Influences: Marcel Vogel
German born, Amsterdam resident Marcel Vogel has been DJing for over twenty years with a Chicago and disco house sound. Influenced by the likes of eclectic jocks such as Theo Parrish, he has since become head-honcho of Lumberjacks in Hell and Intimate Friends, home to Dan Shake, DJ Rahaan, Traxx, Ruf Dug and more. Cementing his name as a purveyor of forward-facing house, disco and electronica his eclectic production output and DJ prowess has lead him to become a unique name amongst the unique names of Amsterdam. With an upcoming headline spot at High Fashion Technique in a few weeks, he has selected some hip-hop and 90s R&B which inspired his new LP 'Human Beings'.
Marcel Vogel joins Esa for High Fashion Technique on 2nd December at London’s Junction House. For more info and tickets head to Facebook and RA. Photo by Yvonne Schmedemann.
The concept for “Body to Body” and “Doin It” certainly comes from Reggae Cover version like this. Also the execution is somewhat different , mostly due to my dissatisfaction of the drums I had recorded. My production process sometimes is an endless search for the song and I am not always able to get a track out the way I intended it to coem out. Such a freak accident is “Body to Body”, a cover version I first concepted in a very different form in 2002. In the end I am quite happy the way it ended up, as a reggae influenced new wave track that somehow defies definition.
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Jennifer Lara - I Am In LoveThe concept for “Body to Body” and “Doin It” certainly comes from Reggae Cover version like this. Also the execution is somewhat different , mostly due to my dissatisfaction of the drums I had recorded. My production process sometimes is an endless search for the song and I am not always able to get a track out the way I intended it to coem out. Such a freak accident is “Body to Body”, a cover version I first concepted in a very different form in 2002. In the end I am quite happy the way it ended up, as a reggae influenced new wave track that somehow defies definition.
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The Pharcyde - Moment In TimeThis song is one of the voices in my head. I don’t know how other people communicate but my talk is full of pop-culture references from songs, books, movies. Phrases i’ve heard somewhere and there are a handfull of songs that constantly play in my internal jukebox. I think this was always my favourite track from that seminal Pharcyde LP.
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De La Soul|B-Real - Peer PressureThis came to me via MySpace and a DJ Static Mixtape. The super rigid drums is something I came back to every now and then. Not everything has to swing like crazy, just keep it nice and square on the 1,2,3 and 4 and build the soul all around it.
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Mariah Carey - Fantasy Ft. O.D.B.OK, this tracklist might be slightly misleading from what I actually do as a DJ (hint I play loads of Disco) but a conversion of Tom Tom Club should count. But 90’s R&B is where I am coming from, that’s what I used to dance to when i was a kid, my first love for vocals and soul. Plus the added bonus of having the most crazy memember of the Wu-Tang Clan and the notorious P.Diddy in the mix makes this a tripple threat.
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Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf DancersWell, my record might sound nothing like this but this song certainly is part of my internal jukebox that influences everything I do.
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Erykah Badu - I Want YouThis song as representative for every Erykah Badu, The Roots, D’Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Maxwell etc etc song that I’ve ever heard….
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Evelyn Champagne King - Smooth Talk (1977)I sing this one to myself at least three times a week. One of the first Soul/Disco Lp’s I’ve bought, from one of the greatest Voices of Disco manifested my love for great soulful Vocals.
