Hernán Cattáneo is an up and coming Argentinean DJ that has taken world clubs scenes with storm. He has released a compilation album on Paul Okenfold’s label Perfecto and three successful 12 inches that has placed him firmly on the club scene playing at Pacha, Cream and at the Roskilde Festival 2003, where I caught up him for a short talk.

Leaving Argentina and coming to London
- There is a very good scene in Argentina and I have been playing there for 10 years, and I couldn’t go any further. I started working with Paul Oakenfold and he suggested it was a good idea for me to move to London, that was 4 years ago, and my whole international career started at that time, travelling the world. I play everything I think is good, it can be Techno, Deep House and Progressive.

Being on Perfecto
- Perfecto is a very good and big label and they haven’t pressured me, they have been supporting me in what I’m doing. The records I’ve been making aren’t trance, a style that Perfecto is known for. Having a compilation on Perfecto helps you to reach every single place in the world. Since then I have been travelling the world and people knows me through the CD. I have also released 3 singles on Perfecto and have done remixes for the label as well. It’s hard to find the right time, because I’m travelling all the time, but I’m really interested in keep growing as a producer. I’m working with my partner Martin Garcia in Argentina and I’m also working on some other projects with some UK producers.

The scene is changing
- Dance music is getting bigger and bigger worldwide, and at the same time it is a challenge where it going to go, if it going as mainstream as other kinds of music or not, and there is a lot of business involved in it. In the UK it’s going back to the underground and other places it is new and it is as it was 5, 10 years ago in UK. I think is goes in circles and England is still the most important place for music.

Words and photo by: Christian Almind