Loco Dice was one of the first DJs to join up with our cause, and naturally so, as he shares so much in common with DJs For DRC founder Jay Haze. They both bring hip-hop attitude into the world of electronic dance music, and they strongly respect each other as DJs, having played many parties together. On all his commercially released mix CDs, Loco Dice has included a track by Jay or from TuningSpork Records. Dice is also the man behind Desolat, the label that last year released Jay’s Mama Coca EP, and most recently Dice’s own single-sided, limited edition 12”. Having traveled the world, he is no stranger to social injustice, so was happy to be a part of our project and answer a few questions about it…

Which gig have you chosen to donate half your money toward DJs For DRC? Was there any thought behind why you picked this night in particular?

I have chosen A Desolat Loft Party, Ludwigshafen, on 21.11.09 and I’ll donate my whole fee from that night. There was no particular reason to chose that one but my Loft parties are always nice, packed with amazing crowd and good friends – it feels right to let them also participate on this project.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement, and why? Many clubbers go out as a form of escape, and don’t want to spend their leisure time thinking about tragic realities, such as violence and hunger in the Congo.

Well… I can agree with that as much as with the statement “many people in general don’t want to spend their leisure time thinking about tragic realities, such as violence and hunger in the Congo.” But the fact is that our scene is full of committed and open minded people! This initiative is coming from our scene and I’m proud of it.

Aside from the situation in the Congo, is there an injustice in the world that you especially empathize with, and would perhaps like to help spread the word about here?

We can spend the word about many issues here – war crimes, genocide, climatic changes, pollution and so on – but we live in a part of the world where information is available and I hope that people will use it, think about it and contribute something right to a world we’re leaving behind for our children.

You recently did a remix of “Beep Beep Beep” by Tiga, who was coincidentally the first DJ to join our cause. Your and Tiga’s sounds don’t exactly overlap with one another, so how did this remix project come about?

Tiga and I are good old friends and the idea of doing something together was there for a long time. And then Tiga had a track at a right time and I thought that I can do something with it!

Aside from that remix, so far this year you’ve released two mix CDs and a single-sided 12″. What else can we look forward to from Loco Dice (or your label Desolat) before the year’s end?

Desolat will release a 2×12″ by Guti (”Las cosas que no se tocan”), a very talented musician from Argentina, there will be a sampler by the end of the year, Martin Buttrich is finishing his first solo album and there will definitely be some new Loco Dice music soon. Also, we’re always looking for new exciting music and we never know what’s on the next demo CD we just received.