Mo Shic is one of my favourite progressive producers and djs. I have asked for interview not counting he could find spare time for that. He replied very fast and then asked for the questions. It turned out he's been on tour which means he does have time for it.

Sound Revolt: First time I heard about you, was your appearance on John Digweed's show at Kiss100 on December 2001. Did John help you to show up on european scene? He declares himself as a big fan of yours.
Moshic: He did? Big respect to me (hehe). I think that today I can say that the first time I came across with the magic and the real underground sound was few years ago when I lived in New York. I went to the Twilo(r.i.p), Digweed & Sasha were practically "giving lessons" the NY crowed!. Lets say that only than I realized that I'm 100% a progressive person.

Sound Revolt: You and Zidan where perceived as a duo for some time. Did you both decided to continue cereers alone? How is Zidane since music world don't hear a lot from him?
Moshic: Zidan is a good friend. Let's also put things into proportion, our project was a 3 singles thing for Plastica, while my career consists of 40 tracks (stopped counting, hehehe). Back than it was a great experience and we had lots of fun together, But he is not a producer and these days he's learning how to become one. Maybe one day in the future when he will be ready he will show up with his own music. But still let's not forget that he is a great DJ and the resident@TLV club.

Sound Revolt: Your productions and remixes have very specific sound. You put a lot of emphasis on drum section, which is very complex in your tracks. Did you find your own style or maybe you're still looking for?
Moshic: Mmmm... A big yes. I found my sound in the past 3 years, and I'm still excited when I'm getting reactions from all over the world, I am amazed with each and every compliment I get about my unique sound. In the beginning I didn't understand what people are talking abort. I didn't notice that at the start but somehow throughout the last 3 years my own sound was crafted and came into being "Moshic style", and these days I can only be grateful for that.

Sound Revolt: Does Israeli culture inspire you? Where is the key to uniqueness of your sound?
It's very hard to answer, and it's a long list of influences in my life, from movies to life's own sounds capes. The Israeli scene is very strong but yet very demanding, my main ambitions are to export different kind of productions That will get special attention on the dance floor. I hate average music and I'm known to my relatives as a guy who yearns for perfection in his life. And I will not go the easy way and sample other people works, 100% Moshic and not a cent less.

Sound Revolt: You edited most of tracks recorded for DJ Mag. Do you think they originally don't sound good enough? What lays beneath your edits?
Moshic: The idea was to "spice" it a little bit and edit the tracks for the perfect mix. All the tracks that I chose are very special for me. All I did was to add the things that I needed inside to make it smooth and perfect.
If I needed to cut the track a little bit or repeat a certain part, I added some of my own sounds and effects to give it the "Mo Shic signature". I call it "cosmetics", after all, even a pretty women still emphasize her look no matter what nature gave her (hehe).

Sound Revolt: What 'underground' means to you? You were mixing at BBC Radio 1, your new tune has been signed for Bedrock and you've been playing on many parties all over the world. Do you still consider yourself as a man of the underground scene?
Moshic: Hehe...the underground scene praise my name from the start of my career. I will always consider myself as an underground fan. Although I'm reaching a much wider audience I will always see my self as an "Ambassador" of the underground sound every where I go. And that's I focused on in my latest BBC Essential Mix. I gave the world a taste of a real underground sound, sure I could walk "the easy way " and play progressive "hits", but when you come to think of it Pete Tong didn't ask me to play a set for him for that reason, he wanted to have me and the sound I reflect in his show .

Sound Revolt: How about other progressive Middle East producers? Just Yunus, Landa or any others we should know about?
Moshic: Both in my new CD "Distorted Patterns" and the recently published "World Series" mix I did for "DJ Magazine" I wanted to expose and represent my favourites middle east producers. I'm following their work in the last few years. They act like Grey Matter (Violet Vision), Double Du, Groovemates, Sharon & Robert , Yunus (Mavi), Subsky, Vek to name but a few.

Sound Revolt: You've announced a track produced with portugeese DJ and producer, Rui Da Silva. Can you say a little more about the fact?
Moshic: Rui and me met in London one year ago after changing some e-mails. We really found a lot of common things, ideas and a deep true friendship evolved. We decided to start a new project. I'm really excited with this cooperation. I'm honored ?cause it's the first time for me to work with a true producer. The first single is completed, we call it "Gibberish".

Sound Revolt: Do you take part in other projects? I've heard some about one Israeli downtempo production...
Moshic: Yes... I'm currently finishing this project, it's with 2 talented singers, it's in hebrew and I might consider translating it into English.

Sound Revolt: "Distorted Patterns" summarizes your work of last two years. Why did it take so much time to release the record?
Moshic: Yes, it was supposed to get released through my first label, MDMA. Later on the company got closed because of the worse financial situation, so I had to look up for another company that will carry out this project so it took a while.

Sound Revolt: What's your opinion on vocals in progressive tunes? Can we expect a full vocal track from you in future?
Moshic: Nice one. Vocals have a bad reputation in the prog scene and maybe because it's hard to play full vocal track in a set. I will always use vocals but not in a full vocal way... That's the meaning.
And the point behind the progressive production is to bring the underground side and the beauty dark side of the vocal. I can say that I'm releasing in the future few dark vocal remixes

Sound Revolt: Many other genres' fans say that progressive is just boring. What would you tell them?
Moshic: I won't tell them nothing but only invite them to listen to hi quality progressive party. Progressive gives you the best experience when the party is "hot" and the vibe is in the air. The problem today is that there are to many average DJ's, average events and mostly average releases. They simply meet the wrong side of the progressive.

Sound Revolt: I just have to ask for it. What is the meanig of 'You won't stop Brasil' song title? It's been recorded by you under Argounaut alias.
Moshic: I was watching the Rio carnaval on TV and got influenced from the authentic and the original brazil rhythm. I ran to the studio and finish this track which is more techi and powerful and I felt that This Rio rhythm gave me the influence so nothing cant stop the brazil. Influence... hehe...

Sound Revolt: Would you like to say anything to your fans in Poland?
Moshic: Just that I cant wait to be there and play my sound over there... I know that the polish girls are a real beauty (ho the girls ho the girls!!)
Viva la underground!

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