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1-How would you describe music in a single phrase?
A sliver of unity
2-When you’re creating music, where do you start?
A longing in myself to listen to something new
3-What inspired your music?
Monteverdi, Mahler, Arvo Pärt, Schubert, Xenakis, Scelsi, Bebey, Aphex Twin, Yoshimura, Iron Maiden, Dub, 80s video game music
4-Deep silence or beautiful noise?
Both, in intervals
5-What is the main instrument—or instruments—you use when composing your music?
Whatever is in front of me. Piano, Harmona Fan Organ, Wall Of Test Equipment, Modular synths, Mbira and my analog mixing desk being the instruments I find myself using most often
6- From your vast discography, could you recommend 3 albums to listeners who want to discover your music?
a) Impulsgenerator - Raw Test Equipment Electronic. There is really nothing like it out there.
b) Gentle Hum with Ah! Kosmos - a unique blend of both of our works, and an album created from the sheer joy of sound
c) Vive - my upcoming album on Seil Records (13th of October). A culmination of all the things I learned, a rather uplifting record.
7-What’s the most beautiful part of being an artist?
That ideally I get to decide every morning afresh what I will do the day. In reality, projects take time and develop their own logics, so the more successful you are, the more you are locked into them. But still, the freedom and sense of self-realization is incomparable.
8-What’s next for you?
Vive, my new album, and an accompanying remix record to it.
I am happy to have people like Mouse on Mars, Lisa Morgenstern and Jamie Lidell
contributing to that. Then there is new software and hardware
I am working on, as well as slew of fun YouTube videos. It never stops.
Pre-save link: https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/1OjwPMiO4w3UyMuCCImaLa
REMY & Däcker
In this interview, Remy Stroomer and Peter Dekker take us behind the scenes of their shared musical vision
1-When you’re creating music, where do you start?
Peter: It can start with an idea in my head that I write down, which I develop further into a composition if it is interesting enough. Playing a specific sound on a synthesizer, or simply playing / improvising can suddenly trigger or yield a new idea.
Remy: Also with an idea in my head, and then picking a sound that represents a feeling or vibe, and see what happens from there.
2-What inspired your music?
Peter: I suddenly get the urge to play and/or compose, a need to be creative.
A good sound on a synthesizer can actually be very inspiring.
Remy: Life, mood and mindset, environment, experiences, sounds, and little things.
3-In a few words, how would you describe the concept and sound of your new album "Yvelines"?
Remy: “Yvelines” was entirely improvised, and became a listening-experience which requires patience and an open-mind. It’s not your usual predictable ear-candy. We wanted to create something spontaneous and catch the moment, rather than being focused on a specific music style, or to work towards a certain result which fits into a specific box. Playing a grand piano as main instrument, instead of electronics was another approach than we were used to. So we just let things happen.
We linked the final album-selection of our sessions to some wonderful shared memories we have experienced in the Yvelines region, just outside Paris.
4-What is the ideal environment to listen to music?
Peter: When I listen to music, I need to do something. And when I am doing something, I have to listen to music. Otherwise I start analyzing. In an ideal environment, the listening pleasure would not be disturbed by external sounds.
Remy: Depending on my mood and the moment, undisturbed, at home (whether it is in my studio, living room, mancave), outside, or even in the car. And at concert venues.
5-Daylight or midnight sessions?
Peter: For me, it makes no difference, as long as the sessions don't take place very deep in the night / early in the morning.
Remy: Ideas can come up anywhere, anytime. During the day I am often distracted, while in the late hours circumstances are more relaxed, resulting into a quieter environment and more inspiration to work out things.
6-What’s the most beautiful part of being an artist?
Peter: The opportunity to create something completely new that has not existed before. And being able to create an unlimited supply of music that I enjoy listening to myself. ;-)
Remy: Being able to create my own environment, using the language of music which can not always be expressed in words.
7-What’s next for you?
Peter: Compose/make more music.....
Remy: Continue my musical journey, both with my own music, as well as expanding my record label with wonderful new music from other artists.