We were lucky enough to catch Nic Fanciulli between his gigs in Denver and San Diego, which he did as part of the world tour to promote his compilation recently released on the Renaissance label, and to chat with him about the White Isle, his work projects and squirrels.

Sound Revolt: You’ve got very busy schedule. You are traveling and playing gigs all over the planet, you’re a Radio1 resident and a resident of Space on Ibiza, your Club Class is moving from Maidstone to the Ministry of Sound in London, quite recently you released your own EP and a compilation for Renaissance. Do you have a feeling that your time has just come?
Nic Fanciulli: I don’t know (laughs). That is probably the hardest question to answer. I think that everything has come together and I’m really lucky and fortunate at the moment to be playing in really good clubs around the world and traveling a lot. But there are good times ahead too.

Sound Revolt: It’s also been a lot of work for you so it’s not only that suddenly all pieces are falling into place.
Nic Fanciulli: Totally. I was taking to Damian [Lazarus - SR] the other day about it and I said, “I think you should always work very, very hard on what you do”. When we are in a studio, we spent there a lot of time, and then we have the label, and the Renaissance compilation that has just come out. And I think all the pieces are working well together right now but they’ll need to carry on this way.

Sound Revolt: What did you think when Sasha decided to discontinue his Fundacion residency at Space last summer with Paul Woolford and yours turning out to be a success?
Nic Fanciulli: I was really worried about the new roof over the terrace in Space but Sunday nights have become so strong because of the new room, so it’s been fantastic. The first couple of parties I did, it was a bit strange, maybe because I’d never played there before, it was my first time. So the first couple of days I was getting into it and the last four I did were the most incredible and amazing. It just felt like somewhere totally different, like that room was in a different world and you could go on and on.
The situation with Sasha and Steve [Lawler - SR]... Well, I don’t really know. I think that they should carry on doing it next year; I don’t think you can go down just having one year. I’m sure when Space started on Sundays it wasn’t busy every week. And I’m sure Steve knows that if he sticks there it’s going to get busier and busier over the years.

Sound Revolt: What do you think of Dan Ghenacia?
Nic Fanciulli: I think he’s really good, I saw him for the first time this year. He played in the main room before James Zabiela. I am really big fan of his label so I knew his music was going to be good but his DJing was really good as well.

Sound Revolt: Is he the next person for us to watch?
Nic Fanciulli: Definitely. I think that him and Paul Woolford were really complementary in the way they played, and the style of their music was very fresh.

Sound Revolt: I heard that Paul’s style complemented yours.
Nic Fanciulli: Darren [Hughes - SR] said that (laughs). I think we play very similar music. I may play a little bit deeper and Paul plays a lot more techno but acid pieces as well. As DJs we are really versatile and there is so much great house music, which goes across the border that nowadays everyone plays everything.

Sound Revolt: So is this how you would describe your current style and music you like playing?
Nic Fanciulli: I’d just say that my music is electronic house music. I’d never say “electro” because electro is a whole different genre, but electronic house music all the way from deep acid to techno and I wouldn’t pigeonhole any of it.

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