We recently spoke with Intec label co-head Jon Rundell following the release of the pure Intec vol 3 which is massively supported by all spectrums of the underground music scene.

We spoke about his recent release, where he is performing over the New Years period, what comes to his mind when he thinks of the word techno, what rapper he would like to collaborate with plus more…

Pure Intec Vol 3 is out now! What type of sound were you looking for overall when picking the tracks for the compilation? 

They are all tracks we have signed and released as part of EPs already so it represents the whole spectrum of what we do. There really is no criteria, we just let the artists do what they do. On my mix, I tend to just select the tracks that suit the way I play in the clubs the most.

Where can we catch you performing over the December/January period? 

30th December I’ll be at The Warehouse Project in Manchester (Carl Cox, Patrick Topping) and on 1st January I’ll be at Tobacco Dock in London (Carl Cox, Dubfire, Hot Since 82, Butch). It’ll be my first time playing WHP so I’m pretty excited about that one, after that I’ll be at BPM and then Kristal Glam in Bucharest before a small rest for more studio time.

2017 will soon be upon us… What can we expect from your own releases for the new year?

I dont know yet in all honesty. I’ve been locked away experimenting the last few months, evolving and developing sounds and my style. Let’s just see what happens.

What’s your favourite track you enjoy ending your sets with and why?

It varies really, it depends on where I am, how the crowd are, the atmosphere, the occasion. All of it comes into play and I won’t pick it until the track before is playing. I usually carry about at least 6 different genres of music with me from across the entire history of each of those genres, so picking something out there and then that suits is fun when scrolling through. Sometimes the track just comes to you and you go straight to it though.

Experimenting with music can be fun; if you were to work with a rapper who would it be and why?

Chuck D. Public Enemy got me into the whole DJing thing so I’d go back to my roots and work with someone like that if I could. I’m also into music generally that actually means and stands for something, which Chuck D has done and represented himself his whole life.

He is great at social commentary and expressing what is actually going on out there, what people are actually going through for real, and that is something that appeals and connects with me a lot. I feel there should be more of it than there has been the last decade.

When you think of techno, what comes straight into your head? 

Jeff Mills – The Bells