Interviews

WE FORFEIT are off to Utrecht. Off to take in the canals, the cathedrals, the cuisine. And get some acid down us!
For the latest episode on Madrid’s Radio Relativa, the focus is a record label that is not just synonymous with the TB303, that silver machine is eponymous! Of course, we are talking about the mighty @030303recs.
Sit back and enjoy two ours of acid spiked electronics peppered with lively chat. From the first machinations of 030303 and its partnership with Margherita Records to Rephlex parties and Lowland festival memories, this is a journey deep into the heart of a Dj collective and label that has drawn on a widespread of influences whilst casting an ever-growing net of inspiration across the world.
1)	Hi Sander! Can you tell our listeners, who are you, where are you from and what is 030303?
@rogervanlunteren :: In Sight Out (030303)
@globalgoonofficial ::  Pathways (030303)
2)	How did you first become interested in electronic music? Who were the first artists who grabbed your attention? 
@plaid:: Dang Spot (@warp-records)
Autechre :: Cichli (Warp)
3)	What was the music scene like in Utrecht when you were growing up there? Any major influences from your hometown?
Format :: Solid Session (ESP/Only One)@orlando-voorn
4)	Before 030303 there was Margherita Records. Was this the first label you were involved in? Why was the label set up? What style did it pursue? Is Margherita still active?
Dexter vs Cosmic Force :: Drum Techniek (Marguerita Recordings)
E8 :: H20(Marguerita Recordings)
Cane :: Blitz(Marguerita Recordings)
5)	Ten years ago, 030303 was born with releases form D’Arcangelo and EOD, why were these artists chosen to inaugurate the new label? Perhaps a nod to Rephlex?
@darcangelo:: (Rephlex/@suction-records)
6)	Since then, you guys have gone from strength to strength and built a very impressive roster of artists. How have you gone about finding new musicians? 
@eod-6:: Phontron (030303 mix) (030303)
@retape :: Feber (030303)
7)	Rolando Simmons has been a mainstay of 030303 for years now, how did that relationship come about?
@rolando-simmons :: Hidden Grooves (030303)
Rolando Simmons ::  Human Touch(030303)
8)	Similarly, compilations have been a central format for the label. Why is this?
@kidmachinemusic :: Mirage (030303)
Nacho M. Meyer :: Planeta (030303)
9)	030303 is a vinyl focussed label. Why have you chosen to stick with vinyl? Are you tempted to become more digital?
10)	030303 is more than just a label, you guys are talented Djs and have toured extensively. What was you most memorable gig? 
Phuture303 :: Blackout Part 1 (Full fat forfeit edit) (Music Man)
11)	Despite the difficulties of 2020, 030303 released four Eps this year. Can you tell us about them?
@caramel_chameleon :: Dronacid [Phaserinterlude Mix] (030303)
12)	As the name would suggest, 030303 consistently pays homage to the TB303. What is it about this sound, now almost forty years old, that still captures the imagination?
13)	Two tracks to finish on, what track got you hooked on the sound of the TB303 and what is an acid guilty pleasure piece? 
Humanoid ‎:: Stakker Humanoid (Westside Records)
Rob Acid :: Happy Answer (Live At The Warehouse Mix) (Internal)

Radio Relativa #22 - Interview - 030303 Records

We’re delighted to have one of Spain’s pioneers of everything synth with us this month, @adrian_marth. The Barcelona artist was already on our radar, his Marthian World in the bag, when we bumped into him before his cracking set at this year’s Ombra Festival. After said live show a decision was made; the Italo Moderni boss needs to be on WE FORFEIT.
From a mutual love of all things EBM, italo and synth, our conversation charts the rise and rise of the Catalan artist, Dj and label boss. Tracks come care of our guest, unreleased material from the label and some favourites from the WE FORFEIT camp.

