PHUTUREPRIMITIVE INTERVIEW May 30, 2014Summer 2 CommentsWe are big fans of Phutureprimitive here at AudioMolly. His Lucid Dreams track was one of my earliest posts, entitled String Theory (page 7 if you want to go check it out.) So obviously I’m stoked to have an interview with the man himself right before his headlining set at this Saturday’s, May 31st A~Bun~Dance at Lure, Hollywood! This time the theme is the Future, my favorite era! http://gratefulgeneration.com/events Summer First off, your music blows my mind, for reasons other than it sounds great, and to say just “music” is an understatement. Each song is a story, a taste of Déjà vu like moments in time that are still somehow yet to come, the recorded memoirs of a billion year old consciousness downloaded into a spaceship dwelling cyborg, the soundtrack of our welcoming of the coming singularity. Your moniker, Phutureprimitive is probably the most interesting I’ve ever heard. I feel like the current electronic music scene is a perfect specimen of Future and Primitive. We fully utilize and embrace our technological evolution and combine it with the deep need for human connection and tribal expression through dance and costume. “Phutureprimitive” fully embodies the vibe your music portrays, or vice versa. How did you come up with it? Phutureprimitive The name Phutureprimitive came from a love of duality, and those words convey just that. I like that the name somehow has a cinematic quality to it. I think those two words together are very intriguing. They create a framework of contrast (something I think good music also does). I think it also conveys where we’re at as a species – we’re living in the future, so to speak, but still behaving in some primitive ways. Summer Who are your musical influences? Phutureprimitive I’m inspired by melodies that tickle my insides and evoke an emotional or physical reaction. I’m inspired by simplicity, by life experiences, and by the space between the notes. I’m inspired by music that creates an environment for my imagination to run wild. I’m inspired by polarity, and by music that creates a soundtrack for how I think and feel and move. Summer What are some of your “go to” synths for that ripping Reese like bass? Phutureprimitive My go-to synths are Logic, Predator, Gladiator, Massive, Omnisphere, Alchemy, lots of re-sampling. Summer What is your favorite track that you’ve created? Phutureprimitive I don’t have just one favorite track that I’ve created, but I do have a top 5. Elysium, Spanish Fly, Burn, Hi Rez, and Dusted Compass. Summer Noyice! What other topics inspire you as an artists and individual? Phutureprimitive Having new experiences. I love to learn. Genuine connection. Nature. Technology. Spontaneity. Travel. Summer Same here. One last simple question; any thoughts on the future of humanity? Phutureprimitive I think between financial collapse, peak oil, global warming, global corporations, and our diminishing fresh water supply, we’re in for a bumpy ride. But humans are also amazingly resilient. I think we’ve got a long way to go in learning how to live harmoniously, in a way that guarantees we will not only survive, but thrive, for many more years to come on this planet. I think peoples’ and nations’ beliefs often get in the way of connection and compassion. The intensity of your beliefs can sometimes equate to the strength with which you resist questioning yourself and the world around you. A little more open-mindedness will go a long way. Summer Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. I am over the top excited about your headlining set at A~Bun~Dance, can’t wait to dance out my demons with you! Phutureprimitive Thanks for the love and support, I really appreciate it. Your descriptive experience of the music was freakin’ awesome to read! Beautifully articulated. http://www.phutureprimitive.com https://www.facebook.com/phutureprimitivemusic @phutureprimitiv https://www.youtube.com/user/Primitivephuture Dubstep, IDM, INTERVIEW"Lucid Dreams", A~Bun~Dance, dubstep, future, Grateful Generation, IDM, interview, Lure, phutureprimitiveShare : Tweet
