Mosimann – Studio Life, Touring & Dream Track Series

Funktasy Magazine Exclusive Interview presents our one-on-one sit-down with Mosimann, a Swiss DJ who was taken the world by storm with his innovative Dream Track series. We sat down to discuss all things from the inspiration behind his Dream Track project, his new single ‘Halo’ and his creatives processes in the studio.

Shall we get rolling? Yeah, it’s going. Okay. So, today we’re sitting down for a Funktasy exclusive with Mosimann, the creator of the viral Dream Track series, and the mind behind the new single ‘Halo’ with Tribbs. So, Dream Track has become a viral series. What sparked the idea of challenging guests to describe their dream song and turning those descriptions into real tracks on camera?

You know what? I had no idea, that this concept would be one day viral like it is now at the moment. I thought I was going to do that with my friends, with my mum. I started doing that because I was a huge fan from, I don’t know if you have seen those guys, photographers. They are in, there’s like a few of them in New York. There’s a few of them in France. And they just talk with people. Oh, yeah. And they take a picture with you. And you stay until the end and you see the picture. And there is like an exchange. There is something cool, like a cool vibe. And it’s super short. And I was like thinking about it and was like, okay, I should try to do something like that with music.

And so I decided to talk with people, you know, and start asking them if they could snap their fingers and release their only ultimate dream track, how would it be? And at some point, I ended up with Rita Ora, with Hugh Jackman, with Ariana Grande, and it became, it became like, super cool to do. And it’s always different, you know it’s never the same people are always very interested to do some new stuff and I mean as you said it became viral but like I’m I’m the first to be impressed you know like I don’t sometimes I don’t believe it.

Yeah I mean that’s a very unique concept so why it became such a viral sensation basically. But yeah that’s awesome. You know what I wish I could do more DJs. Yeah, I’d be super happy because I realized that I do a lot of actors. And I did, I think I only, I did Bob Sinclair. And I will release soon the one with Hugel, a friend of mine, we were together in Ibiza. But that’s it. So if you guys have any idea, and also for the people who’s watching, I’d be super happy, give me some material.

Yeah definitely, we’ll definitely take you up on that. Please. For sure, also question so what surprised you the most about people’s dream songs. Usually is it like always kind of like recurring themes or does everybody think about music completely differently in your opinion.

Well, the funny thing is sometimes I interview people who are absolutely not related to the music industry or whatever. So I don’t know. I’m trying to figure out an example, but I shot, like I did a video with Hugh Jackman. It’s not out yet, like a few days ago. And he told me, oh, I love your concept. It’s fun. But, you know, you know, he kind of told me that he was a recent singer and I was like, nah, come on. I saw you, I saw you on the Greatest Showman, you know, like the movie and he was like singing like a god to me, you know? And he said, no, but, and he tried to trick me.

I would say, that’s the second thing I was going to tell you because, for example, Bob Sinclair, he really wanted to set me up, you know. He wanted me to not achieve my goal, which was releasing his dreamtrak. You can see it. I mean, it’s in French for you guys, but he really wants me to not achieve the mission, you know? And I have the feeling that the more people asking me not to be easy on the process, the more it works, which is sometimes complicated for me, you know? It’s complicated, but it becomes more creative this way. Yes, I guess. But in a good way. I guess.

Okay. Awesome. So let’s get then, since we’ve talked about the Dream Track series, let’s talk about Halo specifically. What made you feel like this would become an official release, why was this for you the right one to launch musically for the public to enjoy as a track?

That’s a good question because how can I say that? I was trying, no, I start over, sorry. With all the dream tracks that I released, all the time people are asking in the comments, can we listen to the full version? Can we go on Spotify and listen to the full version? I’m always like, you know, for those who doesn’t really understand the music, I can’t do whatever I want. I can just post a video online on Instagram and TikTok and YouTube. That’s fine. But I can’t have the rights to release a song with the voice of Michael Jackson and anything they want you know.

So I started to think at some point that’d be nice if I take that idea and I do a dream track on each countries that I love. So I started to think okay now in Poland I have this track called Underneath The Blue that’s everywhere on the radio so I just went there. I went to Warsaw, and I decided to meet radio owner, labels, and I said, okay, guys, I want to do a dream track with one Polish artist. Do you have an idea? Everybody told me trips. You got to meet Tribbs, Tribbs, Tribbs.

I met the guy, and I told him, okay, it’s going to be a bit different. We’re going to do your dream track, but it has to be not with something that people knows so you have to be more creative you have to be more crazy in a way so that’s why he started the video by sending me something with the airdrop sound you know and he said okay put the drop sound i was like are you sure yes so the drop of this one is like a very very far from the original air drop sound you know but still it’s an inspiration.

He told me because Chopin is a French and Polish composer, very famous composer. It was perfect, like the perfect match. And he told me, yeah, you should try to sample this guy because he’s from the 30s, I assume, even less. I don’t know. I’m bad at it. But you see, it was clear rights. It was easy to clear. I said, okay, let’s go. Let’s do that.

And now I’m looking for artists in Germany, in Toronto I just want to go there I just want to meet people and I just want to release dreamtracks. Wow. And of course make an album out of it. Oh wow. That’s incredible.

