A DJs booth is his castle. From behind their Technics Turrets they conduct the jubilant masses and often slip away in to the night without revealing much about their lofty reign. The Vicious Creatures team have managed to scale the Walls of Castle Catz ‘N Dogz and battled to receive a revealing interview with the Polish House Music Kings.
From hot topics like Track of the Year to thought provoking condiment preference questions no stone has been left unturned. Take this opportunity to get to know the boys that little bit better before they blow your mind at The Sub Club Tonight.
Catz ‘N Dogz……how did this name come about?
We used to produce under the name 3Channels but our sound was different and more stripped down back then. We were looking for a new alias and our friends would always say that we were like an old married couple and that we would fight like cats and dogs.
So we went with that… with added Z’s ;o)
How would you describe the current state of clubbing/dance music in Poland just now?
The Scene is really small. But we are doing couple of big parties per year there trying to invite our friends and djs we like. In the summer there is a lot of good festivals like Tauron, Audioriver, Opener, Unsound and a couple of other small ones.
The best club right now is definitely in Warsaw and called 1500m2. It has good sound, its a good size and the manager knows what he’s doing. The only problem is that there are not so many good producers at the moment and all of the best take so long to make their music. Like our good friend SLG he makes like 1 EP every 3 years. :)
I hope he will read this haha ;)
How would you describe Scotland in 3 words?
Friends – because our very good friends live there.
Friendly people – because always we have good times there
Nature – we love the landscapes
Tell us how the Sub Club is viewed in the international dance music community?
Hmmm.. Well for us, when you ask anybody in the world Subclub is one of THE clubs that people wanna play ;) and u know this.
Any good memories of your last Sub Club date from 2008?
Last time we were playing live there and the resident DJ that was playing before us played an awesome set and we were dancing like hell.
Song of the Summer so far?
Geeeman – Say Pump It!
Your favourite Ibiza club to play and why?
Our Dirtybird Residency @ Sankeys is great fun and the crowd really knows whazup. Space Terrace – An awesome soundsystem and the vibe at the end of the night is just amazing. We actually spend a lot of time in the North of the island between the gigs just chillin’. A lot of people never visit this part of the island and for us it’s the best
What do you love about your job & what do you hate?
So we love the daytime parties. That’s why we took so many gigs this summer and we play like every month 15 times, because we can’t say no to happy people dancing in the sun. We were working for 10 years to get to play those openair parties and when u are there in front of all those people you get this feeling thats hard to describe, there is just answers no questions. Sounds cheesy but it’s true. What we hate is constant air-condition because we get sick all the time.
If you could only ever use one condiment for the rest of your life what would it be? i.e Ketchup, Mayo, Sweet Chilli Sauce etc.
That’s a good question because if you are a dj you have to like those things because even the worst airport food covered with ketchup taste ok. Probably we would go with Jamaican sauce :)
Catz ‘N Dogz the Movie……what actors would play you guys?
Actors are not enough we will have to hire… Robocop & Unicorn
Check out this recording of their Berlin Boiler Room session from earlier this year, things get pretty special at 22 minutes onwards…