If there’s one DJ about to take the world by storm, it’s Charlotte de Witte. Never shying away from a challenge, always malling her career and music the way she envisions it. And scorching through a myriad of uncompromising, agressive techno sets across Europe every single weekend. Charlotte recently completed her maiden India tour, playing to a packed club in Delhi and Pune. We were in awe of her energy and passion for her craft and we sat down for a heart to heart chat with her after her gig in Pune. Read the full interview below.
Little Charlotte never expected to become a DJ in the first place! Being here feels pretty amazing. Ever since I was a kid, I loved to travel and explore the world. Being able to do this, combined with playing music feels absolutely wonderful. I’m a very lucky girl.
I became a Studio Brussel resident in 2011 after winning a Tomorrowland DJ Contest curated by Poppunt and Studio Brussel. The formula of those radio shows has changed throughout the years, and I became a weekly resident, hosting my own show, about four and a half years ago. Doing those shows really taught me how to DJ on a technical level.
Belgium has had a massive impact on the electronic music scene back in the 80's and 90's with New Beat. Bonzai Records turned 25 this year so there’s a huge revival on even a global level of that kind of music, which is an amazing thing to see. I’m proud of my country and the impact it has had.
I love the stripped aspect of techno music. How you can actually lose yourself in myself that’s so pure and doesn’t consist of a lot of elements.
I believe that inspiration can be found anywhere. Design, nature, art, food, conversations… Literally, everywhere.
Well I absolutely felt really happy and proud after playing there. The room was completely filled with people even though it was still early so that warmed my heart. There’s not just one goal, or one dream, but the idea and motivation is to keep on going and growing. I really love what I do, so I’ll try and go as far as I can.
I had some difficulties in the beginning, that’s true. Things haven’t been easy and I experienced how ugly people can act towards others for basically no reason. I was a woman, true, but I was also very young. That has also played a big role in how people perseived me.
Lots of new music is coming early 2018 with a new EP on Suara and the recently relaunched NovaMute. I’m also extremely looking forward to head back in the studio after having been on tour for 3 months non stop.
Well, Charlotte has all the love and support of her Indian fans and we definitely would love to see her back on a bigger India tour soon.