Gen.6 aka Paulina Cewe is a producer and DJ from Sweden who does spellbinding, progressive house. She creates her own combination of styles, making a beat and rhythm that clearly marks her as one most avant-garde DJs to watch for. She has performed in the European underground, spinning from Stockholm to Tel Aviv.

Paulina Cewe was born in family that had a passion for music, and that inspired her to push house music to the edges.

It was a pleasure to interview Paulina Cewe.

Interview by Mauricio Saravia

ARTIST INTERVIEWS: Paulina, when did you begin to spin?

Paulina Cewe: I got gigs as a liveact in early 2000 - the thing then was that playing "live" was either playing a pre-mixed cd or just dj.ing your own music. So from these two options I thought the latter was more fun - so from then on I had to learn how to mix. Playing purely as a dj although I have only done since 2001.

AI: What's your basic gear setup?

PC: Hestax PMC-05 mixer, 2 Pioneer CDJ-500s, 2 Reloop MK2 4000, and a pair of Pioneer 5000 headphones.

AI: Your progressive house mixes are cool. Tell us about your mixing and writing process.

PC: About the mixing, it's a simple process - a listen to enormous amounts of music every day, and every now and then I hear a tune that's absolutetly fabulous so put it in the bag. Just before a set I browse through some albums, and pick out the tunes that are most special to me at that moment. I guess this is the process of every dj out there.

About the writing process, this is a more complicated matter - I'm very picky about sounds, and I can sit with a simple basedrum for hours before I' m satisfied with the particular tone of it. I also like to take long walks in different environments, just to listen to sounds of everyday life - such as trains, cars, strange metallic building sounds and so on - and use it in a melodic way when I later compose stuff.

"Playing abroad has given me the opportunity the widen my perspectives, both in meeting other cultures as well as seeing and feeling the vibe of crowds from different countries."

AI: What is the club scene like in Sweden, and how do you see trance and house evolving?

PC: Compared to other countries, Sweden is in it's cradle when it comes to the club scene. Sweden is well known abroad when it comes to artists, but it's hard for clubs to survive since Sweden has such a small population and the house and trance music isn't as commercialized here as in the rest of Europe and America.

AI: Which musicians do you see as having an important role in making the trance-house become widely accepted?

PC: Every DJ, producer, artist, clubpromoter etc. that is involved in the process of putting the music out there for everybody has an equally important role.

AI: You have played in so many different countries, what is your favorite venue to spin?

PC: The venue doesn't really matter, it's all about the crowd. Playing abroad has given me the opportunity the widen my perspectives, both in meeting other cultures as well as seeing and feeling the vibe of crowds from different countries. There is an expression that music is a universal language, for me this has become a fact that I am very fortunate to have had experienced.

AI: What's a day in your life like, both as Gen 6 and as Paulina Cewe?

PC: Besides the music, I'm also a medical student, and just last week I assisted a bypass surgery, today I was eating ice cream in front of the tv, and tomorrow I'm playing at Swedens most famous trance club. So I'm very fortunate to be able to combine all my interests in this way, and I try to live life to the fullest, you never now what awaits you tomorrow.

AI: Thank you very much, Paulina!

PC: Thank you!