Published in Bullet magazine. Text by Philip Ryan (1997)

Q: How was 1997 for you?
CY: It was a pretty interesting year. I had a good 
year production wise, and I felt DJ wise I had some 
really good gigs this year – and I met a lot of really 
cool people.

Q: What was the highlight of your year?
CY: My wedding in January.

Q: You recently brought out an album (‘Soft Thru’), 
is the style of music on that similar to the type of 
music you play in your sets?
CY: No, with the album I tried to do some more experimental 
stuff. The remix stuff I like to keep more bangin’, but 
the album is more atmospheric.

Q: How do you find doing live sets as opposed to DJing?
CY: Aw, I liked the idea at first, but it involves a lot 
of preparation. Then you see people like The Advent live 
and it just makes you wanna work harder at your show. So 
next year if I do some more shows, I think they’ll be better 
than this year.

Q: You’ve said before that you “don’t mind taking a chance” 
and you like to “take more of a street level approach” when 
you’re DJing. Do you think that kind of attitude is in short 
supply at the moment?
CY: I think in the DJ world, a lot of guys aren’t really real 
with themselves. I mean that’s the impression I get, I could 
be wrong. It’s like, the way I play and my attitude to the music, 
that’s how I grew up and that’s my attitude towards life – 
I’m just trying to be true in what I’m doing. The longer that 
I’m in this business I find that are some really great people. 
I’ve made some of best friends in this business - and then there 
are some real insincere tossers as well.
I find that there is a basic lack of respect towards the people 
that go clubbing. I find that a lot of DJs make themselves 
inaccessible to the people that pay to hear them play and pay 
their wages. I think it’s really important to acknowledge the 
people that allow you to live the way that do, and when anybody 
disrespects that it kind of pisses me off.

Q: How would reply to the battering that techno is currently taking 
in the music press?
CY: They don’t have a fucking clue, with the exception of a few 
magazines they are full of shit. 1997 has been a better year for 
me than any other year that I’ve been involved in techno, so how 
can you say that music is dying. This has been one of the best years 
for real techno, with the emergence of some really great producers 
like Surgeon, the Blueprint guys and Marco Carola. How can you say 
that it’s dying when we’re having some of the best times we’ve ever had… 
Jeff Mills records are on top, the UR is on top, it’s like everybody is 
on the same vibe.
I try to stay clear of the English press… I find that with the exception 
of a few people they are just playing games, and I’m not a game player. 
I’m involved in techno because I love it.