TSDcast 75 - Ivo (Entrevista + Mix)

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Take a step to dub - Although you’re no stranger to the digital community surrounding bass music, could you tell us a little about yourself for the guys who are new to Ivo?

Ivo - Introducing myself, I am a music producer from London and Bristol. I specialise in a variety of genres but mainly spend my time and focus my production to Deep Dubstep whilst taking inspiration for other genres. For me the dark tones and atmosphere in Deep dubstep and the deliverance draw my attention to the genre and in my own production I always try and focus on creating a really melodic and diverse intros which I would say creates a lot of the character in my tracks as well as delivering a heavy and punchy body. I take most my inspiration from the UK underground scene 

TSD - How do you think your sound has developed since you started?

I - Id say my sound has definitely evolved. I have made a variety of bass music throughout the years I’ve been producing and I have definitely taken a lot of influences from different genres which I believe has helped me to be more open minded when producing and the ability to be more creative. Id like to think that people are able to recognise my production over different genres and style of music 

TSD - What's the most important / valuable lesson you've learned since you started making music?

I - Id probably have to say the most valuable lesson I’ve learnt is not to rush when building projects. Always take time and come back to your productions every couple of days when your in different mind sets as it will help you hear different things you might of missed out and perfect your decisions 

TSD - We are supremely stoked with your latest releases, coming through with some raucous tunes that buzz with emotion and fresh personality, and we would love to gain some insight into your musical world both in and out of the studio. Where do you tend to draw inspiration from when it comes to music making?

I - Goth Trad and Truth are a big inspirations to me in terms of the sound I produce. I really like the metallic and jarring atmospheric intros in both of their production. Goth Trads very experimental but his production always sounds so clean and raw at the same time I take a lot of inspiration from the dark dusky environment he creates. Truth adding a lot of distortion to the low frequencies and create fast pace baselines which creates allot of aggression in their tracks. I take a lot of inspiration in The punchiness in their percussion. Their work rate always amazes me.

Id definitely say a lot of my inspirations come from very metallic dubstep and garage aswell taking inspiration from Swamp 81, old school Mella dee and Woz

I don’t like being defined to one genre and do like to switch up my style and pick up new techniques when experimenting with different genres. Genres are almost essentially a cast for different types of music that have foundations. I feel that taking inspiration from different elements from genres I feel you can be a lot more creative and write something different.

TSD - Can you pick one word to describe what your studio is like? Any rituals or essentials you need to create something you feel good about?

I - My studio is my house. I don’t have an overly complicated set up 

I dont have a lot of hardware I mainly just use a 61 key midi keyboard and a Akai MPC Renaissance and MPD pads when programming drums.

I Like to have a few plants dotted about as well, placed strategically 

In one word I would say. ‘graceful’

TSD - Over the last couple of months you release a serie of free tunes over Southpoint: Introducing serie. How did that relationship come about? And there is a more serious bond coming over?

I - I really like South Point and think that’s its a really good platform for artists to release on. They give a lot of air time to up and coming artists as well as putting out real interesting and diverse music. I would definitely like to release through them again in the future on their main platform

TSD - More frequently we see artists are using Bandcamp for self releases as an alternative to going through a record label, what’s your stance on this topic?

I - I think its definitely a positive thing as It gives the artist a lot more freedom when it comes to releasing their work and getting almost all royalties of course. Labels can really help with exposure and the promotion side of releases. I have done both in then past and for me releasing through labels has definitely benefited me more as it has helped me reach new audiences gained supporters but I believe you can still building a reputation on your own and releasing through you and on platforms such as bandcamp, but thats just what worked for me 

TSD - What have you been stumbling across lately? Which artists are you keeping an eye of for 2019?

I - Would say Glume, Phossa, Gramz, Cimm and Casement are artists that Im enjoying at the moment 

Definitely have to say CNCPT will be making big moves in 2019 as well as Locus Sound and Dread or Dead records. three labels definitely to look out for this year 

TSD - We are quite excited about the mix you put together for us. Tell us a little bit about the selection process, down to the final recording?

I - Ive started this mix with a few modern hardcore and tracks from Woz and others and more bass tracks, switching up the BPM throughout the mix. The selection is made up of a lot of my own production and various tracks from other artist such as Woz, Cimm, Truth, Samba, Beans, Hebbe and others. These  are all tracks I think mix well together and a taste of what I mix when I play 

TSD - Before we finish... can you give us any cheeky upfront information about what we might be seeing from you for the rest of the year?

I - This year I’m looking to focus a lot more on the visual side of my music as well as releases. I have a lot of experience shooting and cutting music videos and would like to implicate that into my production. I want to start filming and releasing my own music videos to my tracks that really complement and play off each other. Ive got a lot of slightly more 4x4 tracks coming in the near future but keeping those to 140. Im also looking to increase my work rate a lot this year in terms of production and getting releases out more frequently 

TSD - Sound awesome... Now to finish. If you had the ability to make music with one person, dead or alive, who would it be? And what one question would you ask that person?

I - Not too sure on what id ask them but I think would be cool to work with either The Prodigy and create some early 90s old school electro, Jamie XX just because I think he is a crazy producer and incredibly diverse and Dj shadow for his sampling and overall music knowledge and and definitely a female vocalist and for me that would have to be Etta bond or Little Simz for two different reasons. 

TSD - Thank you for your time bro. Are there any final comments / shout outs you wanna share to wrap things up? 

I - Just out to everyone who's supporting on any platform. Thanks you for your time and cheers for having me, and hope to see a lot from you guys in the future.