHILD AS I WAS RAISED IN A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN FAMILY. CURIOUSLY, I HAD NO TRAINING IN MUSIC AND ELECTRONIC GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO PRODUCE AS YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW MUSIC : I WOULD SAY MORE, THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE BEST IT IS AS THERE ARE NO RULES IN THIS MUSIC...JUST EXPRESS YOUR MIND. I WAS FIRST INVOLVED IN VARIOUS NEW WAVE BANDS WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCE PERFORMING ON STAGE (I WAS THE SINGER OF THE BAND AS WELL AS THE PROGRAMER). FISRT RECORD, FIRST SHOWS AND THEN THE BIG SHOCK : TECHNO. SINCE THAT TIME, I DEVOTED MY ALL LIVE PRODUCING AND PLAYING AROUND : THIS IS WHERE I GET MY FUN AND MY FREEDOM FROM !!!

How long do you producing goa/psytrance? When and where did you rocognized that this is the music you want to make?

SINCE TRANSWAVE IN 1994

Most of 3d vision stuff has typpical sound. How are you choosing new artists?And who is choosing them?

FIRST THING IS THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND (MIXING, SOUNDS, IDEAS ETC...) AND THEN TE EFFECT ON THE DANCE FLOOR. WE NEVER RELEASE A TRACK BEFORE PLAYING IT : THIS IS HOW I WILL QUALIFY OUR MUSIC : DANCE FLOOR!!!

What in your life has mostly influenced you(3d vision guys)?

PARTIES, TRAVELLING, FREEDOM, NATURE....

You have new album(by my opinion its unbelievable journey).How long did you make this album? How did you choose which tracks there will be and witch wont?

I MADE THE WILD ALBUM LAST SUMMER AND I WORKED ON A COMPLETE PROJECT. I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING COVERING DIFFERENT TENDENCES OF PSY TRANCE LIKE DARK TECHNO TO DANCE FLOOR FUNKY BEATS. I ALSO MADE THE FIRST TRACK WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AS I TRUST HER TASTES AND I WANTED A FEMALE TOUCH ON THE ALBUM WHICH IS "WILD" AS ITS NAME. ALL THE TRACKS WERE MADE FOR THE ALBUM.

What is the goal of 3dvision?where do you think it will grow?

KEEP THE PSY TRANCE ALIVE...IT IS AMAIZINGLY GROWING IN JAPAN, AND STARTING VERY WELL IN LATIN AMERICA.

What do you mean about new waves of "psy"musik-minimal technoid psy? Do you like it/or not? if yes why? if not-why?

I THINK THE MORE MUSIC WE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE WE HAVE TO SURVIVE. NOW, AS WE WOULD SAY IN FRENCH, ALL THE TASTES ARE IN NATURE : MINIMAL TECHNO IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA AS I LIKE TRANCE AND THIS IS NO TRANCE FOR ME : IT IS CONFUSING FOR THE PEOPLE AS WELL AS THEY ARE LOST WHEN THEY WANT TO BUY A TRANCE CD AND THERE IS ONLY TECHNO MINIMAL STUFF ON IT...ANYWAY, I ALWAYS PLAY A TECHNO TRACK OR TWO IN MY SETS...

When will you finish your web site:-)))?

I HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO IS VERY BUSY WITH THE ALBUM COVERS FOR THE MOMENT (NEW SUB-SIENCE COMPILATION, NOMAD ALBUM, NEWT B-SIDE COMPILATION, NEW TALAMASCA ALBUM ON SPIRAL TRACKS, 3D STORY COMPILATION, ETC...)

Do you feel some tendentions to commmercialize psyculture?iam asking because i mean that youre staying by the source.Do you feel that that trance scene is getting to much spiritless? Do you feel big difference trought the years?

TRANCE HAS BECOME CYBER AFTER BEING SPIRITUAL FOR A WHILE. IT IS GOOD FOR OUR IMAGE AS WE HAVE ENTERED IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND WE LOOK MORE FITING WITH THE TIME BEING !!!

Future releases, projects, surprises?

NEW COMPILATION SUB-SCIENCE, NOMAD ALBUM, COMPILATION B-SIDE, COMPILATION 3D-STORY. 

interview by T.V.