Formula Indie Sessions – Interview with D. Vogel (MK)

What is your earliest memory connected to music? 

I found my granddad’s attic, and inside there’s this ancient vinyl player. No touchscreens anywhere—instead of a touch control, there’s this little knob-thingy you have to catch with your fingers and carefully drop onto the re cord. And that first thick, analog needle hiss just completely floored me. Pure hypnosis. 

What’s the story behind your current music project? 

The streets, the guys, three chords. Bloodied up my fingers, night time, but I just couldn’t stop. There was a real rush in that raw courtyard vibe. I even pictured Jimmy Page asking me for an autograph. 

How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before? 

Melody, arrangement, and hooks, I take modern, hard-hitting tracks that grab me—even if I just stumbled upon them by chance, genre doesn’t matter—and I sew that exact thick, analog granddad-vinyl hiss right into them. It’s music for people who want to move, but also get hit by a massive wave of nostalgia for times they never even lived through. 

What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music? 

I’ve seen my share of weird people. My colleagues are often guys who are, to put it mildly, not always right in the head, but at the same time, they’re absolute pros at what they do. Music also taught me perseverance and pati ence. Purely so I don’t smash my monitors to pieces when a recording session just stubbornly refuses to go right 

What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process? 

My gang is just a computer, a DAW packed with plugins, and three main instruments: an acoustic, an electric guitar, and a piano. I absolutely love them, and this kit is more than enough for me to make exactly what I want. 

What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work? 

Everyone will find something of their own in it, or maybe they won’t. We are all different and unique people 

What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at? 

Munich Odeonsplatz 

If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why? 

There are so, so many. But if I had to pick just three, it would be Charlie Chaplin, Angus Young, and Hans Zim mer 

What are your plans for the future? 

Pull those “almost finished tracks” out from under the desk and actually get them done. Start on the next ones, and connect with some new people. 

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