Sketched for Life

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Charles Hamonnais

www.charles-art.com
charles.hamonnais@gmail.com
Phone +336 95 13 73 05

Advent – A coming, or an arrival, a coming into being or use. 

Quite an appropriate name for Cisco Ferreira, a man who has played a big part in the creation and development of Techno from the very beginning of this genre’s history. Indeed, his Techno CV is the stuff of legend. Cisco was producing Techno and performing live Techno shows years before the rest of the world had even heard of the genre. He released his first track in 1988, was a pioneer of the Live PA (or Live Public Address – performing Techno live in front of an audience using electronic music gear), and, if all that wasn’t enough, he even worked as the sound engineer on some of Derrick May’s, Adonis & Fingers Inc’s recording sessions! 

The list goes on, and so does Cisco. Unlike other Techno pioneers from the early years, Cisco continues to produce with as much passion and frequency as he did back in the day. His releases on Labels Like Tresor, Rotation, Electrix, Kanzleramt, Dj Gigolos, Pure Plastic, Synewave plus many more is just another example of his ongoing pursuit to keep making music and pushing Techno to new boundaries. 

Cisco was born to Portuguese parents on the island of Madeira (Portugal). His family moved to London (1975) when he was five years old, setting the stage for his musical career. While at Paddington College (1986) in West London, he studied sound engineering and secured a job after graduation as an assistant sound engineer at ZOLOU Then later WALL Studios.  

At this period is when he really started to learn about Sound & Production, his 1st main recording sessions as an engineer were rock & “Inde” based bands & the studio owners being in successful rock bands. Matt Dangerfield & John Payne “ASIA” this 1st step was a start in learning about balancing & mixing down the rock way, which had a lot of intense & Raw energy especially on drums & Guitars.. 

Other bands Cisco did sessions for: P.I.L. (John Lydon - sex pistols) – Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) – That petrol emotion. Then Later Pop, Dance, Soul & reggae groups like: Wild Bunch (Nelly hopper & Massive Attack) – Marco Pirroni (Adam & the ants) - Maxi Priest – Sly Dunbar (Sly & Robbie) – Loose Ends – Cheryl Lynn… 

1987 Cisco began going to clubs and learning about this new thing called Acid House, which was spreading like crazy throughout London’s underground scene, culminating in the famous “Summer of Love” in 1988, the genre’s golden period. 

Around this time, a record label called, Jack Trax, “One of the 1st to release Acid House, House & techno in UK” moved in next door and began using the same studio for recording sessions, with Cisco as the engineer working with Fingers Inc, Adonis, Marshall Jefferson & Derrick May. Cisco released his first record in 1988 on Ferrari records (R&S records) Then later “Cisco Ferreira” EP on Fragile. 

His first big break came in 1994, when he and fellow Londonite Colin McBean (a.k.a. Mr. G) were brought on by Internal Records to help co-produce a group called Salt Tank. A record contract with Internal/FFRR soon followed, committing The Advent to 12 EP’s and 3 albums.

Today, The Advent goes on just as Cisco Ferreira. While he has had a long history with tons of accomplishments to hang his hat on, he continues to make history. The Advent is fulfilling Cisco’s vision as much as ever. He is busy touring as both a DJ and a live performer, producing for numerous labels, and running his own Techno imprint, Kombination Research. 

As Cisco moves forward, striving to fulfill the ambitious goals he has set one can look back at his storied past and see how he has come full circle… The Saga continues.

"Seguimos adelante... Recuerda esto, el estilo de vida no es una pistola, el estilo de vida es la música"


                    - Somebody somewhere

Snøfjell Records managed by Robert Tulke

https://tulke.ch

Music isn’t just something I hear, it’s something I need to feel. From late-night jazz smoke to heavy house and deep techno that rumbles below 30 Hz, sound for me is not background, it’s a space you can live in.

I build my hi-fi system with the care some people reserve for restoring a classic car. Turntables, amps, cables and speakers are chosen for character and the ability to expose every hidden layer. I’m after that playback where a double bass sounds like real wood and a kick drum makes the floor breathe.

Discovering new sounds is a second nature. Fresh releases, forgotten B-sides, obscure live recordings—they all find a place in my digital and vinyl collection. Vinyl stays at the core. The ritual of needle and groove, the soft crackle before the music starts, the warmth only analog can give—that’s home base.

This SoundCloud isn’t a shop window, it’s a sound logbook. Here I share mixes that drift between deep basslines and melodies that reveal themselves only if you let them. No genre police, just a pulse beating in 4/4. Some sets could soundtrack a crowded club; others unfold like a slow sunrise over the city.

Behind the listening is a bigger hunger: understanding how music fits together. How production, mastering and room acoustics make a track breathe. I spend hours shaping subwoofers, amps and acoustics until it feels like the band is in the room.

For me, music isn’t background noise. It’s a landscape to explore, a universe to step into again and again. SoundCloud is where that journey becomes public, a living archive of rhythms and textures that keep surprising.

The Vault

The Advent / G Flame