Ari Frank (Melodeum records). Electronic French music in Chicago.
1)What has been the path of Ari as an artist between France and United States? Why did you move so far from Europe?
Ari Frank (Melodeum records). Electronic French music in Chicago.
1)What has been the path of Ari as an artist between France and United States? Why did you move so far from Europe?
Nebulaee & Flmb Records (Sintra, Portugal)
1)What has been the path of Nebulaee as an artist, first inspirations & inputs ?
Ive started drying In 1999 listening to my oldest brother playing records, and thats when I started going out and listening to renowned djs. At that time I was only dying, and it was only a decade later that I started going into the production world. I was heavily influenced by the west side American House scene, from labels like Tango, Siesta, 6400 Crew or Artists like masters at work, Joeski, Jay Tripwire and so on.
2)What was the idea Between the Nebulaee concept & Flmb records? Are there any particular references or musicals inputs? Which Portuguese artists have influenced and shaped the sound of Nebulaee?
In relation with my label FLMB I always wanted to release music that I could include I my sets, one of my main goals is to have a full case full of FLMB Records and manage to play for hours with it. As far as Portuguese artists go, Mario Roque, Luis Leite, Urban Dreams or Dj Vibe I would definitely make part of that list, and labels like Kaos or Nylon from Portuguese legend Tó Ricciardi.
3)What are the Habits of Nebulaee, Lifestyle? How did you find your time to be so prolific between Labels, day time job, family and you as an Artist? Are you living far from Lisbonne?
So Im working full time during the day, so any spare time I have I usually divide it between family and studio. That's basically my life cycle right there. I live in Sintra which is a quiet place near Lisbon, and has the tranquility I need to be at peace with my family and music.
4)Can you give us a short description of your sound as DJ/producer ? How did you connect with Terence :Terry:? Are there any others releases /projects you want to mention from you or?
I could label my music first and foremost as experimental in the sense that I always like to experiment with different sounds and textures that are yet to be explored. Believe it or not where I find my sweet spot is sometimes to explore the errors I make. I met Terrence a bit before the pandemic started but I was already a big fan of his work and Record label. I have a project which I’m part of called Lifestyling, a collective of like minded people and artists which their main focus is to bring a bit of joy in these dark times. We are growing steadily in the Lisbon scene and Im proud to be part of it. In regards to my label FLMB / Flammable Records I have 3 new releases in the pipeline, waiting to see the light of day very soon, but unfortunately I cannot disclose more about it at this time.
5)Give us five favorites YouTube music links, any style that represents the world/style of Nebulaee?
My sets have always been quiet diverse, I would say that I try to cover all corners of House Music. One day someone told me that I play house like if it was techno, which I think describes well the type of vibe I try to transmit while I’m playing.
BREINERY
Rising house music talent made in Madrid (Spain)
How the passion for music came? Why electronic? Can you tell us your first inspirations & steps into this world?
The music has started since my youth, my parents were travelling all around the world and brought some CDs of every kind & style of sound, it was an incredible experience.
Electronic music came to me as my father was involved in video games, I listened to techno & trance, as a child, it was an inspiring moment
What’s the style of Breinery? How would you describe the scene in Madrid at this time? Clubs & Others events?
The musical style of Breinery, my name as an artist, I would say that the base is coming from the Chicago House mixed with some Jazz influences with some light doses of minimal & micro house oriented.
I definitely think that the house music scene in Madrid should be more open to what’s going on out of Spain, Djs & Producers are taking this way and in new directions.
Unfortunately, I would have the same kind of opinions regarding Promoters/Bars & Restaurants. In Madrid, we have an amazing mixed crowd coming from all over the world, and sometimes some quality events are missing.
How the Pandemic has affected the scene in Madrid? Can you tell us about your projects for 2021 & Beyond?
I think that the pandemia has had some good & bad effects on our scene, the good is we took time to reset some old habits and improve our capacity to understand each other and others information, we had time with Terence who was teaching me about productions & mixing technique to produce 2 ep and other special projects.
One of them is seeing the light really soon on Floorpiece records (Uk) coming with a remix of Terence :Terry: (Excited!!)
Besides that, I'm working also on another project not particularly house but with some pop tendencies under another moniker.
Can You tell us what your favourite tracks of any kind are?
T.GARCIA
(Electronic producer from Canaria islands)
-Can you describe how the wave of electronic Djs & Labels from the Uk at the beginning of the 90’s has been a major influence on the clubbing scene in Tenerife ?
Incredible and inspiring, from capital city, Santa Cruz, to the rest of the areas in this island. Always went out to Las Americas (Veronicas) looking to hear the best DJs and sets in the 90's. Our electronic scene was absolutely influenced by rhythms coming from England. Fortunalely, we were witnessess of great performances by emblematic artists during years, such of Steve Foster, Micky Finn and many others.
-What are the influences of Tito Garcia? When did you start your career?
I started DJing in 1996, which is when I also started to get my first suitcases of vinyl, especially old school/hardcore classic house and underground hip hop. Years later, in 2004, I began to participate professionally as a DJ in discos and events in the islands.