Clay Pedrini :: New Dream (I.D. Limited)
Who is Adrián Marth and what is Italo Moderni?
Adrián Marth :: Disorder (Wrong Era/ @italo_moderni)
Rapha :: V More Karabli (Italo Moderni) 
How did you become influenced in electronic music and, in particular, italo? Who are your influences?
Adrián Marth :: Black Ritual Witches (Wrong Era (@slow-motion-records)/ Italo Moderni)
Why did you decide to set up your own label? What style is Italo Moderni pursuing?
Journeyman :: Something Dies In The Soul (Day mix) (@kosmoramadisco)
Win2Win :: Fantasia 500 (Wrong Era)
L&O::Even Now (La Musique Fait La Force)
Shortly after you started this project, the world entered into a pandemic. How were you able to adapt and continue to develop your label and yourself as a performer?
Anne Clarke :: Our Darkness (Virgin)
Petra & Co :: Just Let Go (Dub) (La Musique Fait La Force)
Your live show has seen you perform in events such as IFM streaming festival and at the Operator stage at Ombra in Barcelona. What is your process for performing live? Is it different to how you create music in the studio?
Adrián Marth :: Adrian Marth - Experiment Man (Italo Moderni)
You’re based in Barcelona, but your collaborations and various artist compilations draw artists from all over the continent. How do you find artists to collaborate with? What do you look for when you want to work with an artist?
Chino :: Shoplifters (Italo Moderni)
Italo disco continues to see a resurgence in popularity. Why is this genre so enduring and endearing? 
Larry Day :: Fashion Girl (I.D. Limited)
Alba :: Philomena (Aube)
Suicide Booth :: Aura (@dasdrehmoment)
How is the music scene in Barcelona? 
Mata Hari :: Mata Hari Mata Hari (Blanco y Negro/@bordelloaparigii/@moustache-records)
It appears that the electronic scene in Spain favours darker sounds: we’ve already spoken of Ombra festival, countless artists talk of their love of post-punk and industrial while labels like barro, fill-lex and soil really push this sound. Why do you think darkness continues to be so prevalent in the Spanish scene?
@borisdivider :: Parallel (@arcanoid remix version 2) (@frigio-records)
What are you releasing next? Any snippets for us?
@timothy-j-fairplay :: Altar Room (Italo Moderni)
@univac-geistform :: Aegis(Italo Moderni)
What do you have planned for the future? (tours/shows/record releases etc. remember this interview will probably air mid february)
And to finish,, what is a guilty pleasure track for you?
Axxess :: Dancing Shadows (Lamborghini/@medical-records-llc)

Radio Relativa #26 - Interview - Adrián Marth (Italo Moderni)

@suction-records recently crossed a pretty incredible milestone. The Canadian imprint, founded by Jason Amm (@solvent) and Gregory De Roche (@lowfish), has just celebrated its 25th anniversary. For more than two and half decades the label has curated a wealth of music, unearthed unheard artists and brought smiles to the faces of the electronic faithful.

WE FORFEIT, after a serious amount of datebook duelling, managed to catch up with Jason just before the Christmas. The result? A two hour show that charts the very first synthesizer steps of Solvent and Lowfish, the growth of their unique style of electronics and the evolution of the imprint and sound. 

From High School encounters and fax machine correspondences to Detroit recognition, Solvent maps how two Canadians broke onto the scene in the early 1990s. From these humble beginning, Amm describes new directions in his sound and the elation at discovering Rx-101. As Suction has evolved, so does the conversation with synth wave, coarse acid and braindance musings all coming to the fore.

Thanks very much to Solvent for chatting with us, thanks so much for all the years of music.

