And at Celebrities they have this really cool L.E.D. wall that goes from the DJ booth to the dancefloor.
Yeah that's really cool. Celebrities looks like a club out of Ibiza.
How would you describe your sound?
I always very intrigued with big breakdowns. I'm a big fan of movie soundtrack music like from Hans Zimmer. I get a lot of influence from that in an emotional sense. I don't exactly know how to describe my sound as I just do whatever I feel like. But its definitely progressive house but not the modern “progressive house”.
The Beatport definition of “progressive house”
Exactly. I kind of want to tell a story in a track as I like to make original arrangements. I'd call my style emotional progressive house with techno influences (laughs).
Tell me about evolution as an artist: you were first showcased by Eric Prydz, and you're now releasing tracks under Anjunabeats and Mau5trap.
These are all labels that I look up to. When you make a track, it's hard to tell what label it will fit into. Like with Mau5trap, they are known for their grungy, electro, evil sound. I've always been a huge fan of Deadmau5 and they've been asking me for tracks for a long time. I actually tried to sign with Anjunabeats when I was a bit younger but they kept on asking me to come back with more tracks as it wasn't right for them at the time. But they really liked “Lotus”, which is one of my newest tracks. I kind of go in every direction but there are a few labels that I'm kind of building relationships with and that's Ultra, Mau5trap, and Anjunabeats. They are all great labels and the people that I work with are all amazing. You know that they put in a lot of effort into every release. It's a great way to profile my sound in different directions without going crazy.
I'm building up to my own label that is a bigger process than I thought it was going to be. Hopefully I can put all of those different sounds together in my own label.
Do have a name for that label yet?
I have a few names in mind but I can't say anything now. Hopefully the label will be running very early in 2016. It's a long process.
How did you get involved with Mau5trap Records?
It started off like any record deal, and then Joel (Deadmau5) got involved. He previously heard me remix one of his tracks for Chris Lake's label and they both really liked it. Mau5trap got bought up by Astralwerks and I thought it would be great to be a part of that from the beginning. I thought their typical aggressive style would fit in really good with some of the stuff I make. Mau5trap is an amazing brand and Joel is the man. I remember 5 years ago in Manchester where I was raving to see Deadmau5 live. Now here I am having two records released under his label. It's pretty absurd to say the least. We're working really tight with them so I'm loving be a part of their team.
Sounds like Joel is pretty hands on.
He is but he also has a great team that takes care of the label for him.
“Renegade” is very dark as compared to your more chill progressive style, can we expect darker tracks from Fehrplay?
It isn't the first darker track made by me but it's the most aggressive one for sure. I'd consider “Pandora” the most evil track I've made. A lot of good melodies come around when I just jam on my piano. With “Renegade”, it's a great track to play in one of my sets, but I would never open with it obviously. Sometimes it's just perfect to play like in the last 30 minutes of my set where I've only played happy tracks and then people lose their shit when I drop it. I'm definitely exploring of this style and want to produce more tracks like that. I think they really work well in a club.
