- Industrija somehow fused us all in the most complete way and gave us that desired effect. There were other places that also had great charm, but Industri- ja was “the big thing”. Rave in that club was hard to describe, with everyone un- der one roof, with masks, colourful, gay, hetero, hugging and loving one another, it was totally different and peculiar for that time - explains Nastić, who was also art di- rector of that club at one point. He says that he knew after his first performance at Industrija that his future was as a DJ. It was also there that he performed for the first time in tandem with Dejan Milićević, as the Teenage Techno Punks. It was also there that his promotional team “Teška mašinerija”[Heavy Machinery] be- gan its work with a series of successful par- ties. And when the Industrija era ended, the scene continued to grow and devel- op, and Nastić remained one of the main players – both as an artist and via his“Easy Tiger” label. - We are a generation that was de- prived of a lot of things because of the‘90s and I sometimes laugh with my friends as we say that if we’d also had money who knows what we would have done with it. We missed out on a lot because we were isolated from the world, and if I’d already had a slightly better studio as a youngster I think I would have progressed much fast- er and probably expanded my horizons – he considers from today’s perspective. And what does he consider his great- est success from today’s perspective? - I’ve always been proud of my mix- ing. Over the years, as this culture com- mercialised, I had the feeling that many people wanted to side-line the art of mix- ing. I think that’s the result of the emer- gence of people on the scene who have no talent for that, while for me the very form of mixing is an art. Everyone can play a record, but not everyone can mix them and create a special atmosphere out of that. Something like that requires years of work. And, as far as I understand, many of them don’t even have the equipment, which I consider as being a very impor- tant element. My success is also reflect- ed in my perseverance, all the recordings I’ve released and all the people I’ve en- tertained. I started in the ‘90s - and back then working exclusively as a DJ was al- ready a success from the start, let alone living from doing that for so many years... It’difficult to get out of this; I wouldn’t be lying if I said that I’d like to try my hand at some other calling, but DJ work, and with it clubbing, represents my begin- ning and end.
he’s actually been around even longer... - I discovered Techno when I finished eighth grade and went to stay with my uncle and spend the summer on Crete. As he lived next door to a nightclub, I ab- sorbed quite a lot of the music that was played there, mostly House... and later also via my relatives who received quite a lot of music from Vladimir Ivković, who had then relocated to Germany. Young and full of energy, I was seeking escape from the ugly 1990s and I found it in rave – a com- pletely different picture that surrounded me every day, with love and happiness on all sides, the birth of great friendships - recalls Nastić. He stood at the counter of the famous “Happy People”shop, where the pioneers of Belgrade clubbing gathered, and by the age of 17 was already resident DJ at leg- endary “Industrija” club. Industrija would go on to be remembered, thanks to Nas- tić and his “comrades”, as Belgrade’s tem- ple of rave culture, as the venue where the new electronic scene gained its own base, and which was – at a time when the borders were closed – a little part of the outside world in the middle of Belgrade.
Industrija somehow fused us all in the most complete way and gave us that desired effect. There were other places that also had great charm, but Industrija was “the big thing” Bilo je i drugih mesta i ona su imala super šarm, ali „Industrija“ je bila „big thing“ „Industrija“ je nekako na najkompletniji način spajala sve nas i davala nam taj željeni efekat.
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