Welcome to the fifth episode of Timelock, a podcast from Gated where guests choose the records they’d like to be placed in a time capsule to represent their lives.

This episode features critically acclaimed producer Faex Optim, or Wes to his friends. With several dreamlike downtempo albums under his belt, Wes has also remixed many an artist including PBS'73, 4T Thieves, and Krystian Shek.

Wes and our host AMC delve into the origin of his moniker, the importance of live music in your teens, and finding inspiration from failed projects. 

This version includes the music Wes chose, but there is also an extended cut of the chat on our Anchor channel.

You can find his Bandcamp here https://faexoptim.bandcamp.com/
And his SC here >>> https://soundcloud.com/faexoptim

Timelock

Timelock // FAEX OPTIM // January 2021

My new album, "I Can Quit Whenever I Want" is out now on bandcamp and youtube!
------> https://derori.bandcamp.com/album/i-can-quit-whenever-i-want
------> https://youtu.be/1MPAG-cdmFg?si=9PJU56WQwRA63eOh

𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗.𝚝𝚡
𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚓𝚊𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 

✽ 𝚙𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑 ✽

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▣ electronic label based in edinburgh & austin

@faexoptim | @pbs73 | @svndogs | hijo

The passion of my musical life from a very early childhood, well grounded in rhythmic bases 90's hip hop, the bumps and grooves based on electronic mainly, with a passion for the sounds of the Chicago house and electro synthesizer of detroit, passing into the deep dark lines of UK underground and German electronic styles.

Gated Record Label for a variety of good music.