KRADDY INTERVIEW May 20, 2014Summer 2 CommentsI first got down to Kraddy when Jules posted his sultry Wrecking Ball remix back in January. He continues to impress with tracks like the Flosstradamus remix that I posted last week and his new album Be a Light, on presale today! Give the first single, The Prestige a listen on SoundCloud and check out the interview below: https://soundcloud.com/kraddy/the-prestige Summer First off I just have to say that your set at the April A~Bun~Dance was awesome and I’m really enjoying the Flosstradamus remix. Super stoked for your set at Lightening in a Bottle this weekend as well, (Saturday night, 11pm- 12:30am at the Bamboo Stage) and LIB in general, the line up is so insanely good! Kraddy I’m really glad you liked my set and the new remix. Thank you! I’m very excited for LIB too. Summer Which bands and/or producers do you consider to be your musical influences? Kraddy So many. It’s impossible to list them all but here’s a start – Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Aphex Twin, Tipper, Si Begg, DJ Premier, Public Enemy, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Sepultura, Black Star, Rick Rubin, Meshuggah, Mono, Phish. Summer I’m very interested in your merging of live bands with electronic music. We are definitely seeing heavy electronic influence in pop and rock. I feel that when it comes to electronic music, resistance is futile. Kraddy I agree. Summer What are your thoughts on the future of traditional live music? Kraddy Traditional live music will always exist. But it’s quickly morphing with electronic music. Most music will be a hybrid but there will always be an interest in musicianship and the skill of playing an instrument well. Summer I’m eager to discover more hybrid genres, the blending of traditional genres with electronic as well as the merging of electronic genres. The possibilities are endless, it’s exciting. Kraddy Agreed. Summer What are you looking forward to in this realm and how do you plan on contributing if so? Kraddy I like what the XX is doing. I want to hear folk music with a simple electronic beat. I want to hear jungle metal. I want to hear dubstep love ballads. I’m contributing by making all of those styles. You can hear that on my upcoming album Be A Light. iTunes pre-sale starts May 20th [ TODAY! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-a-light/id869689436 ] and includes the first single for free. The full album comes out on June 3rd. Summer I read that you advocate listeners obtaining music for free. (Torrents, piracy arrrg) To quote you: “[Piracy] It didn’t necessarily kill the industry; it hurt the infrastructure that was already pretty much weak.” Assuming that this is correct information; I agree and I’d like to know exactly what you meant about the infrastructure being weak in the first place. Kraddy Mp3 and the rise of digital music wasn’t sudden. Everyone saw it coming and the major record labels completely slept on (or ignored) the changes happening in the industry. That is what I mean when I say that piracy didn’t kill the industry, it just hurt the an already angling and outdated system. Major labels are so far behind when it comes to music innovation – they’re dinosaurs. The real taste makers are indie labels like Fools Gold, Mad Decent, OWSLA, Alpha Pup… The record labels are looking to these indie labels to try and find something cool because they have no idea what cool is anymore. Summer When did you start producing music? Kraddy I started writing music when I moved to SF in 1996. I was an intern at a studio called DataStream Studios. I learned to DJ and produce music at the same time. Summer Do you prefer remixing or creating an original track, and why? Kraddy Both are very fun. I like remixing because I don’t have to start from scratch. The idea is right there and I only need to manipulate it. But I love writing original music because I’m always surprised by what comes out when I sit down to write. Its invigorating to come up with something thats fresh. Its like a magic trick and I don’t even know how it works. Summer That’s awesome. Do you have a particular work flow to which you stick in your creative process, or is every track different? Kraddy I have a flow I try and stick to but I don’t always stick to it. I try and lay out the basics of the track right at the beginning. Intro first verse, chorus etc… I make myself do that before I even pick out sounds. Its like building a frame for a house. I like to see if a track has the basic elements that make it worth continuing to work on before I put too much time into it. But sometimes I do just write an epic drop/chorus and then try and figure out the other parts after. Summer What software do you use? Kraddy I use Logic Audio and sometime Ableton. Summer Why do you prefer it over Ableton? Kraddy I think the low end sounds better. And I really like all their built in plugins. Summer Any new software/tools or tech emerging that you’re excited about using in production or live shows? Kraddy I’m thinking to going back to good ‘ol playing instruments rather than bringing more tech on stage. At some point after the album release I want to do a show with a full band and play a set of all my music live. Summer Wow, I really look forward to seeing that and can’t wait to check out the new album. See you at LIB, thanks for your time! INTERVIEW, TrapA~Bun~Dance, Be a Light, Do Lab, Grateful Generation, interview, kraddy, LIB, lightening in a bottle, trapShare : Tweet
