The man, the myth, the legend: JIESS from Point Ephemere
It is a very big day for us here at Whyd today, as we present the interview with one of the guys who has helped to catapult Whyd to where we are today. We’re talking about the man with the glasses: JIESS. We’re very happy to finally get his personal story, so please, enjoy and share!
1. Can you introduce yourself? What do you do in your professional life?
My name is JIESS (Jean-Sebastien Nicolet) I am a musical activist who has worn multiple hats for many year now. I create line ups and manage concert venues, festivals, handle managing, booking, etc. I have held pretty much every position possible in the domain of live music.
And I will continue to go all in as long as I can still afford to live, as long as my passion is renewed, and as long as there are cool people to share it with.
2. Tell us all how you do your research for selection groups to come and play at Paris’s Point Éphémère (Point FMR).
This is a difficult question.
The reconnaissance from my own point of view is an important starting point for the work of creating line ups: understanding that which I like, that which other people will like, what is artistically important, what is commercially viable, etc.
It is also tied to a particular course (I come from the association and world of radio) therefore I have always been involved in the sharing, a vision of a music lover. I try to stay faithful to what I’ve always built.
Then, it’s also a question of network: we build a line up with professionals (agents, tour managers, labels, media, and of course the public) and it is the character of Point FMR to defend young artists, discoveries in the large field of independent music (if that even means anything anymore!) whatever their musical style, without a question of clique, and to give our tool of a concert venue to producers, associations, festivals, etc.
Finally, Point FMR is a small venue (300 places) that cultivated its identity across esthetics and musical colors: mostly indie pop, rock, electronic, post punk, etc. Point FMR is above all a team, a global project that is not just musical (we have the residences, associative activities, dances, plastic art exhibits, a bar, etc).
I would conclude that my job is to filter the best music out of a very, very large amount of propositions that inundate our ears, our media, and our social networks; to choose with all of my subjectivity that which seems to make sense not only in the short term; and the most simple point is to not wait for things to come to me but to go out and find that curious little beast that tiptoes somewhere along the tapestry of the world, in a studio, in a concert hall…
3. What is your favorite style of music personally?
Difficult to say without falling into the perennial “I like everything.” My musical terrain is somewhere between noisy pop/math rock/post punk/new wave from my adolescence and contemporary music, classic, baroque….
The playing field is large and it leaves only a few esthetic styles of music by the wayside, among which there is potentially electro pure and hard (like gabber), and reggae and ska, which I’m not a huge fan of.
4. What are your other projects? Do you have ambitions for 2014?
I am always running after 10 rabbits at the same time!
On the professional side, I have a great festival MO’FO (festival at Mains d’Oeuvres/St. Ouen) strapping in during January; tours to organize for the artists I’m with at Imperial (Cheveu, Frustration, Wall of Death, Mein Sohn William, and many others); lots of surprises, projects that are still secret that I will bring to life as the calendar advances. On the human side, I hope that 2014 will be a little bit more relaxed, with more time for my family too.
Meet Spanish Electro Music Blogging Pioneers: Neonized
1. Can you tell us about yourself? When did you first start to love music?
Well, I’m a psychologist with a postgraduate on HR so my studies are not very related to music. I started loving music when I was a child. I did not have a big music background (my forefathers were not big music collectors or musicians), but they introduced me to Spanish commercial music.
When I was 11/12 I discovered Blur, and since then, I started focusing on some kind of pop-indie and especially British music.
Then when I was about 17 I had a friend who always loved trance music, but I kind of hated electronic stuff. After a couple of years I started to go out to a club in my town (Sala Golfus) where they mixed electronic and some indie stuff, and since then I love electronic music.
2. Give us the backstory of Neonized. When did you start it and what was the music blogging landscape like then?
NNZD was born in May of 2007, when Fer and Uga decided to found a blog in Spanish, since there were no electronic music blogs in Spanish, so we were “pioneers.” It was the Discodust, Discobelle, Palmsout and that kind of blogs time, so they were our influences in some way. I started writing in June and started taking the reins of Neonized between 2008-09.
3. What type of music do you feature? Who should come check out your site?
We used to feature electronic music. In most of its shapes (we try to avoid EDM). We like music, in general, so if we think it’s great, we will feature it in a post or by sharing it on our social networks, no matter if it’s electro, house, juke, old school, or seapunk.
