It´s been a while since we last spoke to Ricardo Tobar! Back then we were talking to him about his marvelous release -El Sunset and now we have found the opportunity to speak to him about his latest EP release Together/Teenager – which has captured all our senses and delighted our musical heart. Definitely something we can´t help shaking to! So we wanted to know from Ricardo how life has been treating him in the past years, what inspired him for the latest EP and what the last song was that he has shaked to himself…

Hey the last time we spoke to you was in 2008 -a  pleasure to have you here again! How are you doing? Has life been treating you well in the past years?

Has been quite a fun ride, I can’t complain really. My life has changed drastically after that interview I think.

So your new EP has been released – Together/Teenager. What have been your main inspirations for creating it?

I don’t know really. I think I get inspired by everything that’s going on around me, but I can’t point just one thing

Who has inspired you most in your life?

I think music is my greatest inspiration, just to listen to it and try to do something good on my own.

How do you feel when you listen to a ready piece of yours? Are you critical with yourself?

I’m very critical with my own stuff, and it keeps getting worse. In fact i think it’s one of my biggest problems at the time to finish a song. I make 100 songs, but just like 2 make the final cut.

On your blog you wrote that you had stopped remixing for a while – because you were so busy with other things or there was another reason to that?

Well, making a remix takes a lot of time and it’s always there in your head because you have to finish it, it’s not like my own song that I can say: “ok it doesn’t work, I will not finish this.” Probably you can do that, but I don’t know how to do it. That’s one of the reasons I stopped, the other one and most important reason is that I’m just focused on my own stuff lately.

Many things are happening for you at the moment- f.e. H&M has chosen your song “With you” for the new David Beckham campaign- ongrats! What does this and success in general mean to you?

Ah thank you! I think success is when you feel that your life is going just the way you wanted it. I suppose that’s really really hard to accomplish in life, at least for me. I feel good when somebody says to me that he or she likes my music, I think it’s such a nice thing to say, but in my mind i don’t go out and think that I’m famous for that or like I have or I am a big success. I just try to keep doing something better than the last thing, hopefully. I never think about that.

What are your wishes for the near future? Any collaborations that you would love to do? Anything in your private life that should be fulfilled?

That’s a good question… I hope I can keep doing better music really, or more art-full stuff and that the people surrounding me can find happiness everyday.

Last great song you shaked to yourself- besides your own tracks;) ?

Anything from Barry White, we just danced to one of his songs lately and it was one of those moments you never forget. Talking about Barry White, there’s this song from Moodymann with Theo Parrish called “lake shore drive” which can shake everything.

What makes you happy?

The sun.

What makes you sad?

Human behavior.

What is the most important thing for you in life?

Love, life and the universe.

In our interview in 2008 your last words were: “You don´t need money to make good music” What are the last words you wanna tell this time?

You kind of need money to live though.

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