-How is the nightlife in Tenerife and the other islands after this weird period of lockdown due to the Covid?
In the first dates of confinement, it was especially hard to get used to the idea. I had a lot of time to reflect and focus on the production of new tracks, and that helped me and showed the opposite side of that situation concerning inspiration & creativity to me.
-Which 5 records you will die with ?
1. The Fat of the Land (The Prodigy)
2. In The Groove (Marvin Gaye)
3. I Believe-D Cruze (Suburban base records)
4.Thriller (Michael Jackson)
5.The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Kamron & his collective Hot Mess made in Melbourne (Australia)
1)What has been the path of Kamron as an artist between England and Australia ?Why did you move so far from Europe ?
I’ve been DJing for around 10 years or more now. I started playing in Manchester all over the city and also on a weekly basis at a club called South. My housemate at the time was running a night there which took off massively, we were playing to a sold out club every Tuesday night so that was really the thing that helped me cut my teeth as a DJ and made me comfortable playing to a full room fairly early on in my career.
While I was living in Manchester I was also working for the Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival as an Artist Liaison and Stage Manager. I absolutely loved this job! I was studying Events Management at Uni and was observing and being involved in the inner workings of one of the biggest night time events in the UK every week. As well as this meeting so many cool people and watching some of my favourite artists and inspirations play from the stage was an amazing education and I wish I could still be doing it now!
I moved to Australia in 2017, I was just a bit bored of life in England and wanted a change. It was one of the best decisions i’ve made, I love it in Melbourne. It’s a beautiful country with great people and we have a wicked crew over here as well so whilst I really miss my friends and family back home I feel like I have another home now too.
In terms of production, I have only been actually producing music since April 2020. Whilst living in Australia is great, the visa situation is sometimes difficult, I got stuck in a loophole in the system when lockdown hit which meant I wasn’t allowed to work for a while. I thought there is never going to be a better time to get stuck into Ableton and i’m so pleased I did. It instantly felt like something I should have been doing for 10 years already and now i’m addicted.
2)We are hearing a lot about Hot mess, all the Europeans DJs are making a stop there ? How was this party born ? Is it a collective ? Party or Label ? Main difference about the electronic the scene between Sydney & Melbourne ?
That’s good to hear! We’ve had some wicked parties and amazing guests so far like Dan Ghenacia, Alec Falconer, Pierre Codarin and Okain to name a few. I can’t wait to see where we are in 5 years time or something like that.
Hot Mess was born really out of my frustration really. I moved to Melbourne completely on my own and when I got here I was sending mixes out to people etc. and not really getting anywhere. I also noticed that there was a bit of a musical gap for the kind of sounds I wanted to hear. The scene in Melbourne is very techno focused, some industrial but a lot of melodic techno which is not really my thing. In Sydney they are very into their house and minimal but for me Melbourne is a better city to live in. After a while I just thought fuck it, I’m going to start something, so I did!
The first party went way better than I could have hoped for and it has pretty much carried on from there. I now have two friends involved in Hot Mess with me, it was 4 of us but one had to go home when COVID hit unfortunately. Every party we have done has been wicked and the most pleasing thing about it is it really feels like we are bringing people together. We have made a lot of new mates through the parties and connected with a lot of like minded people, which when you are on the other side of the world to home, is very cool.
We have also launched Hot Mess as a label recently on Bandcamp with the first release also my own first release. We will be putting out Friends & Family vol. 1 sometime close to Christmas which will be a 6 tracker from all Melbourne based artists we have met through running Hot Mess which I’m really looking forward to. I have a few of the tracks in already and it’s going to be a bomb EP so keep an eye out for it!
3)Can you give us a short description of your sound as DJ/producer ? How did you connect with Terence :Terry: ? Are there any others releases /projects you want to mention ?
My sound as an artist I would say is definitely 90’s influenced, trippy and driving. For me I don’t really like genre’s but i’d probably say house is in the middle of my scale and it tips either side to garage, electro, minimal and a few other bits and bobs thrown in for good measure. I have always listened to a broad spectrum of music for as long as I can remember so I feel like that comes out in my sets and productions.
I think myself and Terry connected through our mutual friend Greg (Pepperpot) we just started sending each other tracks and it went from there.
In terms of other releases and projects I already mentioned our next Hot Mess release above. I’ve not sent much music out yet to be honest but I am going to get things moving properly for 2021. I am also working on potentially starting a little festival with my friend next year which is still in early stages but things are feeling good. If it comes off it will probably be the best event i’ve put together in my life so far and very special so fingers crossed!
4)Give us five favorites YouTube music links, any style that represents the world/style of Kamron ?
Ok i’ll give you some old and some new, cause that’s normally what you hear from me when I play.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kamronmusic
https://www.facebook.com/hotmessmelbourne
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/kamron_music
https://soundcloud.com/hotmessmelbourne
Instagram:
1) Quel était ton parcours avant de devenir Dj et Promoteur? Premières influences et inspirations?
