A belated Christmas gift x). Just imagine “Neon beams” beautifully wrapped with a nice bow on top.  Click the down arrow on the right side of the player to download.

INTERVIEW.

DD: You’re from France! yahhhhhh. I love french electronic music, Daft Punk introduced me to the whole electronic world, any french artists especially influence you?

YO: I don’t really listen to electronic french music, this is not the kind of music that has really influenced me…even though I love electronic French artists like Mr Oizo, Fulgeance…It is not a typ e of music that influences me, but more the sensibility of a musician, his universe. I’m a big fan of Dimlite’s music, (who’s from Switzerland, just near my town) and James Blake…

YO: Yeah, I really like when it grooves! When I was a student, I was listening a lot of Funk music, and i played drums in a Funk formation. Now I listen to very diverse types of music, but funk remains essential…I don’t know why , but when I start a song, it’s  just instinctively something funky.  I often try to work in different ways, so that I’m not doing all th e same things (even if  I love funky tracks!).

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Moar talent! Moar music! All the way from fukin Bulgaria..

INTERVIEW.

DD: You’ve got a band you play in, as well as these more beat oriented songs yah?  Is it all the same members? In what ways does being in a band help compliment your  work as producers?

AO: Hi, yeah its all the same members for both releases. We are four guys. Bobby – synths,  Jordan – sax,leads (also records pianos for the productions), Ivan – drums  (both acoustic for recording and electronic for live) and me on electric bass and bass synths. The intersting thing is that half of the band (drummer and sax) are both musicians with degrees in pop/jazz at the music academy and me and Bobby are not trained musicians. Actually, we are the more electronic music oriented guys. We have always wanted to record real instruments. to get some nice drums and mics. in the first album there is maybe just one or two samples and everything else is recording. We try to combine electronic music and live instruments.

AO: Novo is a shifty one. it has few samples and the signature is odd. i think it was 7/4. We have really enjoyed what has happened in the beat scene for the last few years. This EP is like our ode to this scene. We got a few small beats together and decided to release them with an intro and outro. The first tune is something like the bridge between our music and beats. Also with an irregular sig at 17/16. The last one is a return to a more ambient jazzy thing that we used to do.

DD: What got you guys interested in electronic music?

AO: For me personally and Bobby, it was early drum and bass, ambient and dub 11-12 years ago. Bobby was doing tracks on a tracker program..thats how we listened and to some interesting music like Tokyo Dawn Recs which was an .xm label at some point, also Warp artists..Good Looking Records. Generally, the band is interested in many genres other than electronic music.. styles like hip hop/funk/jazz/metal/rnb.

Currently working more on the live performances..

DD: What your favorite thing about producing?

AO: The crazy feeling that you get when you create something strong. It makes your feet go on their own, coming back from the studio.

Daft Punk 4 eva! I jumped on their obsessive fan base after seeing the Alive 2007 tour.  Now, we see their latest project..the soundtrack to Tron: Legacy. In honor of this film debuting today in the U.S. , I’m posting some of my favorite Daft Punk materials, since their first appearances here on Earth. All respect to Daft Punk! Always pushing and expanding what can be done as an artist today. Honored that they were my introduction to electronic music, a genre I’m now devoted to. These two robots help me push for constant  develop and transformation.

Here we go!

To start: This 3 part BBC story/interview on Daft Punk is RAD!

Do your homework!

When I found this ahh!

On to Discovery..

Human After All, not as well received. It all came together in the end though..with Alive 2007!

Went to a screening of Electroma..I was feeling it. Some people didn’t.

Alive 2007..I was there! Started everything for me

And now, Tron:Legacy! Worked for 2 years on the soundtrack

Here’s to the future!

– JIMI JAXON

Jeez! Gotta be one of my favorite posts this year.

INTERVIEW

1. I think your style is super fresh. The 8bit sounds melded with your dope beats is mesmerizing. How would you describe your music to people?

First off, thanks! I’d say my style is… well, I used to listen to chiptunes, music made by the same sound chips inside early video game systems. I loved the sounds and melodic emphasis of it, but the drums were always so weak, and it sounded held back by the fact it was a direct emulation of old sound chips. My music is the melody and sounds of chiptunes, combined with all the good, hard hitting aspects of modern electronic hip-hop. Sometimes I make old-school synths (squares, triangles, sines) to supply that authentic chippy sound, but I also love sampling orchestral stuff and getting that big, epic sound. Finally, I have massive respect for anyone who plays a real instrument, so I always try to lay down some piano or bass guitar on my beats to give it a bit of timelessness.

2. What video games that especially influence your sound and mindset as an artist?

Castlevania and Metroid, my two favorite series ever. Both have music that’s about evoking emotion from the player as they explore unknown places, and I think you’ll find a similar quality in my music. A lot of it tries to capture a certain tone.

3. How’s the electronic scene in San Diego?

The scene is always growing. Now days, if I get into a conversation about music with a group of people, chances are most of them either make music or have attempted to. Lots of MCs trying to break out, too.

4. What impact would you like to leave with your music?

I’d like other beat makers to know that they can make the biggest, “dirtiest” tracks, but eventually that sound is gonna be antiquated if they just rely on electronics to do it for them. Already, so many beats sound nearly identical because everyone’s trying to produce the same dirty synths and sounds with the same sets of tools. Dubstep really suffers from this, which is why I can’t get down to it. But really, I wish more electronic music producers would pick up a damn instrument.

5. How you developed over this past year? Any plans going in 2011 for PostPre?

This past year has been a crazy period of growth for me. I’ve finally found a style, you know? It takes a lot of failure before you do that. As for 2011, I’ve finally achieved my goal of selling a few beats to some real interesting hip-hop groups. It’s gonna be a trip to see how my style sounds with some real MCs on top, so keep an eye out!

6. What songs stuck in your head right now?

http://soundcloud.com/postpre

– JJ