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Envio Interview with Ryne Tyme - TranceSphere Radio
Through the wonders of that new thing called email, Ryne Tyme and Envio exchanged information for an interview about his new productions, his past, and a little about his future as well. Make sure to check out Envio's opinion on his latest tracks, and the scene in Sweden, too. He also found time to record a set for TranceSphere Radio that will be airing on Monday, April 12th, 2004 at 19:00 (CET) [1:00pm EST] as part of the Monday Madness broadcast. Enjoy!
Ryne Tyme: I checked out your website, www.envio-music.com, and it said you were first influenced by music at the age of five?? How did music change your life growing up? Who are your biggest idols and influences of the current day?
Envio: Yes that is correct. My dad recorded some concerts from Michael Jackson and Jean Michel Jarre from TV, and he showed them to me.
I was immediately fascinated by the great driving pop-sound Michael had created, and also the cool, odd electronic sounds of Jean Michel Jarre. As far back as I can remember, these two artists were the first ones who caught my attention, and that was at the age of five.
Envio: Today, I can’t think of any artists who influence me, and I can’t think of anybody who I have as an idol. Within the trance-department, I look up to Ferry Corsten and of course Armin van Buuren. But I barely listen to trance when I am at home. I prefer listening to bands like Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Sting, Nirvana and other various stuff.
Ryne Tyme: Most people know Ashkan Fardost, of course, by your production alias Envio. You broke into the scene with the amazing tune Touched by the Sun, which was signed by Armin van Buuren to his Armada label. Have you had much contact with Armin since the original signing with Armada? How has he influenced your career thus far?
Envio: Since my biggest idols within trance-music were and still are, Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren, I must say Armin influenced me A LOT by signing me to his label. It was a great push in the back by being signed by an artist who I’ve been looking up to for years. I don’t think I could feel more successful within trance-music in any other way that things have went so far :-)
Ryne Tyme: Besides Touched by the Sun, Salt Lake - Rendezvous was released in March under United Recordings, and my personal favourite, Time to Say Goodbye was also released under the Armada label. What are your upcoming productions in the near future (Love Poison, Sunset Highway, etc?) What projects are you currently working on, can you give us any hints at what is next? Any planned collaborations?
Envio: “Love Poision” will be released on Armada, and Sunset Highway will be released on United Recordings. I am currently working on follow-ups for both of the labels mentioned above. Also I am doing collaborations with Filo & Peri, Paul Moelands and Dirk Duderstadt!
Ryne Tyme: Do you have any more production alias that are ready to be used in upcoming tracks? What is the relevance of Salt Lake?
Envio: Actually, the name “Salt Lake” was made up from a friend who has been supported me since day one. His name is Timo (German) and he was the first one to contact me thru mp3.com (back in the old days) and tell me that he likes my music and might be big one day :-) This was three years ago, and since then he always helped me in the right direction with my music, till the day I was signed. I asked him to come up with a name for me for a new project, something fresh and summery. And “Salt Lake” was the result!
Ryne Tyme: Taking a step back, what has been the key inspiration for the creation of such beautiful tracks? What inspired you to write and produce these tracks, what do they mean personally to you?
Envio - Touched by the Sun -
I wrote this track two winters ago. I don’t think I have ever missed summer so much as that day this track was born. I was longing so much for sunny days at the beach, summer nights in the city etc. and this track was suddenly born!
Envio - Time to Say Goodbye –
This was made when I started to think about everything that will be out of my world soon. High school ends in approximately 2 months, I will soon be moving out on my own, and also I will be disconnected with civilization for 15 months as I will do my military service, starting January 2005. All this plus lots of other things made me write this track.
Salt Lake - Rendezvous -
Look up the title in a dictionary. Other details may be figured out on your own :-)
Ryne Tyme: What did it mean to you to be selected for your production of the Trance Energy 2004 theme song? Do you think that was a major step in your career as far as people noticed you were not going to be a one hit wonder?
Envio: I think this is the biggest thing that has happened me business wise, but since my own name wasn’t on the title (released as Svenson – Sunlight Theory) I don’t think this affects my image as it would have if my own name had also been on the title together with Svenson. On the other hand though, I don’t think this track would have made it so far if it wasn’t for Sven Maes (Svenson) himself, and the great work done by the guys at ID&T!
Ryne Tyme: You had a couple shows that you performed at in March, how did those go? Any of the performances stick in your mind as something special? What are your upcoming gigs for April, May, and/or this summer?
Envio: The performances were pretty decent, not as good as I expected them to be since most of the party crowd here in Sweden enjoys the harder forms of trance. The best show so far was in December last year when I played before Kai Tracid south of Stockholm, thanks to the wildest crowd I have ever encountered :-)
I have some stuff coming up for the summer but nothing is confirmed yet. Countries like Spain are also in line for negotiations. More info about how that goes will be posted on my webpage.
Ryne Tyme: Where do you see yourself in five years? Do you plan on continuing to focus on your productions, or do you want to commit yourself to more live gigs and establish yourself as a DJ more to live crowds?
Envio: Writing music will always be the first priority. I can not see any connection between expressing yourself and DJ-ing. I rather see DJ-ing as a form to entertain a crowd, only.
Therefore I will always need the music writing to be able to express myself through the music. I have no idea where I see myself in five years, that’s a very hard thing to imagine, so I will let time decide that :-)
Ryne Tyme: Tell me a little about the scene in Sweden? There is a huge amount of talent lately, considering Dreas, Endre, Mike Shiver, Ozgur Can, Rouzbeh Delevari, yourself, and others. Do you wish trance would become more mainstream, or do you like the fact that for the majority of listeners, it is an underground and internet driven genre?
Envio: The club scene in Sweden is growing rapidly. We have had all the big stars here now. I think John Digweed is the only one left, and he will be here soon as well. I hope it continues this way so trance-music becomes more accepted.
I wish trance would become mainstream of course, as that is the only way it would lose all the bad prejudices around it (drugs etc). Also it would be much better business wise, as more clubs and labels would be started etc since the demands would rise. People who want to keep trance underground are only making it harder for all the producers who are trying to make a living with the music.
Ryne Tyme: Do you spend a lot of time on the Internet, either in forums or chat rooms? Do you think they are a useful gauge of how good a track is, because of the brutal honesty? Or do you feel that they are mostly just people complaining about everything and not much is worth reading?
Envio: I spend some time in forums of course. As you say, it’s a great place to read about what people think about your music because of the brutal honesty. I don’t think you can find that honesty anywhere else, since you are totally anonymous when you browse forums.
Ryne Tyme: Tell me a little about the promo set you just recorded for April, to be broadcast on TranceSphere Radio. What kind of style does it follow? Do you feel you spin a variety of trance, progressive, etc; or do you prefer to stick to certain boundaries when choosing the tunes to play?
Envio: I try to adapt myself to the crowd, always. Since this is radio, I felt I didn’t need to include many hard floorfillers. I decided to play tunes which you can just sit back and enjoy listening to. But overall, I spin a lot of different styles of dance music, or else me and the crowd would get very bored :-)
Ryne Tyme: What do you use to DJ & produce? Can you describe your setup and/or programs used?
Envio: I have a pair of Tannoy monitors with an ESI-Pro soundcard, and a midi keyboard of course. Besides this I don’t use any other hardware. I have a computer with dual displays running software only. I use Cubase SX 2 as sequencer and I use a bunch of VST’s together with Reason rewired, and I think this will be enough for me for at least a couple of years forward.
Thanks again to Ash aka Envio for his time to get the interview and set for TranceSphere - I am really excited to see what the future holds for this massive talent 
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