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Hannah Wants Interview 2016 She’s become on of the leading female DJs in recent years and now we catch up with superstar, Hannah Wants ahead of her touchdown in Australia this January for FOMO Festival.

Hi Hannah, how are you?
Yeah I’m good thanks, how are you?

Yes great thank you! So where abouts are you at the moment?
I’m literally just at home at the minute, just sorting out some work, before going to play in Amsterdam this evening for a show, so just yes, just at home before I go to the airport.

You’re travelling a lot at the moment…
Yeah, yeah. I had my last Ibiza gig last week, so I won’t be travelling every week now, so it’s nice not to be travelling so much. But in a little while it’s back out to America. On Tuesday I’ll be off for a Halloween tour so I’ll be at the airport every day again for a little while. But it’s all good, I’m loving it.

So how did you find Ibiza this summer?
Amazing. It’s my favourite place in the world anyway and it means so much to me. And obviously, just having had a residency there at one of my favourite clubs, it’s always really special and I can’t wait for next year already!

What was a highlight?
Oh God, there were so many. I was lucky enough to be asked to play the Amnesia opening and the actual official Amnesia closing, so they were two big dream gigs of mine. I played at Pacha as well, for the first time. So it was really nice to go and get a different vibe and a different crowd.

So your Fabric Mixtape, that came out in September, tell me, what did you want to put across with that?
I just wanted to kind just put out the sound that represents me at this current time as an artist. I kind of went through old hard drives and old mixes and it’s kind of mad to see how my sound has evolved. I just wanted to put out there, my sound I’m playing at the moment. My sound has gone kind of less in your face, and slowed down a little in terms of techy and house sounds. It’s still bassy music. So I just wanted to represent myself as an artist now and include some of my own music. Obviously with everything that’s going on with Fabric at the moment, I’m pleased it’s come out when it has.

Hannah Wants Free Download – The Cure

What were your thoughts on Fabric closing?
It’s just sad really. I’m not from London so I’m not as involved. If Rainbow venues in Birmingham, which is what I grew up with got closed down, I would literally be devastated. So I can see how everyone is feeling. It’s good they’re getting some support from some big people, so hopefully it will return.

We hope so! So being from Birmingham where would you say is the best night out there for anyone who’s visiting?
I would definitely say any of the Rainbow venues. They’re ahead of the game in terms of what they put on. They cater for all kinds of music tastes, from dance to techno, house, drum and bass, after parties, day parties. For me, I’d just tell people to go to Rainbow venues all day long!

You’re heading out to Australia in the New Year for FOMO Festival, when was the last time you were here?
Let me check the diary… erm… it was 2015. I always try and get out there December – January time as it’s our English winter but their summer. So there’s a lot festivals on then. It’ll be fun to play a different festival in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney.

What are the three things you have to have with you when you’re travelling so much?
There’s an obvious one – my phone as if I don’t have my laptop with me, I can be working off my phone when I’m travelling, so I can speak to people and stay on top of my socials. Starbucks as I’m really fussy with food. So sometimes I don’t know what’s going to be available when I’m travelling, so Starbucks really saves me. Earplugs as well. I just like to block out the noise. I may look stupid, but I need a rest and I can’t sleep on planes without them.

Where would you say is the most amazing place that your career has taken you in the world?
So many places. I love Dubai. But just travelling in general I love, even if it’s somewhere like Texas, as I wouldn’t have visited there had I not been DJing there. It’s interesting just going to different places and even going to Australia and hitting the different cities. It’s better than just going on holiday to Sydney. I just like going to all of these places. Countries like Poland, that you wouldn’t normally visit. For example, I’m going to Estonia in a few weeks, and I wouldn’t have even known where that was. So places like that, I wouldn’t have visited if it wasn’t for work, so it’s good experiences, bad experiences, funny experiences but I get to see more of the world than I ever would if it wasn’t for my job.

Speaking of places such as Estonia and Poland, what do you think about the festival explosion that’s happened across the world?
There are so many festivals going off everywhere, and especially in the UK. For me you know, I’m all good for it. I’m happy to live with the diversity, and you know, if people want to attempt to put on a festival for their own reasons then why not. You’re getting more different types of festivals, in parks or on piers, so you know, I think the more options there are out there, the better for people really.

What’s next up in your release schedule?
In terms of releases – I’ve just put a free download on my Soundcloud, which is called ‘Cure Me’. It’s a track I’ve been playing for my whole summer and it’s being going down really well, and so I thought I would just put it on as a free download which is something I used to do years ago way back when I was starting out. So I just used to put up tracks as free downloads, so I thought I would just kind of go back to basics and just give something back.

Catch Hannah Wants live at FOMO Festival this January. Visit www.fomofestival.com.au for dates and tickets.

By Hannah Shakir

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