Marius Libman makes fuzzy synth disco under the name Copy. His latest album, Hair Guitar, is out on DJ E*Rock's Audio Dregs label.

Dazed Digital: How and why did you end up in Portland? 

Marius Libman: I was born and raised in the Seattle area, and when I was a teenager my friends and I would drive down to Portland because, at the time, bands that we wanted to see would play a 21+ show in Seattle but an all-ages show in Portland (usually at the now defunct club La Luna) so I had the chance to check it out a bunch. And a big draw that Portland had was the record store Ozone. Its electronic and experimental section was so much better than anything Seattle had at the time that it really added to Portland's allure. 

DD: What's the best thing about Portland? 

ML: Well... there's a lot that I love about Portland. I'm really exited about all the amazing indie/electronic music that's coming out of here, the rent is still relatively cheap, amazing food is everywhere and inexpensive, and the city is beautiful and easy to get around in. 

DD: What's the worst thing about Portland? 

ML: I'm really bummed about all the fucking condos popping up everywhere. New 'luxury' condos are popping up everywhere and they're trying to market the 'quaintness' of Portland towards upper middle class people moving to the city from places like LA and NY. One of the main reasons Portland has so much good art and music coming out of it is because there are a ton of poor kids who live here because they can afford it. But things like this are raising property values and rent, which is slowly eroding that part of the city. 

DD: What was your most memorable Portland gig? 

ML: Playing this year's PDX Pop Now! fest was probably my best, most fun show in Portland. I've been blessed with a ton of amazing shows in this city, but that one was really incredible. 

DD: What's your favourite Portland spot? 

ML: I've got to give it up to Holocene, which is an amazing club that I think really did a lot as far as cultivating the Portland music scene. They helped bring a lot of touring acts to the city that before they were around would skip Portland on their tours, and they also helped showcase a lot of local bands and musicians, like myself, that didn't have a good place to get heard. I've played and DJed there countless times, and I owe them a lot for helping me find my audience. 

DD: What are the best Portland bands that we haven't heard of? 

ML: There's a ton! I'm real into an electro/house producer Arohan, who just recently started playing shows. My friend B*retta also makes great electro/disco/sythpop stuff. Reverse Dotty and the Candy Cane Shivs are a disco/rock band that recently self-released a 12" with a remix I did for them on it. I'm on tour now with a band called Atole, who are an amazing disco/house band. Strength is another band I've remixed, they're an italo disco band with awesome production that sounds like a cross between Giorgio Moroder and early '80s Quincy Jones.