With releases on internationally renowned labels like Monaberry, Kittball and Snatch! Hanne & Lore not only look back on first-class label releases, but also on a worldwide fanbase. Now the duo from Germany is back on their own label Heulsuse with Throwback Track. Time for a chat.

Have you been at home this last year? How has that been for you guys?

Last year we played only two times and hardly visited any parties as guests. Steffen was creatively active all the time and took care of the music including mastering and ghost productions almost without exception. Stefan has a regular job again and only makes music after work.

Some parts of the music industry have thrived during lockdown, while others have suffered badly. Do you the think the club scene in Europe will recover as things begin to open hopefully soon?

How the whole club scene will develop is not yet foreseeable. Many clubs and organizers will not survive the party-free period. However, it can be assumed that other organizers are already waiting in the wings and will seize the opportunity to hold their own events.

Thus new chances arise for some and other clubs will remain closed forever. Maybe the current situation is also a kind of reset button for the whole scene and not only new locations but also new chances for the DJ scene will arise.

For us, the main thing is that after the pandemic ends, it will continue with euphoria from all sides.

After some time, you are back with a fresh single now. What was the inspiration for the Throwback Track on your label Heulsuse?

We started together as Hanne & Lore in 2007 and then after all these years somehow didn’t feel the sound right anymore. Also privately we have not heard us there for quite a while. Luckily we both got back into the project last year and remembered the good times we had together on tour.

In the studio it was immediately clear that we do not want to make a current TechHouse sound, but Hanne & Lore sound, as we love it and as we have done it before. Trends, the Beatport charts, or what else is considered “hyped”, we have left extra outside.

Outside of writing and producing music, what keeps you boys busy and makes you happy these days?

The lockdown gave us a lot of time to reflect on life and treat ourselves to quality time (especially in nature). To do and experience things for which there was no time before. So to speak, a cash balance with life. Music of course still plays a very big role, but nevertheless we have also discovered new things that make life more beautiful.

After the release of Throwback Track what do you have planned for the upcoming months?

We are fully motivated again and will release more Hanne & Lore tracks this year.

This is then also the second starting shot for our label Heulsuse. After it was very quiet there lately, not only our new tracks will be released there, but also by other artists.

As soon as the clubs and festivals start again, we definitely want to be there again. With fresh sounds and all of you having a good time together.