Connwax Selected #012 | Carlotta Jacobi by connwax published on 2020-12-21T14:42:37Z The 12th episode of Connwax Selected comes from our dear resident https://soundcloud.com/carlotta-jacobi, who is a Leipzig-based DJ* and producer. She has recorded a mix that „listeners could dive into but also get energized by“. We’ve asked her a few questions about what this strange year has been like for her, why it rather felt like the opposite from stagnant for her and what change she would wish to see in the electronic music scene in future. Hello Carlotta, how are you doing? What is your current mood in these crazy times? CJ: Hi there! Thanks, personally I am feeling quite well right now. But also ambivalent, given the current situation of corona being very present in our lives. Like for many people my mood is changing frequently these days (sometimes hour by hour). But right now I am fine and excited about this mix to be released! You have not been idle lately, despite closed clubs and cancelled gigs. What's been going on with you and what's still to come? CJ: Indeed several gigs I had been looking forward to had to be cancelled or postponed, and I miss playing for a crowd and being in a club. At the same time, the past year has not felt like a standstill to me: As a side effect of having far fewer occasions to DJ, I’ve had the chance to focus a lot more on producing my own music - and releasing some of it! Even though I got into producing in 2014, it took me a long time to feel at ease with putting my music out. This year I finally took the step and have not regretted it for a second ever since. In July I released my ambient-ish track „Meander“ on a compilation by Human Leipzig and in November my friend Lilly and I contributed our track „Endurance“ to the second VAK sampler. But to me the most shaping and illuminating work was the first live set that Lilly and I created in autumn. In the past weeks I submitted several final versions of tracks that will be released in the course of 2021. Would you say that electronic music is undergoing a certain change, which will fundamentally change the scene? CJ: I do strongly hope that the field of electronic (dance) music (production) is becoming more diverse and aware of its own structural sexism. For instance, it’s really tiresome and frustrating to look for new music and find very few releases by female or queer producers (if at all) on the majority of techno labels. While there are some! I would love to see the music industry become more balanced in this regard, in order to encourage even more non-cis-male persons to get involved and visible! Tell us something about your podcast. Is there a certain concept or a basic idea behind it? CJ: When I conceptualized this podcast, I was a bit torn between selecting dance floor oriented music or doing something entirely else, that would fit the situation of mostly having to stay at home. I decided for something in between - something listeners could dive into but also get energized by. https://soundcloud.com/carlotta-jacobi https://www.facebook.com/carlottajacobi https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/carlottajacobi Genre Techno Comment by Ahxat such an amazing set 👌 2021-12-20T10:49:37Z Comment by Milena Glowacka sounds good 2021-03-13T14:33:04Z Comment by Axel M. Hy Carlotta, habe gesehen was Du so machst! Bin total begeistert von Deiner Musik...Gruß aus Hamburg........ 2021-01-26T14:14:29Z Comment by Juan ☻ 2020-12-25T19:38:43Z Comment by Aurélacroix This is just amazing !!!! 2020-12-23T17:17:02Z Comment by PRALL BERLIN !!! 2020-12-22T11:51:43Z Comment by illousion Track ID? <3 2020-12-21T17:31:48Z