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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
The Serbian blockbuster act by Dejan
Jovanovic that shaked the psyprog scene!
PM: Hi there. Let’s start from the basics for the people that dosn’t know
you: Who you are and where are you
from?
Lyctum: Hello, My name is Dejan Jovanovic, I have a project called Lyctum,
created in the end of 2011, I’m from Belgrade Serbia.
PM: How you started with psytrance?
Lyctum: I started around the year 2003,
I have an older brother who was into
psychedelic trance back in the day, around
11 years ago i started listening to it, cause
he was pumping up the volume so hard
that i simply loved the vibrations for the
basslines, and approx 1 year after i start
with a kickoff into a more productive way
and i also started going out on parties to
meet the scene and people. Couple of
years after that i started gettin booked in
my country and just few more years after
i got gigs all around the world.
PM: How you got involved with psytrance production?
Lyctum: Just a simple interest towards
the psytrance genre. It became a part of
my life so fast and it influenced me, creativity-wise.
PM: Is it true that your album was
the second best-selling album of
2012 and how this made you feel?
Lyctum: Yes of course it’s true, it made
be feel truly blessed, the feeling of being played all around is magnificent.
PM: What gig you consider as the hilight of your career till now?
Lyctum: Very difficult question by the
way, I can’t say only one, cause lately
all gigs started looking fantastic, greatlly
done with a bunch of effort, but my favorite 5 so far are Universo Paralello, Timegate, Hadra, Mandallah and P.L.U.R.
festival, cause i have them printed instantly in my mind, happy and good
times, never to forget!
PM: Is there any festival that you
would like to play and you didn’t till
today?
Lyctum: Sure of course, Ozora, BOOM,
Sun, Maitreya, Rainbow Serpent, Fusion
and the list goes on.
PM: A lot of people that reading us
now are involved with Music Production, speak us a little bit about the
production part of your tracks.
Lyctum: If concerning the mix, make all
your sounds first enjoyable to your ears
and then check the meters. If concerning
the ideas, Go out in the nature,
make new experiences in life with pure
souls, get that great positive energy and
transmit it to your sound production. It
works great for me!
PM: Any favorite DAW and/or VST’s
this days?
Lyctum: FL Studio, Massive, Sylenth and
of course, old school VST’s!
PM: What is your studio set as of
today?
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Lyctum: So far i haven’t put much effort
on it cause lately I became a mobile producer and it’s impossible for me to shut
some ideas down when i feel it
in some hotel or gigs far away from
home, but I started building a pro 30
square meters studio for myself and it’s
about to get done!
Focal monitors, AKG k141 mkii. CME
UF50, Traktor Audio DJ 2, Korg nano,
Korg key, Korg kaossilator 2. 3 Laptops
and a PC.
PM: Where you see our scene going
at the upcoming years?
Lyctum: Speaking about producers/artists.. sadly, It’s not going on a good way
that much, there are few individuals who )$