Dicky Trisco
Hey friends! This week for the 11th Yamcast we got a fantastic set from Dicky Trisco to share with you.
From Deep House to Nu Disco to Disco Revival, Dicky Trisco's passion for music and desire for good times is well known. Based on years chasing sound around the globe, he has graced a long list of high profile festivals including the legendary Glastonbury, Electric Elephant, Mareh, Love International, Festival No 6 and many more.
Dicky also ran the well-respected Home Taping Is Killing Music imprint for many years putting out a run of amazing House music releases. Home Taping broke a number of great House artists including The Black Madonna, The Revenge, Nicholas, Borrowed Identity, Eddie C & Medlar amongst others.
What's the idea behind the mix? Is there any track you wanted to play the most?
Hey, so the idea was to play new stuff I hadn’t played before. New tunes and music I recently found. A lot of DJs during all these lockdowns having been digging through their collections because they have been stuck at home. Me too, which has been great to rediscover stuff you forgot about or didn’t even know. But now with some hope and optimism for the future and things opening again I wanted to focus on new things instead.
Since the pandemic started you did many livestreams over on Facebook, what was the best part of these?
Yes my livestreams were about keeping in touch with the power of music to move people. I wanted to keep alive for people that feeling when you hear and see someone play music with passion. For me DJing is my life and when I DJ is not just about the music but also a human performance. A social thing with people. I literally want to move people. I need to feel that and to try touch people. I asked people to dance with me wherever they were. And they did. That was a special thing.
You've been in the scene for a long time now. How did things change for disco music since you started to today?
DJs have changed due to social media, hype and agents. Dancers have changed due to phones and not being able to smoke on the dance floor. Music has changed because it has no limits which is not always a good thing. I used to play records to smokey rooms packed full of people with no phones. But now the energy is just different. Disco became more popular again. I liked it when many people were still rediscovering it again or discovering it for the first time. But I love the way Disco music now is just one for of many types of world music being played by good DJs around the globe. And I never just played Disco music anyway. That would be boring. I try not to be boring.
How do you see the current ‘disco edit’ scene?
I don’t want to sound like an old f*** but I think the edit scene is very tired. I am spending much more time and energy on original music projects. It takes more effort and is sometimes the results are a bit shit. But the world needs new music. And the world has changed a lot from 15/20 years ago. So we must change, progress and become stronger with it. And there is a lot of amazing new music. I want to be part of that. That is what I tried to say with this mix. Thanks again for asking me. I hope you enjoy the music x