Merck & Cremont “Flood, a blow we couldn’t miss this concert”

by Andrea Spinelli

“The images we have seen on TV are shocking and for this reason, if we can be useful, we are here” Federico Mercuri and Giordano Cremona, aka Merck & Cremont, tomorrow ‘Oltre le Nuvole’ Let us assure you while talking about your participation in Sikoi Music Park. “Some of our friends have been affected by the floods and it seemed our duty to help by participating in this initiative which could prove to be very useful”. Mercuri-Merck and Cremona-Cremont are two prominent DJs on the international dance scene as well as successful producers with a whirlwind of collaborations from Ghali to Gianluca Vachi, Rovazzi to Paola and ‘Furore’ to Chiara.

In 2014, also thanks to your participation in Tomorrowland, you reached number 94 in the DJ Mag chart, a real dance bible. You remained in the top 150 for the next three years. And then?

“We decided to stop encouraging fans to vote for us and let go of that kind of ranking narrative because our business is not only made up of consoles, but also of productions. And then we felt like we were back in time.” came when we asked friends to join our disco list”.

What did you think when Avicii asked you to remix his ‘Without You’ shortly before he left us?

“The request came to us while on tour in Japan. The contract provided for three days to do everything: take it or leave it. So, as soon as we arrived in Malpensa, we arrived at the studio without going home. And two After a hard day’s work, we flew to Cyprus for another engagement.”

But have you ever explained to yourself the Rovazzi incident?

“Fabio is an intelligent guy who makes great use of the tools at his disposal. When we asked him to shoot the video for ‘Get Down’ he in turn asked us to base him. Was ‘Let’s Go Command’ and from that premise of ours he pulled together with Danti what we know.Initially he didn’t even want to publish the piece for fear of it being a flop.

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“We hid a quote from ‘Get Down’ like an ‘Easter Egg’ in Galley’s ‘Good Times’ too, a piece that internalises our funky vein very well”.

Giordano, you are the son of Raul Cremona. What does dad say about his work?

“He’s very proud, he’s inspired me to study music since I was a kid. He gets along well with the guitar and even today he’ll let me listen to his riffs and ask him to learn to play it Our families really appreciate our work, even if they don’t, I’m pretty sure they have a clear idea of ​​what we do.”

Have you ever thought of putting one of your own riffs in a song?

“Raoul plays Bossanova, he’s a bit out of our style. But it could be done. The problem is he’s too undisciplined in the studio.”

You wrote the Nerazzurri anthem ‘We Are Inter’, but the club then focused on Pezzali and Cecchetto.

“With our favorite team at stake, working on the piece was very exciting. We also included Eddy Vieras (Cremona’s cousin and the male voice of Il Pagante, Ed) and the fact that almost all of the players, including Lukaku, made it Have shared with many fans on social networks, it gives us a lot of satisfaction”.

Who has the last word on your songs?

“The judgment of Cremona’s grandmother is very important, she immediately understands whether the piece works or not. Even though recently she has focused on the contestants of ‘Emiki’ and that changes things a bit.”

With whom would you like to collaborate?

“With Justin Bieber. He has an insane voice and has also gained credibility in recent years”.