The day after the UK Eurovision Preview Party, esctoday.com's Russell Davies, met in London with D J Balthazar and Deep Zone, the Bulgarian representatives in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.
Welcome to London! It was great to see you last night at the UK Eurovision Previews party. Even though you were not performing, it was so cool that you came along to enjoy the party and meet the fans. What did you think of the event?
It was a really fantastic party and so nice for us to meet many of the Eurovision people for the first time. We met with the entrants from Ukraine, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina – people we had only read about in articles on websites. The atmosphere in the club was just wicked! We really had a lot of fun. During the night we did something really crazy; we went on on to the dance floor to hand out card and cds. The fans were really surprised and amazed to see see us. They kept on saying 'is it really you' – it was really nice for us.
It was a celebration of freeness and music. For us it was interesting to see that the crowd there were really mixed and that the Eurovision music has no boundaries, it did not matter if you were gay or straight, we were there to celebrate the music and the new world – so everyone is welcome to Eurovision – definitely.
From a DJ's point of view – what did you think of DJ Dave set at the party last night?
He was really fantastic. He played a great selection of retro and new Eurovision songs that we had not heard before and of course it was great to see how much the fans were enjoying the music he was playing.
When DJ Dave played DJ Take Me Way there was a huge positive reaction on the dance floor. How do you plan to transfer this positive energy to thestage in Belgrade?
Right now we are preparing our show for Eurovision. It will differ a lot from our show in the national final in Bulgaria. It will have better choreography, brand new styling, new costumes made by a Bulgarian designer. We will alsohave our laser harp, which will be played by Rosco. The laser harp is a unique instrument that pays a tune when you touch a laser. In Belgrade we will allow the journalists to touch it and play some tunes on the harp, so they can try for themselves.
Also, we have one very big surprise. It is the world premiere of aVestax Guitar Turn Table. This is DJ turn table in the shape of a guitar and it will the world premiere of this instrument in Belgrade. It is wonderful for us, as it allows the DJ to be in front of the DJ booth so we can move around the stage like rock stars or a singer. We can promise you an unique, spectacular presentation of this new DJ instrument. It is an interesting fact that only one of these instruments exists in the world,a prototype that is not for sale. It was really hard to get it from Japan – but we made it!
We also have in our team Peter our breakdancer. He is best knows as The Man Machine, he has breakdanced in many other national contests and is one of the best.We are a big team with big abilities, however our best weapon isour fabulous singerJoanna.
DJ Take me away is a great club anthem, is very radio friendly and could be a big summer hit all over Europe. Do you plan a promotional push for the song after Eurovision?
Actually, we already have a record deal with a Dutch record company,ToCo International. They are responsible for the world wide release of DJ Take Me Away. We really hope to finish in the top 10 in Eurovision,but without this we plan to continue pushing with the promotion of the song, because in our opinion it is a great track.
Did you write the song especially for the contest?
Yes, it is especially written for Eurovision. We wanted to have a unusual Eurovision track, something that would stand out on the stage and people would remember. A lot of the songs in Eurovision can be quite similar and we did not want this for our song. We think Eurovision needs a fresh face. Many people think that Eurovision still sounds like ABBA; now we are in 2008 and things have changed. Eurovision needs a huge internatonal hit that people can dance to in the clubs, buy in the shops, listen on the radio and sing in the shower.
It is very important that the Eurovision winner is a huge hit. Pop dance is now very commercial and everyone is going to the clubs. That is why we are dedicating this song to all the people who go to the clubs and enjoy the night life. We also decicate the song to all the DJ in the world around the world because DJs nowardays are the key element in our lives.
Finally, do you have a mesage for ouresctoday.com readers?
It would be very good for the fans and viewers of the best music show in the world to go for originality and to make a real new fresh face for Eurovision. So the choice is yours – vote for the right song!
