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Pluie/Noir Podcast 078
"6 Years of Pluie/Noir" Special #1

Sound Mixed, Arranged and Performed live by @peter-f-spiess
Visual Interpretation by Ayane

To celebrate our 6 years of existence we've decided to release a series of podcasts consisting of live-recorded performances on key Pluie/Noir events, from artists soon to be released on the imprint. This session from Peter F. Spiess was recorded live on the "6 Years of Pluie/Noir" event at Club der Visionaere.

Interview:

— Hi Peter. Welcome to the series. How are you lately?
Hello, and thanks for letting me be part of this! I'm pretty well since the holidays just started for me and my family.

— You’ve been more or less out of the radar over the past 10 years. Why? Did you stop making music over this period to focus on other things?
I never stopped making music but during these years family life and my day job didn't leave much room for producing music the way I used to. I focused on chip music and worked with tracker programs on vintage computers whenever possible.

Around a year ago my I moved into a bigger house with my family and started building up a little home studio again. Since then I'm finally following my (sometimes pretty abstract) vision of electronic dance music again. I really missed that a lot over the last years.

— This mix was recorded live from the 6 Years of Pluie/Noir event at Club der Visionaere. What’s your setup and how do you prepare for your performances?
That was a very special event for me, as I'm a huge fan of Pluie/Noir and it was my first time at CDV. I always worked with a rather minimal setup when doing live sets. When I started playing gigs more than twenty years ago I usually only took an Akai MPC, a little Mixer and one or two analogue synths with me.

Since I wanted to play many of my old tracks from my Klang Elektronik releases I used an Elektron Octatrack as the main playback machine. I cut lots of loops from the old material to keep a maximum of flexibility while building up the live set. The other machine I used at the CDV was a Novation Circuit which to me is a pretty capable little box for live use. Both machines give me enough freedom to create completely new edits of my tracks.

— This is the year people will see you again on vinyl. What’s coming up?
Yes, there are three releases planned to come out on different labels so far. I'm also doing remixes again with at least one being scheduled for release later this year.

I'm really excited about all of them but I'm also super happy to play live again after such a long pause. 

The planned release on Pluie/Noir can be seen as the follow up to my Crystal Polymorphs album from 2001 since it will be the longest and most versatile release of my music since then. I think Bruno did an amazing job when selecting and combining the tracks for this double vinyl.

— Future plans, be it artistic or personal?
I hope to be much more creative in the future. It's such a fundamental part of my life and it has been suppressed for far too long. 

I'm very thankful for meeting so many nice people through my music!


Links:
https://soundcloud.com/peter-f-spiess
https://www.facebook.com/nadiaandradefurtado/

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Pluie/Noir Podcast 078 - "6 Years of P/N" Special #1 by Peter F. Spiess

Rotate with Peter F. Spiess from Germany.
Live set @peter-f-spiess

Visual interpretation by Tatiana Varavva from Moscow:
An inspiration was my memories about Berlin bicycle rides & blossoming magnolia trees on the way. Main flower shapes represent magnolias. They are made from design textured papers. Fully handcrafted.
Design textured papers are my main medium that i work with.

A paper artist & decorator working under Hikimastery Decor Studio since 2o15 & specified in handcrafted paper decoration, event decoration & paper art workshops.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/hikimastery
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hikimastery/

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