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 House Music Hero Dino Moran Visits Joburg for the Ultrafest! When discussing pioneering names in the South African Dance Music business, Dino Moran is definitely one of those DJs that you won’t be able to omit. With an illustrious career that has spanned nearly 2 decades, it is our privilege and honor to interview him. Johan De Kock chats to him about a bit of everything and his imminent Joburg gig at the Ultrafest. Dino Moran is a name that's been rocking dancefloors for almost as long as SA's had dancefloor's, how did DJ'ing come across your path and become such a major part of your life? I first heard early techno or computer made music like KLF, Stereo MC’s and Model 500 in the late 80’s and was instantly hooked. We were going to clubs like White Horse and 4th World and listening to the true pioneers like Pierre, G-Force ,Christos , Static P , Tim White and Anton Sinovich. I went out every night and like the earliest train spotter found out the name of every song or artist that I liked and started buying music obsessively and spending every day and night trying to learn to mix. All most 20 years later I am even more into it than ever before. Your tracks have found their way into some of the world's most influential dj boxes, what inspires your productions? Is there something or someone special, or is each track a brand new approach? My inspiration for production is modern African fusion. In early 2000 I started producing and tour internationally as a DJ and realised that in order to stand out on the global scene I needed something that was unique. A good friend of mine Danny Rampling pointed out that my style all ways leant towards a tribal African feel and I should pursue that. So I have made it my life’s work to see how I can infuse the sound of the continent into all genres of cutting edge underground club music and electronica. Of the 108 original productions I have done so far all are in African dialects and every time I have played internationally I represent the African Techno/Tribal sound. If things hadn't turned out, the way they did with DJ'ing and production... What would Dino Moran be up to, do you have a major passion that is second only to DJ'ing? Yes yacht racing and kite boarding. My father owned a boat shop and I come from a long line of sailors on both my mother and fathers side of the family. At 16 I was the youngest skipper to ever qualify for the finals of the Hobie 16 World Championships which is the biggest international sailing class on earth and have my South African sailing colours. Read the full article on Definitive Culture here. Check out all the event details for the Ultrafest 1st Birthday! Click here.
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