People who want to be updated on electronic music, can visit us. Also we have a weekly chart (which we moved to Whyd a couple of weeks ago thats to the EASY way to make it on this platform!) where we add the songs we have listened the most during the week. And I have to say they’re fucking great! They’re done by a few contributors, so it’s a nice mix of styles.
4. Are you working on anything specific that we should look forward to in the near future?
We’re working on something that should definitely make people love Neonized. We’re planning a change on the web. Redesigning it, new sections, different content (working on more exclusive stuff) and working a lot on Neonized Records. Because, if some of you don’t know, we have a record label!
We want to be a reference label in Spain, we want to show new artists and new stuff from people who are looking for a friendly label to show their work.
Subscribe to Neonized on Whyd to check out their latest favorites!
Reggaelizing Romania and the world: Interview with Reggaelize It!
1. When did you start Reggaelize It! and what was your goal originally?
Well, we started our reggae journey in 2007 under another name (Giarmaica) which we changed in 2011 to “Reggaelize It!.”
The passion for reggae music was our driving force, and we wanted to spread it to the Romanian massive as well, to make a movement, to make a change.
We started as an online reggae magazine written in Romanian, having as a main goal the promotion of reggae music in Romania, and also trying to take part int he growth of the Romanian reggae movement by making reggae parties and live events with foreign artists from time to time.
Between 2007 and 2013 the community that we built around this project grew quite a lot, and it is so diverse, that the Romanians are no longer a majority, fact that made us think about starting to write in English, which we did.
“Reggaelize It!" original purpose was and still is to promote reggae music and culture, always bringing the top reggae related news closer to the music lovers. The only thing that has changed from the beginning is that now we are writing for an international audience.
2. What’s the reggae scene like in Romania?
Unfortunately, reggae music is still an underground genre here. The good thing is that there was obviously a growth in the past two years, regarding the reggae events which increased a lot, and also regarding the artists. You can easily notice the influence of reggae/ragga/dancehall music on the mainstream artists latest releases, who aren’t usually into reggae music.
The reggae scene in Romania is not very big compared to other countries in Eastern Europe, but it’s growing and that makes us happy. For now we wish for more Romanian artists to come onto the scene, and also for more people to attend at the events that are happening the country. And of course, we also wish for a major reggae festival, like many other countries have in the area!
3. Who are some of the artists that you are listening to the most right now?
There are quite a lot of great artists that we enjoy out there, and we could fill up some pages but here are a few preferences from the “Reggaelize It!" team members:
Filip: (Founder of “Reggaelize It!”) Well, I’m listening to a wide range of artists, from classic reggae like Bob Marley, The Skatalites or Peter Tosh, to the new wave of reggae artists like Kabaka Pyramid. Also I really enjoy French artists like Admiral T, MIssie Bamboo, Kalash or Tairo.
Vlad: (Event Manager at “Reggaelize It!”) Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, Dennis Brown, Omar Perry, Gentleman, Chronixx.
Georgiana: (PR at “Reggaelize It!”) Personally, I pay a close attention to the new wave of reggae, the ongoing reggae revival movement and its promising talented youths who are bringing back the positivity and the original reggae flavor, such as Protoje, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid, Dubtonic Kru, Roots Underground.) I enjoy a large variety of artists from Dancehall representative figures like Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Busy Signal, Damian Marley, to young reggae voices such as Lion D, Jah Sun, Naama, Patrice.
4. Do you see reggae as being on the rise globally? How is it being integrated into other genres of music?
Yes, it definitely is on the rise. From the middle 90’s, the music has known a great development with a return to its original values from the golden era of reggae. Despite the new artists who are coming with the new wave of reggae, you can see international big artists from a wide range of genres of music “adopting” a little reggae/dancehall flavor. Rihanna, Beyonce, Snoop Dogg turning into Snoop Lion, Eddie Murphy singing along with him, a lot of things are happening. And I think it’s good, it helps in a way or another to bring Reggae music closer to those who didn’t get in touch with it before.
Make sure you Subscribe to Reggaelize It! on Whyd to keep up with their latest discoveries!
