Sound Revolt: So DJing does not make ends meet?
Benz & MD: (Greg) No, not yet.
(Marco) We come from a smaller city where’s rarely any kind of events.

Sound Revolt: How small?
Benz & MD: (Greg) What is it? Like 400 000?

Sound Revolt: (laughs) I come from a 15 000.
Benz & MD: (Marco) Ok yeah. Big difference.
(Greg) Yeah, yeah.
(Marco) But I think here in Europe dance music is more accepted. We came in the hotel and you hear it. Usually in Canada and America anywhere you go there’s very common music like r’n’b, rock and roll. The progressive music and dance music in general is not accepted as it is here.

Sound Revolt: Hmm, interesting view... I need to know who’s responsible for the music in this hotel. Back to Velocity Studios. I checked out the site and it looks great and successful!
Benz & MD: (Marco) I’ve been running that company for about 4 years now. Making music is something that we both started as a hobby, whereas Velocity is my main occupation. We do websites, 3D work, print work, digital imaging. The work I do – we do – I have a business partner I run the company with...

Sound Revolt: Erick
Benz & MD: (Marco) Yeah, Erick! How do you know?

Sound Revolt: I did my research.
Benz & MD: (laugh) (Marco) It’s cool that we’re kind of known around the world with the work that we’ve done.

Sound Revolt: Benson and Hedges, Saatchi and Saatchi, Shure. I was amazed looking at the list of your clients!
Benz & MD: (Marco) We’ve been in all kinds of books. Our works have been featured in Japan, Sweden, Germany and Poland as well. I’ve always been in the art stuff and I was fortunate enough to have a creative business. Everyday it’s something new and it’s interesting. I’ve always been into the music so now I can use a computer for making it and it’s very similar. You’re layering sounds like you’re layering images. Working with colours, working with tones.

Sound Revolt: And how did you feel about August Hall who painted some images while listening to your music? (www.allenspiegelfinearts.com)
Benz & MD: (Greg) They’re really cool!
(Marco) Yeah, yeah. We get a lot of people e-mailing us that they like our stuff but that one was very moving in a way.

Sound Revolt: With that said, you’re fans are going to get more clever. “A few tips how to make you fan mail work”
Benz & MD: (laugh) (Marco) It’s kind of cool with what I’m able to do. I design the website, I put all the images together and all that. I just finished designing a new record cover we just got signed on Baroque. They’re putting an EP out with “Tainted” and “Spiagia”.
(Greg) And you did the Aurium website which will be up soon.

Sound Revolt: What are your musical roots?
Benz & MD: (Greg) I’ve been listening to electronic music since I was 15, 16. Richie Hawtin, Plastikman, John Acquviva - they’re all Canadian artists so you could buy their stuff in a HMV in our town.
(Marco) And you got into hip-hop.
(Greg) Yeah I was really into hip hop for a while when I was in high school.

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