![]() But we’re trying to find a way to keep everything live, so the Tales release is more dancefloor oriented, easier to listen to and to play for a crowd. You can hear its us, but it’s different too as we used those sounds. If you listen to that EP, it’s quite unique even in our sound. So is that a one-off or is having a concept of storytelling like that something that you want to explore more often? There’s this myth about them that we love so we named the tracks after them. Susanoo is the god of the storm and Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun. After we did that we got more into Japanese culture and we found out about this legend. No we started with the drum sounds and we made the first track, a more downtempo cinematic one. Was it the story that you started with then, and you went on to look for a way to tell it? We also tried to tell the story of Ameterasu and Susanoo, these two Japanese gods whose story inspired us. So everything spins around those drum sounds. ![]() We built the whole concept of the EP on those sounds. Yeah, except with Dawn of the Eclipse, we developed a concept where we sampled all our drums from Japanese records, all those huge drums. So that’s the set up that you would normally use? I like to sample the records I love, from Japanese tribal records or metal records and re-use them in a techno key. So for the drums, I used Elektron Analog Rhythm and sample single sounds of taiko drums from some Japanese records and replayed them with Ableton’s sampler, and then I used Nord Lead 3.O-coast make noise and the MS20. Going back to Sanumá release, what went into making it? It’s quite hard to fill though – It’s big and its in the middle of nowhere. ![]() ![]() When we did our first small raves, we would have a dancefloor in one room and then artists exhibiting their works in the next, so sculptures and paintings, visuals and projections. Yeah it started as a night where we wanted to associate music with visuals and art. If you listen Dawn of the Eclipse, it’s a cinematic, tribal sort of thing.Īnd with Tales Collective, did that start as a night? They are DJs and producers as well and their label started with a focus on both Techno and the dancefloor as well as the more experimental side. So how did you get involved with the guys at Metempsychosis? Then the tales Collective one, Sanumá is our first release on our label. The first true release I would say was the vinyl release with Metempsychosis back in September. No we had a release out, our first, a year and a half ago, with Blackwater. So is the Tales Collective release the first one you’ve had out? Then yeah i started to get into funk drumming and then production came later.ĭoes it always start with percussion then? My influences back then were people like slipknot and Korn. I started when I was 12 as mainly a hard-rock/metal drummer. But then music-wise I started as a drummer, ages ago. Yeah well in the genre there’s a lot of people that have inspired me, like JK Flesh, or Tommy Four Seven, Headless Horseman, all these guys who have this very technical, industrial breakbeat sound. It’s quite experimental as well.Īre there any big influences or people that really inspired you at the beginning? I guess it’s tribal, industrial, deep techno. How would you describe the music you make and play? That was 2 years ago, at the beginning of our adventure. The guys from the radio listened to our sets and offered us a show for a year. We had a friend who had a show and we played as his guest a few times. How did you start doing it together at Radar? We started playing b2b at Radar Radio and playing out together and then we just decided to completely join forces and just be one entity. We’re a duo and I met Alessandro here in London. ![]() Ok cool, can you tell me a bit about Tapefeed as well? I help teachers, help students, give feedback to students or help them out with setting up microphones whenever they need it. I’m senior studio assistant at Orsman road and I’m basically managing the studios. Hi Ricky, let’s start with you telling me what it is that you do here. If you’d like to make the most of this kind of expertise, check out some of our music production courses here in London. Their performing career is taking off as well, with sets at the world famous Tresor in Berlin, and the new club E1 in London, where they play the 27-hour opening party on NYE/NYD. The duo help run a night and label called Tales Collective, which has just released their latest EP ‘Sanumá’. With this instalment, we’ve turned the microphone toward Senior Studio Assistant Ricky Vianello, who, when he’s not helping our students with whatever they need in the studio, produces and DJs as one half of Tapefeed. We’re back with another Behind the Scenes piece to give you more insight into the special folks we have working here at Point Blank. ![]()
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