Sound Revolt: Well, expensive plane tickets from Australia were one of the reasons we came all the way to Budapest to see you. We knew that Polish promoters still can’t afford Infusion so we took our chances while you were quite close.
Infusion: Cool!

Sound Revolt: When you play live you improvise. What was the story with the Essential Mix?
Infusion: How we’re playing live tonight is exactly how the Essential Mix was done. We always play live exactly the same way. The difference was that the Essential Mix was done in a studio so there was no audience. We were a bit reluctant to do it ‘cause there was no one there to react off. It was something like a masturbation. We just placed our live equipment in the studio and got into it. We had one false start. We were going for like half an hour but it didn’t work to well so we stopped.

Sound Revolt: One?
Infusion: Yes, and then straight through. It was few minutes over so we had to make some cuts but that’s basically how it was done.

Sound Revolt: Amazing!
Infusion: (laughs) We feel very responsible for staying true to what we do and it is pretty hard to make it work every time. But not everything should be easy. We like the fact that we come up different each time. If someone came to see us 4 times in a row, 10 times in a row, 20 times in a row would never get the same thing. We like that though it’s hard but the fact it’s improvised keeps us interested.

Sound Revolt: The vocals are live to?
Infusion: Totally. Vocals are most live I guess. Everything is in 16, 32 bar loops and each element of the track is on each keypad. Kicks, hats, closed hats, bass lines – every sound is in a loop. We got them on a display and we decide what to bring in. So every combination is always on the fly and each sound as well is mixed individually. I think the downside of that is that you can’t really make it intricate. No complex build-ups and edits that you can do in the studio. You have to approach it in a different way ‘cause it’s a lot more loop based. Break ins are out, fade ins are out. You can’t go to a completely different section of a track. But the trade off is that it actually is live.

Sound Revolt: Is the Essential Mix that important in Australia as in Europe?
Infusion: No, ‘cause no one gets it in Australia. No one listens to it. There are people who get it of the net but that’s like few thousands max. Dance music is not really that big in Australia. Apart from the really commercial side.

Sound Revolt: From our perspective it looks a bit different. Australia has Infusion, Luke Chable and Kasey Taylor. You have your own Dance Music Awards. It really gives a feeling that dance music is quite popular there.
Infusion: I guess we try to make it more popular by having those awards. Even though it’s great people get recognition for what they do I think it’s a little bit premature to have them. It’s not like Oscars or anything like that. Usual guy on the street wouldn’t know what Dance Music Awards were. People outside the dance community doesn’t care about it

Sound Revolt: In Poland, dance music stands for completely different sound - like laser trance or Blank & Jones.
Infusion: Exactly the same in Australia. People think about Vengaboys. That’s what gets in the charts. That kind of sound. Ferry Corsten isn’t really big in Australia. It’s even more commercial than that. Our sound is quite underground there. Even though it’s popular in its own way it’s not chart topping, not at all.

Sound Revolt: Do you know maybe if Luke Chable ever sleeps?
Infusion: (Laughs) He’s got a lot of work to do. He takes a lot more than he probably can handle. But it’s a good thing. He is a bit of a workaholic but the thing is – I think he works really fast. He’ll have an idea for a track that will sit on for few weeks but he will finish it in an afternoon. Bang, bang, bang – all done. But anyway - he’s got so much to do. He’s doing a mixed CD at the moment. He’s still very young and has this kind of enthusiasm to take everything on and finish it. He’s an awesome guy.

Sound Revolt: He’s flooding the scene right now.
Infusion: Yeah. Even his manager doesn’t know about half of Luke’s releases. He just done so much stuff at once. He’s quite prolific and very very talented.

Sound Revolt: Do you guys have wives and normal lives?
Infusion: Oh God no! (laughs) We’re all single. No kids, nothing like that. Still few years left for that.

Sound Revolt: How old are you anyway?
Infusion: I’m 28, Manuel is 27 and Franks is 26.

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