MORPHEUS
MUSIC INTERVIEW - UNOCCUPIED
05.01.09 - on release
of Everyday Life.
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What are your musical background stories? |
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Nadav: I’m
a self-taught musician, and I started playing all sorts of
rock bands, mainly as a bass & guitar player. Later I
got into electronic music and into production, engineering,
mastering and other studio work. |
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How did the Unoccupied project come into
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Nadav: We’re
childhood friends, we studied together in school and then
our path separated. About three years ago we met by coincidence
and started a track together. We liked what came out and it
just developed into a project.
Eitan: Nadav came into
my old studio in Kiryat Bilalik (a small town in the North
of Israel), which I used to share with a famous Israeli
rock band drummer,one day three years ago. He heard some
of my early tunes and some time later I went over to listen
to his stuff. We thought we should try and make music just
for fun and see what happens.
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Q:
What is this project really about?
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Eitan: Everyday
life ? It was made in winter and in a small place (where we
live), where life is really simple. I think it shows the bright
side of a dull and easygoing day.
Nadav: The music in this project is a
combination of Eitan and myself, and the text relates to
every day’s life of all of us.
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Q:
How would you describe your sound for those as yet unfamiliar
with your music? |
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Eitan:
Experimental downtempo electronica.
Nadav: Atmosphere, pure
atmosphere.
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| Q:
Where do you do your writing and playing? |
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Eitan:
We used to do it in Nadav’s studio and in my studio,
which are very close to each other. Sometimes, when I was
out of the country on tour with my dancefloor project, we
used to write the tracks using The Internet, sending files
back and forth. But even then, we would always finish the
track together, finalizing things together in the studio.
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Q:
How did you come to work with Aleph Zero
and how do you think that you fit with the label? |
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Nadav: We sent
four tracks to few record labels, Aleph Zero was one of those
who liked it and asked to hear more. We went on working till
we finalized the album and then they offered us a contract
and we signed with them. They deal with electronic music and
mainly downtempo and ambient, Unoccupied is a little different
than what they have released so far, but there is a common
thing- the atmosphere in the music.
Eitan:
Well the Label is very open-minded and diverse. I think
we fit together because of the people involved, not only
the music. When you are working with people, it’s
important to enjoy it too…
An important part in making this happen was a mutual friend
of us, Yuli Fershtat (Perfect Stranger), who helped establish
the contact between us. |
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| Q:
Can you share with us some of your recording
techniques - how do you get your sound? |
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Nadav:
My approach when I’m recording is that I need to create
a situation in which I can hear the recorded session and get
a picture of 3/4 of the mix, meaning that every channel, even
before the mix, has to sound as I want it to sound in the
end, and I don’t wait for the mixing.
Eitan: Whether it’s
my synth work or Nadav’s amazing recording and mixing
skills, all the things we do are results of lots of experience
and experimenting. Keeping an open mind is always important.
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Q:
What other musical projects are you currently
involved with? |
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Eitan:
Loud - an international Psychedelic Trance act, and making
my own downtempo electronica and chillout for Aleph Zero and
Minimal Techno under my own name - Eitan Reiter.
Nadav: These days I’m
also working on my own album, also to be released on Aleph
Zero, it will be different from Unoccupied and will have
more songs in it.
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| Q:
How would you describe your tastes when
it comes to listening to music? |
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Nadav:
I like to listen mainly to alternative and indie music, rock,
electronic music, psychedelic stuff…
Eitan: Anything Goes!!!
A N Y T H I N G! But I always look for things I haven’t
heard before. Finding new styles of music or even sounds
I haven’t heard before can be a major inspiration.
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Q:
What part of the music process do you
enjoy the most and why? |
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Nadav:
The recording stage, because it’s always surprising
how the track is being build and something new is created.
It still excites me every time.
Eitan: Listening to the track when it’s
done, and when you know you like it!
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What future plans do you have currently? |
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Eitan: To keep
making music and promoting it and get more people to listen
to it, and also to try and have fun on the way. Maybe build
a serious professional studio in the near future.
Nadav: Keep working on my own album, and
develop myself as a sound technician and producer.
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| Thanks
to Eitan and Nadav AKA Unoccupied for allowing us that interview.
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