[briz:b:e:a:t:s] [sun 18:11:01] SCOPE[Perth] : TECHiONE [Sydney]

From: Kath O'Donnell [AliaK] (AliaK@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Nov 18 2001 - 05:25:38 CET

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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,

    Please pass this email on to those who might appreciate it - the more
    who read it, the greater the support for the featured artists!

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    Kath
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