ChrisB. Interview & Buddah Bass Remix March 26, 2014Summer 2 CommentsI posted Los Angeles native ChrisB.’s Aqueous Transmission remix back in February and caught one of his live sets at an A-Bun-Dance after party in the hills. Good thing that house didn’t have a rug because it would have gotten cut. He had the whole living room turned into a dance floor. Chris is back on AudioMolly with an interview and a sweet new Buddha Bass remix! He will be playing live at the next A-Bun-Dance this Saturday at Lure, Hollywood and the second weekend of Coachella with the Do Lab on 4/20, go ChrisB.! Summer: What are your musical influences? ChrisB.: I have a very eclectic taste, so I have many different types of influences in my music. I grew up playing guitar, I was very into classic rock bands like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. I was also into jazz and funk. The first electronic music I was ever introduced to was STS9 way back in 2004. I loved the fact they fused live instrumentation in with all these new synthesized electronic sounds that I had never heard before at the time. The first “DJs” I was ever introduced to were people like Bassnectar, Glitch Mob, and Tipper when I was like 16 or so. Didn’t fully understand it at the time until I was able to experience that kind of music live. Lately I’ve been listening to a bunch of hip hop (which btw I never liked at all until I got into electronic music) as well as the new future beat stuff like Cashmere Cat. I’ll pretty much listen to anything just as long as it has a good melody. Summer: First concert? ChrisB.: The first concert I went to was KISS. Jeez, I must have been like 3 or 4, maybe even younger. Gene Simmons and his family are family friends, so I grew up being around music at a really early age. Summer: That’s so cool! What are your thoughts on the LA music scene and local acts? ChrisB.: The LA music scene is pretty cool. Part of the reason why I still live here, although the only time I ever leave my studio is when a friend is in town playing music. Local acts like my Headtron brothers are absolutely crushing it, Sugarpill of course, Goldrush and jOBOT. Mr Carmack and the whole Team Supreme crew are making some huge waves right now too. Summer: Which do you find more enjoyable: making a remix, or creating an original track and why? ChrisB.: Remixes are fun because it allows you to take other peoples ideas and spawning your own from them. I typically find remixes easier that writing a while song from scratch. Writing something 100% original that kills it is always way more rewarding though. Summer: Do you try to take in to consideration what your audience’s opinion of your tracks might be when creating them? ChrisB.: When writing songs, the vibe of the song is highly affected by how I am feeling at the moment. Sometimes I’ll write a chill down-tempo song knowing I might never play it live unless during a sunrise set at Burning Man or something. I am my own worse critic so I usually don’t care what anyone else thinks just as long as I like it, I’m happy with it. Summer: When you remix, do you begin with a track that’s already mostly completed and conform the stems you want to remix to it, or do you start bare bones with the stems and build the track around them? ChrisB.: As far as remixing goes it depends on if I have access to the stems, in that case I have a personal relationship with the artist. Otherwise it’s a bootleg remix. When searching for bootlegs to remix I try to pick songs that are more along the minimal side of things so it really allows me to add all my own layers on top of it. Summer: If you had to delete all but 3 plugins, which would you choose? ChrisB.: I would keep Massive, Omnisphere and the Waves CLA Vocal plugin. Summer: What is the best advice that has benefited you as a musician? ChrisB.: The best advice I’ve benefited from was never doubt yourself and think you don’t know how to do something. Just try it and experiment. You have no idea how many times I have told myself I don’t know how to do something, then tried and I knew all along. Summer: What do you feel is unique about your music? ChrisB.: I have been recording more and more guitar lately and incorporating it with my music. I haven’t really heard anyone doing psychedelic 808 music with recorded electric guitar yet. Summer: Sounds interesting. I look forward to hearing that and catching your upcoming sets. Thanks, Chris! Chill, TrapA-Bun-Dance, Buddha Bass, chill, ChrisB, ChrisB. Remix, Euphoria, Grateful Generation, remix, trapShare : Tweet
