Q&A: Jori Hulkkonen

December 13th, 2007

The Santa of the Dance Floor is coming to town! Jori Hulkkonen is the Finnish house DJ and producer who garnered international acclaim with his remix single “Sunglasses at Night” during the 80s. The weirdo/master of electro also launched Dualizm in 2005 with collaborations with John Foxx, Nick Triani and more. Earlier this year, he released a synth-pop project with Jerry Valuri and Processory.

A.K.A: Zyntherius, Fenno-Baron, Discemi, Step Time Orchestra, HÖSH!, and Jii Hoo, just to name a few.

In your pocket: 7 euros 55 cents

Never leave home without: Keys

Stupidest Trend: All trends are stupid one year after

In 20 years: Hopefully still obsessed with music

All-time fave song: Pet Shop Boys “Love Comes Quickly”

On a night out you: Always on the look out for the next thing

Last lie: Telling a promoter I was already booked for a certain date, just so that I could have that night off

Rule for life: Life is not what happens to you, it’s what you do by choice

First job: Opening up computers and cleaning components in a small computer company as a summer job in the 80’s

Idol: Morrissey

Reading: Richard Dawkins

(Would like to be) Remembered as: Musically eccentric

The path to inner peace: Realizing how unlikely it is for you to exist at all

Most annoying thing I have to encounter everyday: Traffic

Last thing that made me stop and think: Some Scandinavian clothes companies being accused of using imported fabrics done by child labour - the downsides of globalized capitalism

Best chat up line: I wanna be adored

Listening to: John Maus

Most inspirational person: David Bowie

If Bangkok were music, it would sound like: Murray Head: One Night In Bangkok, obviously

Favorite film of all time: Either Bladerunner or Space Odyssey: 2001

Favorite website: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/

Most embarrassing record you’ve owned: I’m not embarrassed about records... I have more than 12,000 in my vinyl collection, there are some really bad ones in there but I’m happy to own them anyway.

What to expect at your gig: An open-minded and personal look at the secret history of underground dance music and its state in 2007 and beyond.