Interview with Lets Live Fast: Music, Fashion & Inspiration
1. Tell us about yourselves. How did you start collaborating?
Hey! My name is Nicole “MJ” and I co-founded and blog for Lets Live Fast. I actually started, ran and relaunched this blog with my former college roommate, Chel. We have been best friends and roommates for as long as I can remember, and seeing that we have overlapping tastes in style, music, and lifestyle in general, it seemed only natural for us to enter the blogosphere and share what we like and appreciate with the online world (or at least those who cared to visit our site :)
2. When did you start Lets Live Fast? What is your primary goal for the project?
Lets Live Fast was something Chel and I started in sophomore year of college: it started off as a casual style and inspiration boards depending on what we were currently obsessed with in the fashion world. This, however, evolved into the creation of the LLF Monthly spotlight features, where we got up close and personal with our favorite up-and-coming bloggers, some of whom are actually super successful now (re: Aimee Song & Zanita Whittington, to name a few).
Anyway, soon after, life got in the way so Chel and I took a break from blogging. It wasn’t only until several months ago that we decided to relaunch and rebrand Lets Live Fast as LLF Interview, as we decided to build on the “discovery” and social aspects of “meeting” new and inspiring people throughout the world wide web from the old Lets Live Fast.
3. What topics do you cover, and what perspective do you bring to the table?
Our main pages are Style and Sound, in other words, we primarily focus on fashion and music. What we try to bring to the table is this: build taste, at least our version of it, by helping people discover new, talented, and inspiring people. We want LLF to be the primary “launching” platform of some sorts for young creative go-getters to be discovered by the LLF audience and eventually, the rest of the world. For example, I curate a Soundcloud (and of course Whyd) profile that I hope to use as an A&R tool to help me find the artists that are worth getting to know. Admittedly, LLF is still very much a work-in-progress, but it is definitely a space to watch!
4. What can we look forward to from LLF in the near future?
More music, more style, and more interviews! We love meeting new people, albeit virtually… everyone always has an interesting story to tell. And although we spotlight those delving into fashion and/or music, I think we will eventually extend our focus and feature people who we find inspiring, in general no matter which field. But for now, keep up on our Soundcloud and Whyd pages, it’ll definitely give you a taste of who we are and what LLF strives to be.
Don’t forget to follow LLF on Twitter and Like their Facebook page too!
Interview with FROM KID: Two Voices, One Melody
1. You’re the band FROM KID. How long have you been playing music together and what was the initial spark?
We two started playing together about one year ago. For a small charity concert in our hometown we got together to write a few songs. While we were playing for this purpose, we both realized we really like that kind of sound. Our music that was growing back then was really simple. Based on a warm organ sound, two voices and some guitar we played a few concerts in our area. At this time we more and more liked what we were doing. After these concerts we decided to hide from the world to work on new songs. We added more different sounds and tried to refine our music. The result of all that, was the birth of FROM KID.
2. How did you find your unique sound?
Our songs develop in a natural way. We let our songs decide how they’re supposed to sound. And that’s changing from one song to another. What all songs may have in common is our love for melodies in two voices. Many things in our music change from song to song. SOme are supposed to be played softly, others can be loud.
3. Who are your influences and how do their styles show up in your music?
The most important influences for us are people, their way of life and the collision between them. If you ask us for any artist we like, we probably would say, Fink, Sophie Hunger, Björk, Tom Odell, Empire of the Sun, C2C, and about a hundred more. Our best concert so far was a concert of Fink. We were obsessed by this incredibly good live performance. Back to the question; everything is influenced by everything. FROM KID could be a mix of everything.
4. Tell us about the new single “Sun.” Who should listen to it?
"Sun" is our new single. It’s also our first single. This is supposed to be our "Hello you all, we are FROM KID track." We recommend "Sun" to everyone who is curious. And everyone who is on the run to explore, to dream, to live.
“Sun" also climbed the ranks of the Hot Tracks, briefly resting in the top three of all tracks shared on Whyd. If you needed any more convincing to listen to this amazing track, there you go!
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Interview with Erwan: Co-Founder of Beware!
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It’s a lazy August afternoon when the doorbell to my apartment chimes. The microphone is out and ready to record the interview with one of the co-founders of Beware! a webzine dedicated to culture, fashion, design, architecture, photography, and music. That might seem like a lot of subjects to cover, impossible maybe. It sounds like a project doomed to fail, the result of an over-ambitious web denizen who gets amped up on coffee one morning and decides to change how the world digests culture. But that’s not the case here at all, because Beware! has been publishing original content daily for over four and a half years.
The man who walks in is young, attentive, excited, and a little nervous. His project has grown to such large levels because of his passion, and the time he invests everyday into improving the quality of the content on Beware! He is also my neighbor, and co-hosted our second AperoMusicTech at Point Éphémère. His name is Erwan Manchec.
