Knowledge 146 - Tessela

"O conhecimento é um tesouro, mas a prática é a chave para alcançá-lo." 

(Thomas Fuller) 

Para nós ajudar na longa caminhada em busca de Knowledge, esta semana temos como guia Tessela.

 

Nv 83 - Ago

Depois de uma breve estadia pela Europa de leste, apontamos baterias rumo a Itália, para conhecermos Ago. 

Natural de Florença e membro do colectivo Numa Crew, Ago é a mais recente promessa a emergir de Itália, dono de uma sonoridade que transpira groove por todos os poros, Ago promete ser um dos grandes nomes a ter em atenção no futuro.

Nanobyte assinam FKOFd005

Depois de passagens por editoras por como Uprise, Innamind, Kokeshi, entre outras a dupla de Cardiff Nanobyte, junta-se a FatKidOnFire para assinar FKOFd005. 

Já disponível em modo pré-lançamento na Juno desde do passado dia 3 de Fevereiro, FKOFd005 pode ser catalogado como um showcase criativo de Simon e Anthony, no qual exploram como poucos o lado mais deep e melodico do Dubstep. 

Tracklist: 

1. Susurrus 

2. Dirt Smuggler 

3. Want For Nothing 

4. Swoop

 

Iberian Records regressa com Tax Haven III

A Iberian Records volta a inundar a península de batidas repletas de grave, no terceiro volume da série de Eps "Tax Haven", onde todo o tipo de exilados musicais se juntam num disco com resultados imprevisíveis. 

Seguindo o exemplo dos volumes anteriores, "Tax Haven III" junta quatro artistas diferentes - Bass Clef, Photonz, Cauto e Niño - para apresentar quatro visões distintas de música para a pista de dança, assim como para o espaço entre os headphones. 

O londrino Bass Clef apresenta a batida monolítica 4x4 de "Acid 8", para depois nos levar numa viagem atribulada pela zona cinzenta entre o UK Funky e o Garage em "Love at Last Sight", a dupla de ravers vintage Photonz descobre vida noutros planetas ao desconstruir o Drum&Bass em "The Fire Sower", partindo para explorar o lado alienígena das batidas sincopadas em "Cacilheiro". 

O barcelonês Cauto prossegue a viagem ao oferecer a sua abordagem orgânica da bass music futurista em "Lu-fuki" e "Fukurou", onde os samples vocais e o aroma a Funk puxa para a pista, por falar de Funk, Niño encerra o Ep ao entregar-se ao groove com os seus sintetizadores néon sobre beats que fundem Hip hop, Dubstep e R&B em "Midnighters" e "Carrera". 

Tax Haven 3 está disponível em vinyl a 17 de Fevereiro e formato digital a 3 de Março 2014. 

Tracklist: 

1 - Bass Clef - Acid 8 

2 - Bass Clef - Love at Last Sight * 

3 - Photonz - The Fire Sower 

4 - Photonz - Cacilheiro * 

5 - Cauto - Lu-fuki 

6 - Cauto - Fukurou * 

7 - Niño - Midnighters 

8 - Niño - Carrera * 

(*) somente em edição digital

 

Nothing like a freebie 83

Em Fevereiro, chega-te ao freebie. 

CjBroad - Pause 

Texstep - Humanity 

Hatti Vatti "Treasure 

Mouch - Street Friendship 

Subreachers - Out In The Streets 

Ghosts Of Paraguay Ft CoMa - Part 2

TSD Podcast 41 - Darj Entrevista + Mix

Take a step to Dub - Hi Darj, how are you?

Darj - Hello, I'm fine thanks!

TSD - So, for people that are unfamiliar with your work, can you tell us a little about your background, the music you promote and how you arrived at your sound?

D - Well, I'm 31 years old producer, I live near Saint-Malo in France. I'm on the deeper side of dubstep.

I started producing in 2010 and I quickly moved on deep 140bpm music, I have the feeling that possibilities at this tempo are endless.

TSD - How did you get into Dubstep?

D - I was listening a DnB radio in 2008, and an oldschool Dubstep show was played this night. I instantly loved it.

TSD - Where do you draw your influence from musically?

D - I really can't identify which genre, there's jazz, reggea, rock, hip-hop... Everything that sounds good to me actually!

TSD - In your opinion, who is the audience that identifies with your music?

D - I still haven't met anyone that knows my music, there's no dubstep scene in my area, no gigs with deep or underground music unless it's rock. There's just a few guys who knows I make beats, but they probably have no idea of what I really do. 

There's not too much dubstep gigs in france too, and most of these gigs are focusing on filthy dubstep an trap.

TSD - What are your views on music piracy and file sharing and how can it be controlled?

D - Ha ! Tough question ! If you can buy music, do it. If you can't, try to support as much as you can the artist. 

I don't make music to pay my bills, I make music because I love it. 

Controlling piracy ? The way people have music changed a lot, there's now a lot of website for streaming music, 10 years ago it was the mp3, 20 years ago it was compact disc Piracy helped small artists ( like me ) to get more and more audience. 

Let's just hope that the audience will decide to buy a bit more music, not only supporting the artists. 

TSD - After 4 months of your last release "Chosen Path" on Phantom Hertz, have the reactions to it been what you expected?

D -  Not really, it appeared that the track "Aldebaran" was the most popular of the release. To me, it's not the best track of the EP, technically and musically speaking.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with that release, the guys from Phantom Hertz did a great job. 

TSD - What music do you listen to outside of producing, has it changed a lot since you started? Do you think it feeds into the music you make?

D - I listen a lot of reggea classics, anything with a jazzy influence too. 

Lot of dubstep too, guys like Gantz, Commodo, Las, Perverse to name a few of a long list, who are really pushing boundaries. 

Did it feeds my music ? Obviously! 

TSD - If you were stranded on an island and could only keep with you the following things, what would they be? 1 vinyl, 1 DAW, 1 piece of hardware, and 1 sandwich. 

D - The DAW, 1 vinyl is not enough, same for the hardware, and the sandwich feeds only for 1 meal ! 

1 matchbox would be perfect. 

TSD - What can we expect from you in the future? 

D - I have some forthcoming releases this year, I'm really excited with these. 

Let's hope a few gigs, I'm still a bit new to DJing but i enjoy mixing tunes. 

I hope having a physical release one day too. 

TSD - Finally, any shout outs and special mentions?

G - I don't want to forget anyone, so big ups to each and every one following me or enjoying my music ! 

And big up to you for the feature ! 

Knowledge 145 - New Music Cities @ South London

A mente deve respirar a vida que se acha em cada conhecimento" 

(Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche) 

No Knowledge desta semana viajamos até ao sul de Londres, através da nova serie documental "New Music Cities", da AllSaints Studios.