July 28, 2009

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Shiloh other wise known as Colin Moreh & Justin Moreh are a production duo from Vancouver. They also happened to be brothers. The fact that they have been somewhat quiet lately has sparked some rumors that they were breaking up. We reached Shiloh for clarification on the incident as well as information on what they are working on lately.

Where do you believe the recent rumors of Shiloh’s breaking up originated?

Justin: Well, people like to talk and with us being less active–especially in production of originals the last while, I guess someone thought there was a story there.

Colin: It’s cool though. Shows us that people care. When you’re a studio bum type of person it often doesn’t filter down to you that people do care.

Congratulations on your new addition to the family. How is family life treating you, and may we ask was it a boy or a girl?

Colin: Family life is great. We had a little boy and we’re having tons of fun with him. I love being a dad and husband and it’s cool having a wife that’s so supportive with all this stuff.

Justin: My wife and I aren’t quite ready to have kids yet but I don’t think it’s too far off for us.

Since becoming a parent what are your most significant goals?

Colin: My most significant goal is being the best dad and husband that I possibly can be. Part of that, of course, is being a happy and fulfilled dad, and thus doing music etc.

Now that you are back in full effect, can we expect you increasing the frequency of your public interaction and updates?

Justin: Yes, for sure… and we’re already doing that. Part of that was actually making a site that lends itself to regular communication and an outlet to give those updates and interactions. But yes, with us so incredibly interested in Shiloh again it’s fun for us to communicate about our stuff and it’s good to hear from our fans that they do like it.

Can you share any news in regards to projects you are currently working on as well as upcoming releases?

Justin: Yeah we’re currently working on a cool little progressive house bit in the studio. We’re also about to start a remake of our breaks track, “Flywheel”, that was on our Baroque EP last year. That one is close to our hearts and after hearing about a little re-edit mashup that our friends at Hybrid did of it it got us thinking. So, we’re going to do a revamped 4 on the floor version and I think the label is planning a nice high profile remix for it as well. Excited about that one.

It seems your style has strayed from what your audience is accustomed to hearing from you in recent years. What brought on this change?

Colin: Our DJ sets have taken some divergent turns over the years yes and everyone has opinions about what you play… always. There are naysayers and after an 8-year career you’re going to pick some up and they always tend to be very vocal. They, like all, are entitled to their opinions as much as anybody. Now, if you were talking productions I’d invite you to look into things a bit more. In 2003 we were doing breaks… yes. If people are expecting us to go back to doing progressive breaks exclusively it’s not going to happen. We love breaks but we equally love progressive house. So, if the choice is to go all breaks and sell 3 records per release or do something that you love equally or more and sell lots of records the choice is a no brainer. Most of our career has been spent making progressive house. On the Elements album we got more techy because we wanted to. We liked it, we had fun, it got great reviews from the mags and it sold well. Was it our favourite project ever? No. But it was a break and a change and allowed us to keep our outlook fresh so that the progressive house wouldn’t go stale for us. Other than that we have always made, and continue to make progressive house. If you take the time to go through the timeline of our discog on, say, Beatport, you’d get the picture. 2008 (our last original release) you have “Push”… so “prog”y that even trance guys like PVD, Tiësto, and Armin hammered the crap out of it. On that same EP is “Flywheel”… one of the prettiest Progressive Breaks tracks we’ve done–pure Shiloh breaks. In 2007 you have “Cafe Del Mariachi”… and I don’t think anything needs to be said about that one.

You know, we have about 100 originals and remixes spanning 8 years–there’s going to have to be some movement in style nuance from time to time–an effort to keep the artistic drive from going stale, formulaic and repetitive. There’s always been something there for all our fans, new and old school, if they care to take the time to look and follow us-there’s always been a solid unbroken thread of the Shiloh sound to carry them through even if some side-releases don’t float their boat. But, you know… no matter what we do there’s always going to be someone who wants to pick up their marbles and go home.