Do you have any potential collaborators for other countries that already thought about?

Yes. Actually for Germany I’m talking with Avaion because I’m a big fan. For the U.S., I’m talking with Dylan Francis. You know, I’m just super easy to, I mean, just send me some names. I’d be super happy. I’m down.

We’ll try and get involved too. Let it happen. Please, I want to come to Toronto. I need an excuse to come to Toronto, Sasha. So, yes, please.

I just want to quickly also, if we could dive into the production of Halo a bit, what was that moment that you felt, okay, this is, Halo is going to stand out compared to all the rest? What is your favorite production technique that you used that you felt was something that you really wanted to show to the world?

I’m super, super excited and happy to share the way I produce. And I think, like, we’re always looking for new plugins, new technique, new stuff. And sometimes we forget that we have already a lot on our system. And there’s a plugin that I use a lot at the moment, called Trance Gate. And if you go, I’m going to give you exactly, it’s from kilohertz. It’s a very small plugin, Trance Gate, and if you go on the details on the preset, it gives you always such a big power.

And I think I used this one on Halo a lot. And if I’m being totally honest, the melody that created Tribbs. A -l -long the floor, she’s moving like I’ve ever seen before. That was a really cool melody, you know. He came with it and I was like, yes, let’s do this. So he was also creative and also very into the process.

Wow. That sounds very inspirational. Yeah, that’s amazing. But speaking more about your creative process, I know your fans love watching you build a song in real time. I know your fans love watching you build a song in real time. But when the camera is rolling, what’s your usual starting point? Is it melody, rhythm, or something more intuitive for you? Because it does get challenging, right? So I’m just curious how your mind works in that sense.

Well, it might be the most difficult question for me now. I would say, you know what? I would say it’s always different. There is always a new way to do it. Sometimes I’m really not inspired, so I just go on Splice and I just play with some samples. Sometimes I just play keyboard here in the studio. Sometimes it’s a memo that I have. Sometimes it’s a collaboration with someone who gives me a melody. It’s always different. It depends also on the mood, on the vibe.

For example, every Thursday I release a remix free. I just put this remix on SoundCloud on Hypeddit. And we just, I mean, I just share it. Most of the time, it’s more or less club, like bass house, tech house. So now I know probably tonight, French time, I would produce online on Twitch the I want to do of Berghain the Rosalia song I will try I know there was a lot there was a lot of remix and I have the feeling that most of the remix that went out and viral they are techno and art tech you know I didn’t really find a Clooney, Night Funk, a cool version of it. So I’m not saying I will do it. I’m saying I will try.

That’s a good approach. Thanks.

So do you feel a lot of pressure creating something so quickly on camera? Or do you find that like this kind of spontaneity actually fuels your best ideas?

For many years, I felt the pressure. Because I knew I needed to have music, more music, a lot of music to be on tour, to be sharing, like only sharing under the decks, you know? And I remember having this discussion with one of my favorite producer ever, Tony Romera. He’s a French producer. He’s amazing.

And I saw the way he was working in his studio and I was like bro your your program your interface is is a bit messy you know and he told me oh fuck that like the most important is the results and I was like oh yes I mean do you have another advice and he told me yeah you know what, stop asking yourself too many questions. I was like it might be cheesy. It might be a bit cliche, like, for an advice, you know, just like don’t ask yourself too many questions.

Okay, might be. But when it comes from the right person, because I’m a big fan from this artist, it’s for me the most creative and the most talented French producer at the moment. When it told me that, I was like, you know what? I’ll try. And I try to not go too deep on the process, not go too deep on on everything.

Maybe for the young generation, I’m like, hey, guys, I’m not, I’m not there yet. I’m still, like, trying to do my stuff. But if I had only one advice, I would say, just do without asking you too many questions. This is like the best advice I’ve received.

No, I agree. Overthinking is real. I think for a lot of us, and the more creative and talented that you are, actually, the more you struggle with it. So I think I think that’s good advice, yeah.

I totally forgot the word overthinking because of you, now I have it. Yeah, I only remember it because I do it every day. You also do it.

But on that note, what I wanted to also ask about was if you had specific habits or rituals that keep you grounded in that space of creativity, something that you just, like not a mantra necessarily, but just a ritual that you go by that can always keep you in that zone to produce creatively.

I would say, For me the key as a producer is to to keep working all the time. But, you know, like I have kind of every, like, every Monday there is something. Every Thursday, there is a remix every monday there is a dream track every saturday sunday i’ll be online on instagram and Tik Tok posting new drop new stuff so the regularity is the key for me like i’m trying my best to be always even if it’s not crazy i know on monday thursday uh saturday and sunday i will post something because sometimes the the algorithm knows you. Like, it knows so much.

Absolutely. There’s also one thing on regularity also. I have a friend of mine who also produces, obviously not the same scale as you, but something he told me was when he produces tracks and composes tracks, he likes finishing every single track that he starts so that he can, instead of just starting something and then just leaving it off in his files and never visiting and he finishes the track so he gets into that regularity of finishing and producing a track so that when that one track comes up that you really want to let shine then you’re already in that flow of everything so I think that also works well with the regularity that you go by.

