{"id":21146,"date":"2020-09-16T12:19:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T10:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=21146"},"modified":"2023-05-09T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:57:09","slug":"interview-with-oxia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/interview-with-oxia\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Oxia: \u201cI was in my studio completely naked when I created \u201cDomino\u201d, that’s the secret… :)\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI somehow feel even happier when I\u2019m told about other tracks rather than \u201cDomino\u201d,\u201d admits Olivier Raymond. He is Oxia<\/a>, a name that already sounds like a legend thanks to the big hit he released more than 13 years ago, but he continues to produce and perform at a good pace around the world (until covid-19 stopped everything). It must be hard to dedicate 15 years of your life to creating new music and that most people still know you for what you did so long ago. Oxia is happy that \u201cDomino\u201d has inspired so many people, but he upholds a catalogue in which we find a variety of styles. In fact, a set from the Frenchman might not look at all like the trance-influenced techno sound many would assume beforehand. That\u2019s Oxia. A guy who \u2018carries\u2019 the weight of a \u2018hit\u2019 that conditions an entire career. Can you imagine an Oxia set without \u201cDomino\u201d sounding? It would be like a Paul Kalkbrenner live show without \u201cSky And Sand\u201d. The German has even been whistled because of that…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Xceed-Artist-Oxia\"
Oxia, in one of his last gigs before quarantine, in Pass (Switzerland). | Image: \u00a9 Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Olivier Raymond: tell me something about you I still don\u2019t know.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow, I’m not used to talking about myself this way in interviews\u2026 I\u2019m someone who loves life and people, who is honest and sincere, and also who is very open-minded and tolerant. I’m obviously passionate about music, and not only the one I play. I also love movies… I would have loved to have been an actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Tell me about the meeting point between Olivier Raymond and Oxia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two are inevitably a bit tied together, and my personality is often felt in my music. I make music sincerely, by following my instincts all the time. I like to make joyful music, but sometimes I also like it melancholic. It depends on my state of mind or what’s going on in my life at the moment I make each track. I don’t like to stay stuck in one genre because I like a lot of different things in electronic music, so sometimes I like to do very rhythmic things and sometimes more melodic things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

More than 25 years on a top-level in the scene just doing that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it has been a long time now. I don’t know if there’s a secret to achieve it. I think that, as long as you love what you do and keep doing it with passion, people feel it. And you always have to be very open and question yourself when it’s necessary. Also, listen sometimes to what people around you say while retaining your integrity of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n