Monday, June 13, 2016

S.U.B. Interview with BRUV




SUB: Tell us how did you end up playing music? 

Long time ago, (in a galaxy far, far away) a friend of mine and my brother's brought his decks to digitalize some records. At that time beatmatching was kinda hard for me, but I wanted to learn. I had the chance to properly learn it at the 5k DJ Workshop, held by Darko & Dimitar. I was more into techno back then, even though I firstly encountered electronic music through drum & bass (LTJ Bukem's Progression Sessions). 


SUB: What types of equipment do you use for production?

I have no special pieces of equpment; just a descent soundcard - Steinberg UR12, which i bought recently and a two octave midi synth. I started my music production with the Steinberg's Rebirth 2.0, then switched to Fruity Loops, then switched to Reason 3.0/4.0 and then switched back to Fruity Loops.


SUB: Your music production seems genre free. You can't define yourself in a music style or you just like various types of music to produce to? 

I've been into various music genres in different periods of my life. I grew up listening to funk & soul, but later I discovered electronic music through drum & bass, techno & house. As I listen to whatever's playing, I try to deconstruct it; try to understand how the sound is made. Then, I try to recreate the sound, always using it differently. I never liked one genre, so always try to fuse more sounds specific for several genres in one music piece.


SUB: Do you have releases and future goals?

I have not released anything/ (yet.) :) I haven't gotten into it seriously, in my opinion. I'm working on several projects, some of then are drum & bass, some are house/techno. Of course, I would like to release my works, and I probably will, some day.


SUB: You are a part of two collectives, D2 and BTKRSH, and working under the aliaces as bruv. and Pukka. Which one of these music aliances defines you most?

I have been more involved in D2 than BTKRSH through the years. I like playing both drum & bass and house/techno. I often play sets from genres that influenced me as I grew up; from funk, soul, rare grooves to disco/house. I can't really say which alias defines me the most, they both define me as who I am and what I like to play. As dBride's EXIT Records slogan says, stay "true to the craft" :)


SUB: What music can be found in your playlist? 

I listen to various styles, as I said before. Aside from what I like to play, I set some electronica, some leftfield & IDM in my playlists. It depends on the mood, I guess. 


SUB: Current top 10

Pukka's favs: 
Break, Scar, Mako, Hydro, Ivy Lab, Eveson, dBridge, Machinedrum, Kyrist, Biome (and all their side projects)

bruv's favs:
Palms Trax, Orson Wells, Jeremiah R, Matti Turunen, Vertical67, Planetary Assault Systems, Blue Hour, The Gods Planet, Koloman Trax, Claro Intelecto.


Sub: Where can people hear you? 

Various locations, I suppose, there isn't any pattern :). My next two stops are 25.06.2016 at the "Public Room" gallery and 15.07.2016 at the D-Fest festival, Dojran. Recently, I have played at cafe Ljubov, Concept37 bar, RadioBar and the Kapan An club.



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