Alan Braxe
Sitting at the epicentre of the Parisian club scene in the mid-’90s, Alan Braxe shared his love of dance music with a diverse range of artists. In 1997, his debut single Vertigo was released on Roulé, led by Daft Punk extraordinaire Thomas Bangalter. Joined by Benjamin Cohen, the trio created the three-piece dance group Stardust, releasing the global house hit Music Sounds Better With You the following year. Stardust quickly disbanded, while Braxe founded Vulture Music as a vehicle for his own releases. A series of instantly recognisable hits followed alongside remixes for the likes of Goldfrapp, Kylie Minogue and Justice. In recent years, studio releases ground to a halt though as Braxe struggled for inspiration in a world of softsynths and plugins. Going back to basics with a Buchla modular system, he’s now ready to reinvent himself with his first EP in six years, The Ascent.
It’s been six years since your last release, so what have you been doing behind the scenes?
“I’d done some production and remixes for other artists and have been trying to work on music myself but it wasn’t really working. I’d been trying to record stuff for a couple of years but nothing was passing the demo stage, so I’ve been constantly working but was not satisfied by the result.”
You’ve never released a prolific amount of material under your own name. Is inspiration hard to come by?
“I’ve been making music for 20 years and recently put my discography on paper and realised I’ve worked on quite a lot of tracks but most of them are remixes or collaborations. When it comes to releasing music as Alan Braxe I’ve only had a few releases so, yes, I want to be happy with it, not necessarily in
