Artist Spotlight: Gabry Ponte
When you decided to leave Eiffel 65 and focus on a solo career, what ambitions or fears accompanied you while making that decision? Did you think you’d still be active and as successful as you are today?
That’s a big question, and honestly, I’ve written an entire book about it, so it would be impossible to fully answer it here.
What I can say is that decisions like that are never just about ambition or fear, or even about success. Fame comes and goes, careers change shape, but the one constant in my life has always been music. I’ve always felt a deep, almost instinctive need to create it, explore it, and live through it.
Whether things turned out the way they did or not, I would have made music anyway. I would still be doing it today, in one form or another, because that’s who I am. Everything else is a consequence, not the reason.
Your new remix of the iconic Mauro Picotto’s song was just released. Can you tell us a bit more about your creative process behind it?
Komodo is a total banger. It’s got that vibe that just works on the floor, both for the rhythm and the melody. I’d been spinning some remixes over the last few years, and the crowd reaction was insane, so I figured it was time to make my own definitive version, giving it a modern touch with a punchier kick and some fresh synths
Are there genres, maybe even outside dance or EDM, you’d like to explore in future projects? Maybe something unexpected for long-time fans?
I’m always looking for something new that inspires me, so I’m constantly experimenting. So, who knows… stay tuned!