Rob Takes Time Out to Talk to Slinky

Rob Tissera takes time out to talk to Slinky!

AF: Firstly, hey! Long time no see, or so it always seems as we only ever meet in passing these days, hectic schedule at the moment?
RT: Yep, I like to busy.

AF: And secondly… I’m so happy that ‘The Day Will Come’ has been re-released, everytime I hear it I smile like an idiot! (When I was first told Slinky was no longer to be held at The Opera House and the ‘last Slinky @ Oh’ was originally going to be on NYE, I called Rob straight away and said I’d like him to play and play it as his last tune! It reminds me so much of Slinky and the balls at the BIC.)
I know I’m a bit slow (as it was released in early 2005) but its something I had to bring up… just in case there was anyone out there who hadn’t, by some odd circumstances, heard it for themselves yet!
RT: Thanks very much. It’s definitely musically the best thing I’ve been involved with.

AF: And your house night based in Leeds, Kissdafunk, soon to be 3 years old and the most exciting, talked about, fresh night out there, how the hell do you do it? I swear there aren’t enough hours in the day, what do you eat for breakfast to keep you going? Any tips?
RT: You can’t go wrong with a bowl of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes; washed down with the odd can of Redbull.

AF: I remember getting a house mix off you about 5 years ago and thinking, wow, this is ace, and now look at you, how many dj’s do you know that are well respected by every clubber around for playing two or three genre’s really well… as well as being a focused promoter? What are your in-fluences in the house scene? Do they go back to when you were a kid?
RT: Currently I’m very much influenced by the cutting-edge talents of Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell and Steve Angello. It’s great that these guys are prepared to push the boundaries. In terms of play-ing house I actually started off my career playing this genre in the acid house days, so it’s like re-visiting an old friend.

AF: You’ve booked some great names for Kissdafunk, I see David Guetta is a bit of a regular. Nice to see some different bookings… Who have you got coming up?
RT: We’ve got Jonathan Ulysses at our Ibiza Re-Union gig on 24th November and Seamus Haji re-turns for out Boxing Day gig. Then early next year we’ve got Mark Knight, Tocadisco, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and David Black.

AF: Who would you love to book, dead or alive, money no object…?
RT: We’re fortunate to have booked many of the guys that I love already... but I suppose it would be nice to add Erick Morillo to the squad.

AF: And where would you put on the party, anywhere in the world? Paint me a picture…!
RT: I’d love to book all the big Djs that I’ve mentioned already to play alongside our resident in a three room venue in the centre of England so every one for around the UK could get to it.

AF: So tell me something few people know, a funny story maybe? A real one though…
RT: I once saw an elephant riding a tricycle at a tidy weekender. He kept banging a kipper on the table in tune to at Tony De Vit track.

AF: You have travelled all over in the past, with Slinky specially, what’s the strangest place you’ve been to or oddest thing you’ve seen on your travels?
RT: I was playing for Slinky in Manilla in the Philippines once. I was in my hotel watching a story about a very militarily coup going on to overthrow the government with hundreds of army guys with guns. I thought to myself ‘Wow, that looks really scary’. I then opened the curtain and realised it was happening outside my hotel. That was pretty unreal.

AF: What do you love about Slinky? I mean Slinky loves you so I wondered if you loved us back?!
RT: I adore Slinky. I love the warmth of the crowd and I’ve met some of my favourite people through the party. I also love the fact that it’s got a really educated crowd which means I can play lots of trance as well as my harder sounds. It’s easily one of the best parties I’ve played; and I’m not just saying that, I truly tell people this all the time.
AF: Aww bless you Rob, you made our day!! :-) Well there’s so much more I would love to ask you but I know you are a busy man so we’ll leave at that.

You can catch Rob on Friday 17th November @ Slinky when it takes over the main room at Elements in Bournemouth town centre.