Mélomane depuis ma tendre enfance, j’ai commencé à mixer dès l’âge de 15 ans. C’est à cette époque que j’ai commencé à collectionner mes premiers vinyles.
J’étais très attiré par les musiques populaires d’Afrique de l’ouest (Nigeria, Congo), j’étais fan de FELA KUTI et des orchestres: T P OK JAZZ de Franco et de l’AFRICAN JAZZ de Joseph KABASELE pour ne citer qu’eux. J’écoutais également de la Funk.
A cette époque la vague Electronique n’avait pas encore conquis la Réunion c’est bien plus tard que je me suis intéressé à la musique électronique en France métropolitaine dans les débuts des années 2000 avec la déferlante minimal. Mes premières influences: Cabanne, Villalobos, Nima Gorji, Delano Smith.
2) Quel a ètè l’impact du Covid 19 sur l’ocean indien et l’ile de la Reunion? Et également
ton travail en tant que promoteur /dj?
L’impact du Covid 19 a été brutal, douloureux pour le secteur de la fête à la Réunion. Dès le mois de mars, date à laquelle le premier cas de Covid 19 a été recensé la Réunion a été confinée.
Après le déconfinement la situation s’est aggravé avec l’augmentation de cas importés et l’explosion des cas autochtones. Aujourd’hui encore le secteur de l’événementiel et de la culture est au point mort, ma dernière vraie soirée remonte au mois de janvier et entre temps j’ai refait deux petites soirées en comité restreint au mois de juillet.
Je profite donc de ce temps d’arrêt pour suivre des formations dans le domaine de la culture afin d’approfondir des connaissances me permettant de travailler sur l’élaborations de mes futures projets artistique et aussi afin de me structurer d’avantage mon label Kamarads et ma future entreprise de production de spectacle.
3) Peux-tu nous en dire plus sur ton label Kamarads son ADN et direction artistique?
Comment est -il né? Quelle est la saveur musicale de la scene locale et des autres iles voisines?
Comme son nom l’indique, Kamarads records est un label qui veut avant tout véhiculer des valeurs de partage, d’amitié et de fraternité à travers des sorties et évènements régulier. Les sonorités de Kamarads sont orientées avant tout House minimaliste mais les sonorités Chicago House auront aussi leurs place, notamment sur le prochain Ep avec un track du parisien et légendaire artiste Jef K et Iy...
Je veux produire des artistes que j’aime et dont la charte musicale correspond a la ligne artistique que je me suis fixé.
Mon ami David Mattarasso aka Politics Of Dancing a était l’élément déclencheur dans la création du label, pour moi c’était un vieux rève inaccessible avant que David m’est encouragé à sauter le pas. Il m’a présenté Djebali dont j´etais déjà fan depuis longtemps.
Par la suite j’ai rencontré le producteur et Dj Terence :Terry: qui m’a permis de signer le nouveau prodige house israélien Stephan Bazbaz. Ainsi est né Kamarads Records. Pour le futur et je ne devrai pas le communiquer mais :
Jef K & ILyes ,Reda Dare ,Laurent Ci et Nicolas Brusegan seront les prochains artistes du KMRDS 002, sous la forme d’un Various concocté par mes soins (J’ai Hâte!!)
La scène House et minimal à la réunion se porte bien. Il y a un public averti, la scène est très dynamique et continue d’évoluer dans le bon sens, grâce aussi au travail constant et régulier que nous avons accompli depuis une dizaine d’années avec ma première entité: Nayah Event
A l’Ile Maurice, la musique Electronique se porte très bien également et des collaborations avec la Réunion voient régulièrement le jour.
4)Tes projets /souhaits pour 2021 ,en tant qu’artiste et promoteur ?
Mes projets pour 2021 seraient de faire des soirées encore plus conséquentes, plus qualitatives et de booker des artistes qui me font vibrer sur quelques «Label Nigth Only»
J’aimerai sortir au moins 2 ou 3 EP sous la formule d’un Various, regroupant les artistes internationaux que je dénds, mais aussi de développer les jeunes producteurs locaux de la Reunion.
Je serai ravi si je pouvais faire quelques dates en France ou en Espagne et enfin pourquoi ne pas aller faire une virée en Roumanie: je rēve d’aller faire la fête au moins une fois au Sunwave Festival.
Cependant mon souhait le plus cher pour 2021, c’est que cette situation sanitaire s’améliore vraiment, pour que nous puissions tous retrouver notre liberté de danser car rien n’est sensé arrêter un peuple qui danse, alors nous danserons tous en 2021. 😊
5) Quels ont ètè tes cinq derniers coups de coeur musicaux, électroniques ou pas ?
*Pour le Sunset : Unknown «Ya Zdes» (CCCP EDITS 1)
*En Warm Up: So Inagawa «Count Your Blessing»
*Peak Time: Politics Of Dancing «Machines» (LCS003)
*En After: Roman Flugel «Acid Test»
*A la maison le lendemain: Zan Mari Bare «Voun»