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Entrevista a Auntie Flo
Entrevista a Auntie Flo
Leftdance talks with Brian d`Souza(aka Auntie Flo), a scottish electronic music
I recommend his links
1)What are your main musical influences ?
My musical influences are constantly changing, I'm always on the look out for something fresh and new to me and these in turn influence my own production. I think this attitude comes from being a collector of music in general -
i never stick to on genre and try to learn about a scene before moving onto the next. In general, i always come back to classic house sounds - chicago, detroit, 80s electro, italo. Im also heavily influenced by original afrobeat and new sounds of kwaito and some more modern uk stuff.
2)What was the first album you bought?, and which was the last? , both locally and internationally
Pretty sure the first album was michael jackson's bad. The last album I bought was Debruit's "From the Horizon" and Jam City's new one on Night Slugs.
3)Beside the music, which other arts do you really love?
I'm a fan of European Cinema - Love Bela Tarr, Tarkovsky etc. I try and check out as much art and sound art installation stuff as possible. The recent Kusama exhibition at the Tate blew my mind. I'd like to spend more time getting exploring other arts as I used to be able to go and see more stuff than i can do now.
I'm just too busy but one day that will change! I used to make my own installation sound art pieces and also produce sound design for films, both of which I'd like to get back into at some stage.
4)How do you imagine the future of the music industry? The cd would be extinguished? ,will there be only digital versions?, record labels may redefine their role?
Interesting question - record labels have been redefining their role in the past 5 years and i think they are more crucial then ever, but just not in the traditional major label sense.
Labels act as gatekeepers and are crucial filters to the good and bad. With more music being produced than ever before, labels help us digest the music that's coming out. Format is very important now but I imagine that will change.
I love vinyl and still play mostly vinyl when i dj, however, the amount of venues I played recently which aren;t set up for vinyl is worrying and makes me think twice about taking them. On top of that, airlines are getting more strict about how much luggage you can carry, another problem when lugging around a heavy bag of vinyl! Only last week my records got lost on a trip to Lisbon, it took a week to get them back.
All these things detract from the physical format and point more towards digital. However sound quality still needs to be improved for club play.
Regarding the future of music, my company Open Ear is developing some mobile app techology which will turn public spaces - bars, cafes, shops etc into places where you can buy / share new music.
I see more public place becoming platforms in which labels and artists can push their music to new sets of ears..
No longer 'bakcground' but very much in the 'fore'. Watch out for our launch at the end of 2012!
5) Tell me about the backstage of the creation of your album Future Rhythm Machine
Most of FRM was created in 2010 when I was reading Sonic Warfare by Steve Goodman. I got a lot of ideas and inspiration from that book - afrofuturism, the black atlantic and Kodwo Eshun's notion of the futurhythmachine.
I was making a lot of tracks in that time and things just came together as a cohesive whole. With most of the tracks completed, it took 2 more years to put the finishing touches to them, master them and get the label to release them.
As I was an unknown artist, we decided to release the singles Highlife and Oh My Days first before dropping the album.
6)What are your next plans for 2012 ?
We're doing a lot of live and dj gigs around Europe - Stop Making Sense, Camp Bestival, Neopop, Dimensions etc..
I've also got a lot of remixes coming out, currently working on 5 different ones so really busy with that.
Hopefully will have another single out too, been working on a few new tracks and been road testing them at gigs and then tweaking.. Looking for labels to release them!!
Entrevista a Auntie Flo
Entrevista a Auntie Flo
Leftdance talks with Brian d`Souza(aka Auntie Flo), a scottish electronic music
I recommend his links
1)What are your main musical influences ?
My musical influences are constantly changing, I'm always on the look out for something fresh and new to me and these in turn influence my own production. I think this attitude comes from being a collector of music in general -
i never stick to on genre and try to learn about a scene before moving onto the next. In general, i always come back to classic house sounds - chicago, detroit, 80s electro, italo. Im also heavily influenced by original afrobeat and new sounds of kwaito and some more modern uk stuff.
2)What was the first album you bought?, and which was the last? , both locally and internationally
Pretty sure the first album was michael jackson's bad. The last album I bought was Debruit's "From the Horizon" and Jam City's new one on Night Slugs.
3)Beside the music, which other arts do you really love?
I'm a fan of European Cinema - Love Bela Tarr, Tarkovsky etc. I try and check out as much art and sound art installation stuff as possible. The recent Kusama exhibition at the Tate blew my mind. I'd like to spend more time getting exploring other arts as I used to be able to go and see more stuff than i can do now.
I'm just too busy but one day that will change! I used to make my own installation sound art pieces and also produce sound design for films, both of which I'd like to get back into at some stage.
4)How do you imagine the future of the music industry? The cd would be extinguished? ,will there be only digital versions?, record labels may redefine their role?
Interesting question - record labels have been redefining their role in the past 5 years and i think they are more crucial then ever, but just not in the traditional major label sense.
Labels act as gatekeepers and are crucial filters to the good and bad. With more music being produced than ever before, labels help us digest the music that's coming out. Format is very important now but I imagine that will change.
I love vinyl and still play mostly vinyl when i dj, however, the amount of venues I played recently which aren;t set up for vinyl is worrying and makes me think twice about taking them. On top of that, airlines are getting more strict about how much luggage you can carry, another problem when lugging around a heavy bag of vinyl! Only last week my records got lost on a trip to Lisbon, it took a week to get them back.
All these things detract from the physical format and point more towards digital. However sound quality still needs to be improved for club play.
Regarding the future of music, my company Open Ear is developing some mobile app techology which will turn public spaces - bars, cafes, shops etc into places where you can buy / share new music.
I see more public place becoming platforms in which labels and artists can push their music to new sets of ears..
No longer 'bakcground' but very much in the 'fore'. Watch out for our launch at the end of 2012!
5) Tell me about the backstage of the creation of your album Future Rhythm Machine
Most of FRM was created in 2010 when I was reading Sonic Warfare by Steve Goodman. I got a lot of ideas and inspiration from that book - afrofuturism, the black atlantic and Kodwo Eshun's notion of the futurhythmachine.
I was making a lot of tracks in that time and things just came together as a cohesive whole. With most of the tracks completed, it took 2 more years to put the finishing touches to them, master them and get the label to release them.
As I was an unknown artist, we decided to release the singles Highlife and Oh My Days first before dropping the album.
6)What are your next plans for 2012 ?
We're doing a lot of live and dj gigs around Europe - Stop Making Sense, Camp Bestival, Neopop, Dimensions etc..
I've also got a lot of remixes coming out, currently working on 5 different ones so really busy with that.
Hopefully will have another single out too, been working on a few new tracks and been road testing them at gigs and then tweaking.. Looking for labels to release them!!