Mumbai Science, hmmm, who are these guys? Let me see: “Jonas Kiesekoms and Maarten Elen” , hmmm, wait a minute? Aren’t these the two guys behind Project Cyborg?….
I had to know who or what was behind Mumbai Science and contacted them for the following exclusive interview!

Hello guys, I’m going to start off with a question you were probably expecting. Why a new alias Mumbai Science and not just continue under your known name “Project Cyborg”?
Well, we felt the time had come for a fresh start. We’ve been working under the Cyborg alias for more than 5 years now, and a lot has changed in both our lives. Signing with Lektroluv records gave us the perfect opportunity to think about where we were heading in the future. You could look at Mumbai Science as a new chapter for Maarten and me, and a new chapter needs a ringing title!

The EP teaser definitely sounds more “mature” or “serious” then your Project Cyborg productions, is that the biggest difference between the two?
Our sound has definitely evolved over the past few years. With Mumbai Science we decided to go back to our roots and use a cleaner sound than our previous work. To be honest; the biggest difference is that the tracks just sound better than our old stuff (laughs).

Lektroluv Records is becoming a rather big Belgian label, how did you guys get in contact with the green doctor?
Scientific conferences off course… That and he picked us up after Wearhouse Music showed interest in our tracks. After that it all went pretty fast, we met the doc at his office, had a few drinks and here we are today!

I read about people saying Mumbai Science being the “new” Sound of Stereo. It is clear when listening to the EP teaser of your upcoming release that you guys have been influenced a lot by Sound of Stereo (I think), or are there more other influences that brought fort these productions for the first EP?
Jochen and Vincent are good friends of ours. They released on Lektroluv records and they’re also a duo so obviously there are some resemblances; but we differ quite a lot when it comes down to sound. Sound of Stereo’s productions are more layered whereas we like to keep our sound a bit more basic and dry. We have been inspired very hard by those guys on one point though and that’s their perfectionism. We really admire both of them for the massive amount of time and work they spend on all of their tracks and EP’s as a whole. Another Belgian artist we think high of would have to be Keatch. We differ a lot when it comes down to sound or genre for that matter, but we share the same philosophy about music in all its forms. He’ll definitely kick some international ass very soon!
Off course there are some international producers who we admire as well. Number one on our list at the moment is Harvard Bass!

If we book Mumbai Science, are we getting a different set than if we would have booked you guys in the past?
Mumbai Science DJ sets are a lot fresher than the stuff we did in the past. We like to build the tension in our sets a bit slower and give the crowd some time to really get into the vibe. Once there, we’re on our way to a banging apotheosis! We have been using a lot of techno influences in our sets lately and it seems to work very well. The power in some of those tracks is amazing and should never be underestimated!

2010 is looking good for you guys. Signing up with Lektroluv records probably opened a lot of doors, … more than Project Cyborg would ever had opened you think?
There are some great things happening at the moment, we’re really on a roll! Signing with Lektroluv has been a major change in our career and we’re able to do some pretty amazing stuff. But we like to believe we made it happen through our hard work in the past. We’re really grateful for the opportunities we get today but most of all we’re proud we were able to make this step. We’re up for the challenge, and hope we’ll get some major support from both Belgium and abroad!

Mumbai is one of the most popular cities in the world. Why the name Mumbai Science? Do you guys have any connection with this city for some sort, or?
We’re both scientists by day, so the second part of our name is quite easy to explain. The first part however… We both like the cultural background of Mumbai and South-East Asia as a whole. We also used the Lotus Temple as an inspiration for our logo. Culture and religion meeting science in music! Sick

So to line things up, which releases are coming on which label and of course ‘when’?
You can expect the first Mumbai Science EP on Lektroluv records somewhere around the end of March! We’re already working hard on the second EP, which will sound a lot different from the first one. But I guess we’ll keep you posted about that!

Thanks for the interview guys and good luck with Mumbai Science!
Thanks for having us!

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