The publication of this interview is timed with the first Whyd Selection for Beware! that just hit the web today. It is the first in a monthly series featuring the most popular music on Whyd, alternating roughly between electronic and indie. Make sure you check Beware! every second weekend of the month to listen to Whyd’s selection.
We sit down to begin the discussion, to hear the story behind Beware! and how they got to where they are today. I tap the microphone, it’s recording.
TH: Let’s start by talking about the timeline. When did it begin? How did it develop?
EM: For the context, Beware! was created officially on January 1st, 2009. We started with something called Beware Blog, a terrible name that didn’t work very well, so in 2010 we created a new site also with content in English called Beware Mag. Today it’s the 13th of August and we are about 50 contributors.
Beware! is an urban culture magazine focusing on architecture, fashion, graphics, design, photography, and music. We started with all of the topics at the same time. What we did was organize it so that we had a different category each day of the week; Monday was design, Wednesday was fashion, etc. The idea was really good but it didn’t work because news doesn’t work like that.
TH: Didn’t people appreciate that? Seems like that is a really interesting format to present your content.
EM: Well to be honest we didn’t really have much of a response at the beginning, so it’s hard to tell, but we weren’t able to cover news quickly because of the structure of the format, and we are always searching for things that are truly exclusive, which is hard to do after the fact.
TH: What is your favorite category personally?
EM: Photography, because I am a photographer on the side. It’s the category that I understand the most. I appreciate the other categories too, but not as much.
TH: What type of photography do you do?
EM: Portraits, landscapes, streetscapes. Images talk the most to people I think.
TH: Did you start Beware! to create inspiration for your own work?
EM: No, I started photography two years after I started Beware! The idea for Beware! was to create something to showcase things that are beautiful. I like things that look nice. Beware! was a way to create a project around those beautiful things.
TH: So photography for you came after?
EM: Yeah, I was in Copenhagen with the guy who designed our logo and he started to teach me things about talking photos, and when I went to live in London I really fell in love with it, the environments, the light.
TH: Are there any links between the styles of the content across the different categories of Beware?
EM: We always talked about a lot of things at the same time, so they are not connected, as long as it inspires. It’s photos that emit emotion, that can be transmitted and rejoined in a certain way.
TH: Now that you are working on this for more than four years, you’ve seen things online change. Is it more difficult now?
EM: In 2009 there were already a lot of blogs. We were able to keep it together for over four years because we found a model that works. We all do this for free, and there are a lot of blogs that just stop, people change jobs or lose interest. We found a way to do this with no cost, lots of time, for sure, but I think that it’s about as complicated today as it was before. We have more ways to promote ourselves but all of these social channels are jammed up.
TH: The average lifespan of a blog is six months. It starts off very well, and then it collapses. How did you keep it going?
EM: I’ve always looked at this like a pleasure, I spend four or five hours per day on this, and I found really cool people to help me who feel the same way. They are people who love to share, and the desire to do this comes naturally from that desire to share. We have also created a good team dynamic. We meet once a month for example.
TH: What is the music side of Beware?
EM: We started doing different compilations but it was really time-intensive. We started doing podcasts of about 30-40 minute mixes, but we couldn’t keep doing it because one of the guys left, and we couldn’t get someone to replace him. So we definitely want to relaunch the podcasts, and keep doing selections.
TH: What was the podcast?
EM: Nu-disco, a little Frenchie, things that have character, we have all gotten older throughout this whole thing, so the tracklists have become more mature too. We were thinking about things that are designed for moments, like a podcast to work to, etc.
TH: We have a ton of people who listen to Whyd only at work, so we know how that goes. What is your longterm objective? Do you want to continue to do this for fun?
EM: We are always talking about this, do we want to professionalize this stuff? We really want to go more pro, better content, more artistic, more in depth, higher quality really. We need to find our balance, so that our work is to push Beware to maybe become a creative agency, or a resource for creatives, there might be a way to monetize the site and our services. The brand Beware is also important, we have already made T-shirts, and other merchandise. We can’t take all of the routes at the same time. It’s a ton of time to get everything done. You just have to come and see it!
