In April of 2016, I got booked to play a couple shows in the SF Bay Area, with my friends Raphael Arar, Matthew Hettich and Renzo Gorrio, among a few others. I decided that I wanted to challenge myself and make an unabashedly danceable set of all-new material for the occasion, as I’d long felt myself flirting with dance music, but never going all-in on the form. Thus were the tracks that comprise the Geist, Kairo and Zorya EPs born - most of them were made late at night, in either my spare room or at the Cargo office (where I could be far louder than at home), and everything was done in Ableton.
Geist would be, I’d say, the most obviously “fun” and “upbeat” of the trio. It’s mostly 4/4 stuff, with fat kick drums, funky basslines and glittering synth arpeggios. While I was working on one of these tracks, my wife came into the room and asked if I was listening to the music from WaveRace 64 - I don’t think I’ve ever been given higher praise than that.
Sam Gendel and Sam Jones contributed sax and keys, respectively, to Raum and the cover art was drawn by Raphael Arar.
Geist would be, I’d say, the most obviously “fun” and “upbeat” of the trio. It’s mostly 4/4 stuff, with fat kick drums, funky basslines and glittering synth arpeggios. While I was working on one of these tracks, my wife came into the room and asked if I was listening to the music from WaveRace 64 - I don’t think I’ve ever been given higher praise than that.
Sam Gendel and Sam Jones contributed sax and keys, respectively, to Raum and the cover art was drawn by Raphael Arar.