Do you anticipate returning to your previous sound at some point?

Justin: Like Colin said, as far as production is concerned we’ve never departed or “strayed” from anything. There have been bits of evolution in some tracks over the many years… true. Anyway, people can go ahead and listen to the clips of our new unreleased stuff on our site and judge for themselves. All the feedback that we’ve had on it is that people really like it and that it’s pure Shiloh. Those that like it… great. Those that don’t that’s cool too. If you can’t be cool with the fact that you’re not going to be everyone’s hero all the time you’re not going to last 8 years and counting in this industry. On the DJing front… that’s a different story. Yes we are and have been playing straight up progressive house in our sets for some time now. There is a lot of cheesy crappy progressive house that is selling well but if you are willing to dig a bit for gems there are a lot of guys making some amazing stuff.

How is your video documentation project coming along and have you been able to recover any of your lost data?

Colin: Yeah crap. We had a hard drive fail and lost a whack of pics and videos. So, just trying to get some from different sources again. Anyway people are more important than pics and videos and the amazing friendships that we’ve gained as Shiloh are the most valuable thing that our career has afforded us.

Is your Youtube channel gaining many viewers?

Justin: Well, I think it’s getting close to 1000 videos viewed but it is less then a week old. Have to start somewhere. I remember when our myspace page was brand new and it’s grown outa control these days. haha.

What tracks are receiving heavy airplay from Shiloh lately?

Colin: We’ve been playing our remix of “Luke Chable – Melburn” a lot… that’ll be out very soon. Also been playing “Electric Rescue – Vetetrio [Backhome Promo]”… 2 or 3 of the mixes. Incredible. Also “Mason – Front Row Chemistry [Animal Language]” was huge for us on our recent tour.

Do you have any upcoming performances scheduled or are you arranging bookings details?

Colin: I think we’re going to play a night in our hometown of Vancouver in September. We usually only like to play in Vancouver about once a year just to keep it special. Pretty much just focusing on studio right now and specifically originals. I can’t see taking on too many, if any, remixes in the following months. Other than that, taking the rest of the summer off now for camping, going to the lake, family time, and studio. We were gone 30 days out of 45 up to a few weeks ago.

Is there anything interesting going on in your home base Vancouver?

Justin: Yeah, other than probably playing in Vancouver in September that’s about it for a while after that for us. You know, when an artist’s first recognition is international it can create a kind of strange situation in your home town with local DJ’s and promoters we’ve found. Maybe it’s just us reading into things but I’ve heard the same from others too and one of our best friends, Luke Chable, has said the exact same thing about Melbourne. I don’t really know how to describe it. Here’s an example… a very old and good friend of ours who is a pretty well known DJ has a nice successful night in Vancouver that’s been going for a while. Right before Bleed came out we asked him if we could do the official album release party at his night and we’d charge nothing at all. Just thought it would be cool, fun, keep it in the family, and they would have free talent that night too. He passed on the offer. Kind of hurt our feelings to be honest but that’s just the strange kinda thing I’m talking about. Anyway, we ended up doing the album party in neighbouring Victoria. It was packed and was an amazing night. You can see videos of the night at Hush on our youtube and facebook pages actually too.

Colin: Oh well. Vancouver has a very healthy scene that’s for sure and it’s certainly not going to live or die by our involvement. When we do play there though it’s always very special and people come up to us and are very kind and it’s always cool to come home.

What will you be focusing on more in the coming months, production or DJing?

Colin: Production 100%. It’s just kind of where we’re at right now. And even when we’re out DJing it’s going to be “can’t wait to get back home and get into the studio.”

Do you have any additional information or comments to share with the readers at 365Mag?

Justin: Just want to say thanks to you for thinking about us and thanks to all of you who care enough about us, and our art to get involved with us. We appreciate you all through thick and thin and thanks for doing the same!

Colin: Have a great summer 365Mag and have a great summer Zaneta.

365Mag would like to thank Shiloh for their time and answers!