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Interview with Now Playing Mag: An Eclectic Box of Musical Discovery
1. When was Now Playing Mag born? Why did you create it?
Now Playing Mag was born in February 2011. Everything came from a conversation. Along with other friends who are passionate about music and who are also bloggers, we realized that while we wanted to follow the news from all of the musical genres that we love, we could easily find ourselves opening a dozen windows in our browsers because it was nearly impossible to find an outlet that covered all of our tastes. I listen to everything, almost without any restriction. I have a collection where Vampire Weekend resides along with Billie Holiday, A Tribe Called Quest, Angélique Kidjo, Van Morrison, Benjamin Biolay, Blur and Spice Girls. Now Playing Mag was created for all people out there with eclectic tastes, a media outlet where all different facets of music meet.
2. Who is the team behind the magazine? Who does what?
Today the Now Playing Mag team is made up of 20 members coming from around France and even Florida! I don’t know how to really define our functions at Now Playing because they are all multifaceted. I am the Founder, Editor-in-Chief, webmaster, director of publication, and I manage too. There is also Morgane, the other editor/boss, she manages the articles, partnerships, and contests. I am assisted by Léa, who handles contacts at labels, promo agencies, and others as well as planning. In terms of editing and content, there are a few teams here at Now Playing. Some of them cross at times. The hip hop team is piloted by Stéphane with Pierre (who also handles jazz) and Atman; the indie team is managed by Sarah with Camille D and Morgane; the electro team is where we find Imane, Johann (who is also our graphic designer), Louis, and Morgane; the soul/R&B team is Francine, Célia, Laurene, and Florien (and also often Atman); Emilie takes care of rock; Camille B. the French scene; and Astrid handles music from around the world. Finally, there is Ludovic who is behind the photographs and the acoustic sessions.
3. What are the musical genres that you cover?
Now Playing Mag is defined as being a “eclectic music box,” from jazz to indie pop including soul, R&B, rap, electro, world music, French classics, pop, metal, and folk. Alternative and classic scenes meet here. For the time being we have a smaller focus on genres like country and techno, but that will change!
4. Who should read and listen to Now Playing Mag? Do you have plans for the future?
I would say everyone! Mostly people who are avid for discoveries. For the future, we aspire to position ourselves among the referenced media for musical discoveries. We are also building a new version of the digital magazine that corresponds with our hopes and those of our readers.
Make sure to like the Now Playing Mag Facebook page, follow them on Twitter, and subscribe to them on Whyd!
Interview with soundsearch: Sending Emerging Talent Straight To Your Inbox
1. There are a lot of music sites out there, why was soundsearch created?
Before soundsearch, we set-up a new music discovery blog. As a result, we were constantly looking for new and unsigned music to feature on the site. The process of finding suitable artists can be a long, lonely, and often unrewarding experience, believe us! Last.fm is good for discovery, but it only recommends you bands of equal size to that which you’re listening. For example, if you’re a fan of Adele, it suggests you listen to Duffy, Jessie J, and Amy Winehouse (to name but a few), most of which you’ll probably already be listening to. Soundcloud is also great to use and has fantastic embeddable widgets for blogs, but is mainly based around genre search which doesn’t really narrow anything down. Spotify and other streaming services attempt to recommend new music, but their artists come from major labels and distribution services such as Ditto Music, as as a listener you never truly discover new and unsigned music. The very fact there are a large number of sites out there can be intimidating to users and fragments an artist’s audience, as well as putting off those looking to discover new and unsigned music.
We founded soundsearch with the aim of facilitating the discovery and creation of new and unsigned music, giving users an effective discovery tool and artists the opportunity to get their sound heard, as well as collaborate with one another. soundsearch allows you to discover new and unsigned music based on your tastes, after all, music is personal.
The prototype offers users the chance to discover new and unsigned artists based on their current music tastes, with tailored recommendations delivered direct to their inbox. Signing up to this unique new service will introduce you to a new and unsigned artists, together with access to the site’s additional editorial content such as the collection of “discovered” artists.
2. Who is behind the site?
We (Jack and Rich) met at University and immediately found that we shared the same passion for entrepreneurialism and both had an overwhelming desire to create something from scratch. We’ve been trying different business ideas ever since we met, from organizing city-wide student music festivals, through to creating concoctions of wheatgress, milk thistle and crushed up B12 pills in our attempt to try and make a hangover cure!
