Frida Gold on SM PRO´s DI8E
"The DI8E truly is a wonder
in our racks."
Andre Pittelkau / Live Keyboarder of Frida Gold
Frida Gold. A band from Germany who decided to "just make music". Without any casting shows, without any star producers, without any marketing apparatus in the back.
"Zeig mir wie du tanzt" (Show me how to dance), Frida Gold's debut single, went to # 38 in the german charts (#15 in the iTunes charts) - after all pop is nothing without hits. The song „Wovon sollen wir träumen“ (What should we dream of) even became the official hymn of the women soccer world championship in german television.
Frida Gold. That's one of the most successful newcomer bands in germany in the last year. Live (playing with Kylie Minogue) their pop pearls are perfectly hitting the stage and that´s where they rely on SM Pro Audio gear.
We talked to Andre Pittelkau the Frida Gold live keyboarder / drummer about SM Pro Audio.
SM Pro Audio: Hi Andre. How did you start making music?
Andre: Music always was what I wanted to do and what I was able to do. When I was six I started playing drums. At the age of 15 I learned playing guitar and bass, at 18 it was the piano.
SM Pro Audio: What do you play at Frida Gold?
Andre: It depends. Until october 2011 I used to play piano and synthesizers, but right now, as we have an extra keyboarder, I play drums together with our main drummer.
SM Pro Audio: You use our DI Box DI8E. How is the setup?
Andre: The DI8E is truly a wonder in our racks. As a keyboarder I use to sent 6 synthesizer channels into the DI8E and it was a breeze to make my own monitor mix, panning, and individual volumes.
This was worth one's weight in gold, because we also work with playbacks and a click track.
Also it was really relaxing to have everything set up before the show, because when playing big festivals everything must happen really fast when changing the stage.
In addition to that another DI8E is taking care of all our e-drum signals sent to the FOH guy. By the way he became totally addicted and even during our tour he also purchased a DI8E.
Last but not least our playback rack is equipped also with a third DI8E. Here we have all our backing vocals, add lips, and additionals.
...and to mention - and our other keyboarder, a die hard analog synth freak, was very sceptical about the affordable DI8E. But now after the tour the first thing he did was also getting a DI8E and he loves it!
More information about the DI Box DI8E can be found here: DI8E product page
More information about the Frida Gold can be found here: http://www.fridagold.com
Credits photos: Copyright © fridagold.com, Warner Music Group Central Europe
