briz:b:e:a:t:s @ www.pulseradio.net
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[sundays 8pm-11pm][gmt+10][brisbane time]
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sunday 18th november 2001
::: briz:b:e:a:t:s is now on Sunday nights!! Please note the
broadcast times above. This week's feature music is from:
SCOPE
[breaks & beats from Perth artist]
TECHiONE
[brand new original techno & tech-funk from Sydney artist]
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[biographies & info on featured artists/guests]
::: SCOPE [Perth] :::
Scope's profile - can also be found @
http://pulseradio.net/artist/showartist.php3?artistid=179
>>> How would you describe your style of writing music and musical
policy?
I always start an idea with beats. Getting those right by themselves
is really important to me, beats have to be able to work on their
own. I'll play with different patterns and juggle hits around until
all they all sit well with each other. Using mathematical rules on
beats can yield interesting results, experimentation with hit
placement and velocity creates interesting rhythms that can kind of
roll over each other.
After beats I'll start working on bass, getting something solid down
with a sound I like, then working on variations of the main line.
Once beats and bass are done, I start considering lead sounds and by
this stage I'm beginning to get a feel for where the track is going
and the vibe of it. I also start thinking of how I'm going to use
these sounds - what I start with, introduce, go into/out of, how
sounds will 'talk' to each other and how I want the track as a whole
to sound and feel.
Sampling and previewing sounds takes about 80% of my production time.
10% would be coming up with basslines, leads, etc. and 10% would be
hard disk recording/mixing. Finding the right sounds is most
important. When selecting sounds I consider texture, frequency range,
brightness and contrast.
>>> How did you first become interested or invovled in writing music?
I've always been interested in music. I think I had three piano
lessons and that was enough, I hated it! I much preferred
experimenting on my own with piano. My first experience with synths
was with a Roland JX3P and an old analogue mono synth. The sounds
amazed me, I would just sit and press buttons and twiddle knobs for
hours. I've had a passion for computers since my introduction to them
when I was about 10, so it was kind of natural to merge music and
computing together. I had bought an old Amiga 2000 second hand to do
graphics with and discovered that there was a sequencer/sampler
program on the hard drive as well. I started using that until I got
into midi, soon after which I bought a PC and it's all gone on from
there. My older brother has always been musical too, which was
definitely influential.
>>> Any favourite artists, influential DJs or must-have labels?
It's difficult to pin one person down and and say 'They're my
favourite artist'. I like most of the Reprazent stuff, Guidance
Records, Wicked Beats Sound System, Luke Slater, Freq Nasty, LTJ
Bukem, Blueboy, Photek, Thievery Corporation, Curtis Mayfield among
heaps of others.
>>> Want to name-drop any other peoples' names???
Really helpful people musically? Lo-Key Fu and Jase From Outta Space -
two good friends of mine. Paul Gamblin who dj's here in Perth has
always been supportive, too. Big respect to him. Also Audio Cephlon,
Smoulder, B-Jam, Sardi, Krank, Greg Packer, Echoic, Static, The
Sirius Project, Elemental - all quality Perth producers as well as
everyone else too numerous to mention.
>>> Where can we see or listen to you playing?
Every now and then I'll do a live set somewhere, but not that often.
My most recent tracks can be heard or downloaded from
www.mp3.com/scope1 which is my website. I get rotation on RTR-FM, a
Perth community radio station which supports underground music.
>>> Which directions do you think dance music will take in the future?
The one thing that will be certain about dance music is that it will
always be made for the dancefloor. It seems to be mostly accidents
that end up spawning new sounds and genres, which is exciting because
it means it can't be predicted. Who can predict the result of an
accident? The constant flow of new equipment and technology will I
think continue to play a part in how and what is made. Elements of
different styles will continue to be fused together to create new
styles.
>>> What excites you now?
Slower, clean cut breakbeat made from fresh, tight drum sounds and
quite minimal in content. I don't know what it's called but it's
really focused. Literally every sound has kind of like a function,
there's nothing extraneous except for the occasional vocal going into
a breakdown.
::: TECHiONE [Sydney] ::: [http://www.techione.doof.org]
TECHiONE is a Sydney based electronic underground dance music
producer. Originally from Adelaide, David McCann performed live as
DAMC from 1992-1998, started DJing in 1999 and has been playing live
and releasing music under the alias of TECHiONE since 2000.
As TECHiONE he has been producing and performing live Techno, Tech-
Funk, Deep-Tech, Tech-House as well as DJing & presenting a popular
Monday night internet radio show called "Tech Funked" via
www.pulseradio.net (since May 2000).
TECHiONE tracks 'Tribalistic.002' and 'Dream Disturbance' were
released on the Australian record label, Nine09 Records (909002
12" : December 2000). For audio previews of TECHiONE's Nine09
releases as well as his most recent tracks (Fever(part 1); It came
from out of Nowhere; The Rise and Fall) visit
http://www.techione.doof.org or the Nine09 website @
http://nine09.net.
Brisbane's Mantra Nightclub will be all tech-funked out after next
Saturday night's (24th November) TECHiONE performance alongside
locals Shadrach, Orinoko, Mag00, Cosmo Cater, Fr1day and G-Money.
Recent reviews of TECHiONE's performances giving glowing reports :
"..the long haired live master quickly set about letting everyone
know who was boss. I had previously said that I was going to lose the
plot to TECHiONE at Freaky Loops, but it wasn't to be: I totally and
utterly surrendered my sanity to his sound. There was no air to
breathe, there was a seething mass of bodies, and there was one of
the best live sets I've ever heard. Yeah, yeah, it's a big call – but
the whole atmosphere of the room and sound of the set keyed into my
mood and put me in musical ecstasy. It was almost fortunate that Lush
Puppy was on hand to take over from TECHiONE because I'm not sure if
I could handle more of his fury. I'm still in a lot of pain !"
[Freaky Loops report from djned via inthemix.com.au]
There's a full interview with TECHiONE on inthemix.com.au @
http://www.inthemix.com.au/p/np/viewnews.php?newsid=982901684,68321,
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who read it, the greater the support for the featured artists!
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Kath
[Aliak]
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