How is it different to make a remix album and to make an album of original songs?
SUGIZO: It’s completely different. An original album is like a newborn baby, a new life. A remix album is like a cyborg. (Laughs) It’s very interesting, and a very different approach. JRR: Are there any particular releases that really managed to capture the spirit of the song or even make it better? SUGIZO: Probably “DO FUNK DANCE.” The mixer of the song is a great trance artist, Sine6. He was able to capture the spirit and the pop-ness of the original song. But I think all the songs have been remixed very nicely. JRR: How did you meet the artists that worked on SPIRITUARISE? SUGIZO: We did lives together, or other artists introduced them to me. The usual. JRR: What do you feel about psychedelic trance, and how does it express your message differently than rock? SUGIZO: I think the JUNO REACTOR sound is very rock. Maybe, I think, we have the same roots in music. For example, Ben Watkins (JUNO REACTOR) loves DAVID BOWIE, Led Zeppelin, and PINK FLOYD. We can share musical feelings. I’m j
