Interview
The Sundowner. Mix #19 comes from Spanish DJ Sultra. Born and based in Valencia, Sultra has become a pillar of the underground music scene in the city, and he is also a resident of the legendary Oven Club. Enjoy one…
The Sundowner. Mix comes from Spanish DJ Sultra. Born and based in Valencia, Sultra has become a pillar of the underground music scene in the city, and he is also a resident of the legendary Oven Club. Enjoy one hour of his exquisite deep sound and check out the interview we had with him.
Inés: Hi Alber, how are you?
Alber: I’m good, I’m answering the interview from the CBD shop where I work, while smoking a joint under the sun at the door of the store 8)
Inés: Can you tell us why you chose that name for the mix? Who is Nacho?
Alber: Nacho Vidal is a porn actor friend of ours who bought a record store in 2005 and let us enter and take everything we wanted. I carried about 3 suitcases, which he did not ask for anything in exchange. The store since it closed never went through discogs, I found many things that to this day I still use in my sets. So I named it like this as a way of gratitude for the records that he gave me as a gift.
Inés: Where did you grow up and how did that influence your sound?
Alber: I was born in Valencia, but for some years I moved and lived in London and Berlin. Basically I grew up in Valencia which has had a very strong subculture in the 90’s with all the DESTROY ROUTE which has influenced me a lot in the musical environment, besides having a very music lover father who has always had a record player at home and a super varied collection of records.
Inés: Where does your DJ name come from? What was the idea behind it?
Alber: It’s because a friend told me one day that I was “sultragrande”, and I am actually a very tall guy, so the name just stayed like that, to be honest is something that I have never paid much attention to, just came out one day between laughs.
Inés: How do you prepare your record bag before playing a gig?
Alber: The truth is that I’m renewing my record bag a lot, I always try to see what time I play, and depending on the time I load some records or others, usually I always try to put the records I’ve bought lately, but I don’t prepare the sessions 100%. I think it depends on the vibe and the environment then I decide what records to play, so I don’t usually think much about it before at home.
