Unassuming, devoid of pretension and as laid-back as anyone can be after constantly being on the move, Mallorca Lee is a guy who has been around the block more than a few times, and has the relaxed, humble attitude to prove it. As once a member of the seminal and acclaimed Ultrasonic, and having long since struck out on his own as a DJ, he has seemingly managed to find a balance that most DJs can only aspire to between his love of music, and his need to keep his feet firmly on the ground in regards to it – and he’s not afraid to bring things down a level at which others are envious.
“After over a million records, and all the albums and singles that I’ve done, it’s just amazing to know that there’s somebody somewhere that has something I’ve been involved with,” he explains reverently, citing the phenomenal amount of tunes that his fans have purchased over the years. “It’s just amazing to know that someone liked it enough to by it – well, okay, maybe downloaded it or something! But it still just amazing to know that people like it so much that they want to listen to it. Its humbling, and in many ways, to step back and look at all of it, I kind of know that when I hang up my headphones or it all comes to an end, that I’ve left my fingerprints on this sort of dance music.”
Mallorca Lees music, in any form, has always held resonance for those who have looked for a more uplifting and smile-wielding night of enjoyment, and there is no more evidential proof of this than in his disregard for the various boxes of genres that people invent for electronic music.
“I’ve always considered myself a producer of electronic dance music and I’ve tried to go through different genres. I sometimes think that genres are invented for other people to dis a style of music that they don’t like,” he laughs. “At the end of the day, its dance music, let’s not get mixed up with the genre. It’s great if people like different types but it’s not complicated – they like dance music, and sometimes its hard because I love so many genres. I don’t sit down and plan what I’m going to do. I guess sometimes it works against me because some people don’t quite know what I’m going to play.”
Forthright, wild, crazy or merely a regular guy doing what he loves, there’s just something about Mallorca Lees attitude that strikes a mischievously familiar chord. “I try to and bring live element into the DJing side of things,” he remarks on his onstage presence. “I’m not too scared to pick up the mic. I’m not too scared to crowd surf. I’m not scared to join the mosh-pit. It’s just all about having a good time, and if people can see me having a good time then hopefully it helps them relax so that they can have a good time. Within the different genres of music the tempos may be different, the styles may be different but again, its all dance music. A DJs job is to make people dance, and if I’m not doing that, I’m not doing my job right.”
Having been to Australia several times, Mallorca Lee still loves bringing his world to ours. “I’m just really going to have it. Just have a good time. I’m going to play the music that I like to play to the crowds that I like to play to. I know it’s a cliché, and I don’t say it every time I rock up, but Australia is one of my favourite countries to play. I’ve had some great times, and over the years I’ve built up some great friends. To be honest, it’ll just be madness really – nothing pretentious, just enjoying the weekend sort of thing and enjoying the people that are around us.”
At the end of the day, there is so much more that can be said of Mallorca Lee and such a short interview can never do justice to both his character and artistry. Suffice to say, however, it is a rare occasion when an interview is felt to be too short – and this is, also, remarkably, the way in which his music and performances usually leave his fans – deeply satisfied, and yet still wishing for more.
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