When we’re not pouring our souls into our laptops working on soundsearch, Rich works as a chartered surveyor at an engineering consultancy and Jack is a Product Manager at Universal Music. We’d say that we both bring different attributes to our partnership which somehow seem to complement each other. If we think about it, we still find it a bit strange that a lad who grew up on a sheep farm and an aspiring south London DJ get along so well. I guess sharing our passion for music and what that brings to people keeps up pretty close.
3. Can you describe the styles of music you feature?
The very nature of our service means we aren’t biased to any particular genre or style of music. Our goal is to have soundsearch become the destination for all types of bands, musicians, singers, producers, and DJs to upload their sounds and let the site drive the discovery process. As it stands, the music we’ve featured is anything and everything that is exciting to us, from summer dance vibes from the incredible Toyboy & Robin, to a French instrumental post-hardcore artist called Man Is Not A Bird, and more recently the delicate acoustic sounds of singer-songwriter Kimberly Anne.
4. You have a brand new site that just launched on Friday, what is it all about?
We have huge ambitions for soundsearch and really believe that it can bring something to the market which could change the music industry forever. Our business plan is made up of a number of assumptions, things which we think music listeners want, and the site before was a prototype to test as many of those assumptions as we could with what little money we had. We’ve been working relentlessly to get our idea out there, hitting the streets of London signing people up, chatting with crowds at festivals to see what people think, and the feedback is encouraging, so we progressed with the new version based on what we heard. We have been lucky to find Myles (our developer) who also has an incredible passion for music, which has driven him on to put the hours in coding. The site works as a portal to find new and unsigned music based on the artists you love, and we don’t see that changing any time soon. The new site will also include our “discovered” artist library, and something new which you are going to have to check out for yourself!
We are constantly looking for music fans and dynamic individuals to join us on our quest for the discovery of new and unsigned artists. Whether you’re a musician, web developer, talented writer, or if music is your life, we want to hear from you!
Interview with damn nyc: Outsiders Looking Out
1. Tell us about the team behind damn nyc. How did you start working together?
We started our project in November 2011 with the idea of documenting and gathering everything that we thought was fun, different, and what we thought deserved the limelight. Most of the artists we chose were emerging artists, mainly because they either didn’t know that they were totally awesome so we wanted to show them that they were, or that they were bringing something new to the public, and it wasn’t getting as many hits as it should. There were a few exceptions, ones that definitely made us think “damn!” However their fame didn’t always translate across international borders, which was what we hoped to accomplish then. We were traveling for a year from New York, Hamburg, Moscow, Philadelphia, and London, and wanted to bring a special taste to our webzine that screamed originality and personality. We like to stay up to date, and move from one topic to another with common themes.
2. How have your respective backgrounds influenced the things you write about today?
Jan is German, who grew up in Franve. Inna is Russian, who grew up in the states. We’re both outsiders, so we like to look inside everything from a different perspective. We’re also completely different in our approaches but we find ways to spread out and then later come back together with new information - so it works pretty damn well.
3. Who should read damn nyc?
People that read, listen, get inspired, think, dance, and smile? Anything else in the news is already out there. I don’t think that we have anything in our webzine that is reported on a standard basis - so it’s a window to new, emerging trends that will make you say “damn.” Oh, and if you don’t like the news, create your own news… we’ll probably find you!
4. What are your future plans for the site? Are you looking for contributors?
Yeah! We’re all about collaborations. It’s about expansion, and we look out, not it.
Make sure you Like the damn nyc Facebook page, follow them on Twitter, and as always subscribe to them on Whyd!
Burning House Remix Competition
Those of you who spend your time on Whyd have probably already heard some of the music from Burning House, a new musical partnership with Chief Xcel and General Elektriks on the label Naïve. You probably already read the interview which explains their backstory and how they came to work together. But what you might not have heard yet are the remixes that artists are creating and sending in to Naïve.
To celebrate their music “Turn Off The Robot,” Burning House has opened a remix competition (through the end of August) for their track “PPSD” or “Post-Party Stress Disorder.” If you’re an artist or DJ and think you can really kick up this jam, post a remix on Soundcloud and send it over to us or Burning House to get on this playlist. A jury will pick the favorite one, and it could be you!
For all you music lovers, remix competitions are one of the coolest phenomenon online today. Whereas before we consumed music, now almost anyone can use music as a medium of expression, to build upon the awesome foundations laid out by talented artists and make your mark. And maybe, just maybe, the world gets to hear it, and everyone wins!
Make sure you subscribe to Burning House on Whyd and like their Facebook page to keep up to date with the details of the contest!