While taking a break from the desert heat, EDMTunes got to sit down with German producer and DJ Boris Brejcha. The High-Tech Minimal pioneer was focusing a couple of hours before his return to the Coachella stage on Weekend 1. The artist was ready to bring out his Reflections concept show to the Sahara tent, including the live debut of his unreleased track ‘Red In The Desert’.
EDMTunes: What made you return to Coachella this time around?
Boris Brejcha: Easy, I came two years ago and it was my first time. It was crazy to see all the stages and the festival itself, we had a super nice time. At the time, we did a bus tour in America so the last stop was Coachella. It was insane so it was an easy choice to come back.
EDMTunes: What makes the Coachella crowd so special?
Boris Brejcha: I don’t know, it’s huge and we have people all over the world so it’s super crazy, the sound system is incredible and so are all the stages, everything is super well done.
EDMTunes: This is also a festival where the mainstream meets the underground, so it’s a very diverse experience. Do you have any past tracks that have inspired some new ones?
Boris Brejcha: I just did one called ‘Red In The Desert’, the vocalist is here in Coachella so that’s really funny. I’m going to play it today for the first time, see how it works. I’m super happy, that we got a nice singer for that.
EDMTunes: That’s something that we notice here in Coachella, the surprise special guests kill it every time. And speaking of special, you recently did a collaboration with Andrea Botez, she started as a professional chess player and now she’s producing. How did that come about?
Boris Brejcha: It was random, she was messaging me on Twitter, on X, and told me she loved my music and came into the genre because of my work. We started chatting a bit, and I saw that she plays chess, and man she’s f*cking good. I challenged her once and lost immediately. I had this track out and we were thinking ok, let’s do this together and do a remix, and it worked out really really well, she’s really tough.
EDMTunes: I’ve followed her for some time through her chess content, so I was super excited when I found out she liked Techno as much as I do.
Boris Brejcha: And actually it’s a nice combination right? Chess and Techno, it’s crazy, I mean.
EDMTunes: You’re right! They’re both strategic, calculated, but also cerebral, which we absolutely love. Moving on, do you have any new artists that inspire you right now?
Boris Brejcha: I have to say I don’t get to listen too much to other artists. I’m in the studio everyday, day by day so I don’t really listen to other music like pop or rock, but I can say there are a lot of good new artists coming up.
EDMTunes: Well that makes sense since you play your sets completely on your own production. And what about Boris tracks that you stop playing? Are there times when you decide you won’t play a specific track anymore?
Boris Brejcha: That’s a tough question, when you’re in the studio, you never know if the track is going to be super big or not. I just do my set and realize the reactions, then I decide if I want to play the track more or not, it also depends if I like to strike. It’s always a hard decision, but I like all of my tracks so it’s perfect to me.
EDMTunes: Now on the other end, what is one track of yours that gets that major reaction from the crowd every single time?
Boris Brejcha: Actually there are two or three tracks. One is ‘Gravity’, it’s a long-time favorite, of course ‘Purple Noise’, it’s super old but still works. And ‘Take It Smart’ as well, but yeah there’s always a couple tracks with the reaction.
EDMTunes: Personally, ‘Spicy’ gets me every time, but you have plenty of tracks that get us going. This next question is a special request from a friend in Las Vegas, her name is DJ Mariela Nunez, and she wants to know: If you could go back in time and give young Boris a piece of advice when you were first starting out, what advice would you give yourself?
Boris Brejcha: I mean, when I look back, it was a hard time, but in the end I would say I did everything right, so I would say: Boris, just do it, you know? Because everything will be alright.
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