I can tell you your friend is someone really cool first And I also can tell you that this is one of my biggest problem. I start so many. You know what? It’s exactly the same in love. Starting but never finishing. It’s always like you go on a date and you don’t know and you go another date and you don’t know. I don’t know how is it for you guys. But the way I produce, it’s exactly the same.

I start a project and I have like 300 projects on the way and I didn’t finish any of it and my manager is like coming every every two hours like did you finish this track and I’m like you know there’s this new sound from Fred again I would be inspired of it and oh my god finishing a song is a mess for me yeah yeah.

For my friend also I’ve also another friend that they’re like completely opposed in that sense he also starts loads of things and then he doesn’t finish them but um i mean everyone has their own system that works yes i guess so exactly i’m the same i get that.

You’re an artist as well Sasha sometimes when i’m particularly sad she’s more in like rock gothic rock dark wave. But I think Fred again and you, Mosimann, that would be a nice collab too. I dream of it.

That would be actually… He’s the goat for me now at the moment. Like with his like streams and everything. It’s, yes, absolutely. And he’s like, how can I say that? He’s aligned. He’s like, for me, the most aligned artist that I know. He knows exactly what he wants. With this massive success or not, I have a feeling that I will do exactly the same way, you know?

You know, I agree. I agree.

But speaking of success, I mean, your dream tour of 2026 is already making noise. You sold out Zenith, Paris Arena in 24 hours. Is that true?

That’s true. It’s crazy. I mean, I don’t believe it. A second day too. That’s amazing. Crazy.

Yeah. Like the success with this tour is, I don’t understand. I’m super, super happy. And I see people, they, they, you know, like the fact that someone is buying a ticket to see one of my show, it means a lot to me really it’s like one of the most important thing you could do to support an artist you can leave a comment that’s already something but coming to the show being there this is this is the ultimate stuff for me and um i’ll be i’ll be playing in london Barcelona uh Frankfurt yeah but Not Russia and not Toronto yet.

Russia, you would have to move at least for it in Europe, but I’ll come to Europe. She’ll come to Paris. I’ll have to see in Europe, but you have to make a…

Oh, you guys want to come to Paris. Please, come to Paris. I’d be super happy to invite you.

Yeah, for sure. That would be incredible.

And just as a final question, is there anything in particular that your fans should expect from this show? Is there something new that you want to present them? Or is there, what are you excited about the most to show your fans?

I’m excited to start from scratch. Because what is, like, the most exciting thing for me as a DJ is to start a DJ set without knowing where I go. I love that. You know, it depends on the time I’m playing. It depends on the city, on the country. I don’t know. I love to just put my intro, being there.

Maybe the DJ before, it was like playing hard tech or whatever, so I’m going to go start slowly again. That’s what I love. On this show, it’s different. There is 16 people working on that show live with the light, with the fx. So I have to work in advance. So this is something new for me. I have to prepare my set.

So I hope it’s going to be okay. And I hope they will love it. But I will try to sing more, to make more drums, keyboard, Scratching, playing, to keep the interactivity with the audience there you know there. You will succeed more than try.

thank you thank you.

Juste si t ‘as un message pour les fans français sur le Channel Funktasy, il y a quelque chose que tu veux dire en particulier à tes fans français ?

Les fans français, c ‘est les premiers, j ‘ai envie de dire c ‘est les meilleurs. C ‘est le début, c ‘est de là que tout part et je suis hyper reconnaissant parce que parce que ça fait, tu sais, j ‘ai entendu cette phrase aujourd ‘hui qui dit qu ‘il faut il faut 15 ans pour réussir du jour au lendemain. J ‘ai l ‘impression que ces 15 dernières années, les gens étaient là et les gens en question, c ‘était les Français qui m ‘ont sauté dans les clubs, dans les plus gros clubs, qui aujourd ‘hui se tiennent pour venir me voir dans les ennites.

Franchement, ça me fait choqueur, je trouve ça fou moi. Ouais, c ‘est incroyable. Aussi même si t ‘as commencé sur Star Academy, Bill Whitt, ça a commencé en France. Moi, j ‘ai regardé Star Academy, mais je voudrais, ouais, parce que j ‘étais là, mes parents, regardaient sur TF1, mais je n ‘ai pas capté, genre que c ‘était toi. Les gens, ils ne sont pas captés, ils ne savent pas, c ‘est.

Mais ça me va, moi j ‘avais adoré faire ce show mais c ‘est vrai que ça avait tellement rien à voir avec ce que je fais aujourd ‘hui que je crois que les gens se mettent là. Moi, mais c ‘est le début surtout.

Mais going back to English. Sorry, sorry. I told you I understood everything. You understood everything, Sasha.

But yeah, if Sasha you don’t have anything else?

No, I just wanted to say thanks, Mosimann, for this fun interview. Thank you. We can’t wait to see you live. Hopefully we’re going to all those shows with Youhan.

It was really a pleasure to be with you guys. It was a real pleasure to meet you too. And we wish you the greatest of success for everything you do. And we hope to see you soon.

Yes, anytime. Great chat.