Feed Your Stereo: Lovebirds

Having branched away from his earlier collaborations to focus on solo material, Hamburg-based artist Sebastian ‘Basti’ Doering aka Lovebirds is enjoying ever-growing success and avid interest from some of the dance world’s biggest names...and rightly so. Thanks to a plethora of production experience, he continues to craft a regular string of glittering retro sounds, having already released three beautifully diverse tracks on Winding Road Records (including the slamming house gem 'Love On My Hands') and a heap of releases locked in the pipeline this year on Freerange and Teardrop, amongst others. With an old school aesthetic and careful attention paid to the early 80s, synth-heavy end of the spectrum, Lovebirds bridges the gap between the delightfully vintage sound and the gleaming sheen of future soulfunk.

Before his appearance in Room Three this Saturday night, Lovebirds gave us a special mix to funk out your speakers, and also took some time out to entertain our nosy questions. Ever the elusive character, we can assume "less is more" with his answers.



What kind of music do you remember loving as a child?
Nothing too cool – my first memory is a orange RCA 7 inch, some 70's pop tune. And Elvis too!!

After working together as Knee Deep withToddie Freese, where did the yearning come from to go solo?
I wanted to have all the fame for myself!

You’re obviously busy with producing and DJing – what do you do to wind down?
I love walking, listning to jazz, watching underground movies and cooking...yeah, cooking is my biggest passion.

Do you have any unusual interests/hobbies?
I'm really into monkeys. The small ones, like langures.

How do you think the love of dance music differs between the UK and Germany?
My various visits to UK clubs made me come to the conclusion that partying and getting pissed must be taught at school over there! People are so much more professional when it comes to that!

What can we expect to see from you in 2010?
Musically – a couple of 12 inches and my first solo album!! And hopefully loads of gigs!