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Airwave answers questions on Reddit
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| Syntonic |
Thanks for the post, this was a nice read. I was always curious how he felt about his music, very humble guy. Also nice to hear him talk about the technical side of his music like keeping the mixdown analog. Very important aspect that producers today don't care about and that's why the scene is watered down and tracks aren't as edgy with 1-click mastering.
I would have like to ask him about the inspiration for Atlas Winds. I wonder if he thought it would be as big as it is. It baffles me how much this guy has produced and contributed to trance and EDM. Favorite alias is definitely Planisphere, and Memento is one of my latest favorites.
I'm excited to hear him talk about classic updates too. He mentioned a remix of Sasha - Belfunk. I think this guy needs to make trance in order to live. It seems a lot of talented artist have little to no music theory but an aptitude for teaching themselves.
LOL at Airwave - Rank 1:)
Keep up the good work Lolo! |
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| SYSTEM-J |
I'm sure if he sees this thread he'll answer some questions for TA as well.
Just a personal theory, but to me Atlas Winds sounds very heavily inspired by Point Zero. |
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| Titanium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Syntonic
Thanks for the post, this was a nice read. I was always curious how he felt about his music, very humble guy. Also nice to hear him talk about the technical side of his music like keeping the mixdown analog. Very important aspect that producers today don't care about and that's why the scene is watered down and tracks aren't as edgy with 1-click mastering.
I would have like to ask him about the inspiration for Atlas Winds. I wonder if he thought it would be as big as it is. It baffles me how much this guy has produced and contributed to trance and EDM. Favorite alias is definitely Planisphere, and Memento is one of my latest favorites.
I'm excited to hear him talk about classic updates too. He mentioned a remix of Sasha - Belfunk. I think this guy needs to make trance in order to live. It seems a lot of talented artist have little to no music theory but an aptitude for teaching themselves.
LOL at Airwave - Rank 1:)
Keep up the good work Lolo! |
I didn't agree with JOOF on saying we need the commercial guys as well I think its a quite an impossible task trying to bridge gaps with the commercial guys because they are clearly producing something other than trance and they are utterly boring. The quality differences are miles apart.
Personally I think the scene can survive without Armin since he's the the guy and his team that ruined it in the first place.
Thanks Laurent for taking the time to answer these questions. |
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Just a personal theory, but to me Atlas Winds sounds very heavily inspired by Point Zero. |
That's a fair assumption but when I listen to it (at least the female vocal mix) reminds me of Art of Trance - Persia, though I doubt it was relevant to the production.
Absolutely love how Atlas Winds just unravels into this huge epic cinematic trancer. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| It's an absolute monster on the dancefloor as well. I've seen it tear the roof down on a few occasions. |
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Titanium
I didn't agree with JOOF on saying we need the commercial guys as well I think its a quite an impossible task trying to bridge gaps with the commercial guys because they are clearly producing something other than trance and they are utterly boring. The quality differences are miles apart.
Personally I think the scene can survive without Armin since he's the the guy and his team that ruined it in the first place.
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The way I see it is a yin-yang(balance) thing, not good or bad in that sense but more like a symbiosis; like mainstream makes people aware of EDM which then could ultimately lead to more people discovering artists.
At least he's willing to work with armin and co. It would be nice to get another Airwave vs. Rising Star melodic uplifter. Standard mastering packages are killing the creativity which is leading to the boring garbage you hear and newer generations are starting to know that.
Can't really blame Armin either, if he wasn't in that position someone else would be so you'd start having to hate a lot of people and that's exhausting and not worth it. I'm sure there was a lot of pressure on Armin to take the helm after Tiesto hit global status and ventured to other stuff. People like Airwave will always generate their own buzz and the music does all the talking without PR hype bull.
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| Syntonic |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
It's an absolute monster on the dancefloor as well. I've seen it tear the roof down on a few occasions. |
I can only imagine, the song has such a heavy feeling to it. |
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| Floorfiller |
read through the questions. nice read.
i hope Laurent stops by as I am curious about his thoughts on the following:
I've heard a lot of people say over the last decade that they feel dance music is disposable. I think that's a sad idea and don't really agree with that. Being a producer how do you feel about that idea? Do you agree that dance music is largely disposable and if so how does this concept effect your approach to making music? |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| the shelf life of an EDM track is about 2 weeks. It was pretty much the same in 2000. I would say that is pretty disposable. This applies to most modern music. |
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