I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point. Erol Alkan More Quotes by Erol Alkan More Quotes From Erol Alkan Thank you to BBC6 Music and Something Else for the opportunity to broadcast my corner of electronic and alternative music across the airwaves for the last 6 years. # RIP6MIX Erol Alkan alternatives opportunity years Obviously like many of us, I love music, and I hate music sometimes. Erol Alkan music-love hate sometimes About 20 years ago, I had a dream in which somebody sang one of the most beautiful melodies I'd ever heard, and gave it to me, and warned me not to forget it. Of course, I did forget it by the time I had got out of bed. Now as precaution, my phone is overloaded with half sung melodies. Erol Alkan dream forget beautiful I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now. Erol Alkan musical obsession creative I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives back, is so incredible. Erol Alkan giving people thinking When someone walks into my room and goes 'wow' at my record collection, at that moment I could actually hate music and just want to go sit in the garden. Erol Alkan records garden hate Running a label in 2013, you don't do it for any financial purpose, you do it for all the amazing creative aspects of what you can achieve. Erol Alkan labels creative running It's all gravy when everything's great, but if there comes a point where there's a problem, as with any kind of relationship you need to fix it. There's always going to be something, and it could be the smallest detail you'd never have expected or it could be something substantial, but it's how you deal with things. Erol Alkan details kind needs Everyone is going to prang out at some point. I don't worry about that stuff too much because most things can be sorted out with a chat, a cup of tea and an arm wrestle. Erol Alkan arms worry tea It's getting to the point where, to be honest with you, even though there is a lot of great music around, especially in clubland, certainly from my corner of something I just felt like I needed to get my hands dirty and DJ out. Erol Alkan honest hands dirty Sometimes something has a value, it has an instant quality to it, and that's all it needs to be. Erol Alkan quality sometimes needs I don't know what genre I've fallen into, I don't know where it is, and that's really exciting. Erol Alkan genre fallen exciting I wish I could do something else, I wish I was an amazing painter or a brain surgeon or something, but it's just what it's been. Erol Alkan painter wish brain I think the two sides to me are the same as two sides to anybody. In relation to the link between doing the label and being a DJ, it goes back to the thing of necessity. It's the only way I feel I can do something creative that's going to satisfy me. Erol Alkan two-sides creative thinking Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it. Erol Alkan most-powerful instinct powerful All the best bands have a language, and what they say within that language makes it is what it is. Erol Alkan all-the-best band language Guidance is everything, you have to accept that somebody is their own person, an individual. Erol Alkan individual accepting guidance I like the notion of guiding, because I can offer advice through my own experiences, tastes and beliefs. But it's all in that individual's hands. Erol Alkan taste advice hands Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'. Erol Alkan eggs careers thinking If you can't frighten yourself, I don't think you can excite other people. And I like being frightened. Erol Alkan frightened people thinking