Solvent :: My Blue Car (Suction)
Lowfish :: Spiders and Glass (Solvent remix) (Suction)
Lowfish :: Walking with Scissors (Suction)
µ-Ziq ::Tango N' Vectif (Rephlex)@mikep
@lusine-official :: Charydis (@isophlux)
Lowfish :: Arch Melvin (Suction)
Solvent :: Panel of Experts (@soul-jazz-records)
@adultofficial:: Dispassionate Furniture (Ersatz Audio)
Perspects :: Desire & Efficiency (Ersatz Audio) @ian-cinch-jones
Solvent :: My Radio (@ghostly) 
Solvent :: Fasten (@minimalrome)
@rx-101 :: Bloom (Part 1) (Suction)
RX-101 :: August ‘97 (Suction)
RX-101 :: Sys.rx.9.b013 (Suction)
Kübler-Ross :: Bridges (Ice Machine) @kublerrossband
@ceramic-hello :: Gestures (Ice Machine)
Skanfrom :: Trains & Lines (Suction)
@digitalpoodle :: Soul Crush (Suction)
CrusHerr :: Off The Planet (Dope Sheets)
@uselessidea :: Mello Tron (Suction)
@june :: Navigation (Suction)
Solvent vs Lowfish :: CemBlex (CEM Rmx) (Vynalogica)
Solvent vs Lowfish :: Built-In Microphone (CEM Rmx) (Vynalogica)
Ceramic Hello :: Sampling The Blast Furnace (Suction)

Emitió por @radio-relativa 09/02/23

Radio Relativa #34 - Interview - Solvent (Suction)

WE FORFEIT know how to do Christmas. Long silences with loved ones, gritted teeth and processed ham. In this tradition, and that of making some mixes to ease the season, the lads are back at the stocking filling coalface to bring listeners messages of love and music. Through fictious serendipity, a hackneyed flair for rhyming couplets and a bit of organisation, the lads have a very special guest  : Astro Chicken’s @hyboid. 

A dark December night, a cold wind whips the city,
The pavements soaked, roads wet, dirty and gritty.
Winter claws a lone passenger, a passenger who hurtles through the rain,
A passenger who feels no misery, a passenger who feels no pain. 
Disembarking, the collar is given a flick,
Chris’ head is down, his step is quick.

This Christmas weather bites to the bone
And our intrepid traveller is not set for home. 
He’s off recording a two hour set,
One filled with electronic music and banter I’ll bet.
The streets are dark and the headphones are in,
Chris’ attention is grabbed, “Could that lad be my twin?”

Thud. Confusion. A bump between two.
“Pardon Me”, “Aye, wait, Hyboid, is that you?
The head of Astro Chicken? In our neighbourhood?”
“Doing some sightseeing, but a warm house would be good.”
“Well you’re in luck, my mate lives ‘round here,
We’re doing a radio show, would ya pull up a chair?”
“Qs and music, sound good to me!”
“Synth Pop. Electro. And a decent cup of tea!”

Warm sounds fill Robbie’s house, a buzzer cuts,
“Who’s tha? Yeah, come on up, no ifs or buts!”
“Brutal night, who’s that you’re playing?”
“Some Hyboid tracks, for an interview I’d be praying!”
“Well let me tell ya, those prayers have been answered,
You’re not gonna guess who I just encountered!”

O Saints be praised, O Heaven. O Joy,
It was like the WE FORFEIT lads were again but a boy.
With Hyboid they sat and warmly nattered,
Music, a snifter of port, nothing in the world mattered,
Qs, answers and a tasty cheeseboard
Christmas merriment and laughter to the sound of an electronic music record.
A glut of audio presents left under the polythene tree,
Festive fun and musical frolics from this happy three.

Happy Christmas – WE FO FO FO FORFEIT

Intro :: From the laps (Bitmapped)
Starlight Hammer Sounds :: Turrican 2 (Astro Chicken)
Hyboid ::  Telepath Or Psychopath (Aspecto Humano)
Hyboid :: Trip To NGC891 2 (Astro Chicken)
Anbau :: Disco Z (Aspecto Humano)
Q 1 : For our listeners who might not know, how is Hyboid and what is Astro Chicken Records?
Q 2 : So when did you set up the label?
Hyboid :: Dr. Dabic's Pain Amplifier
Risk Risk :: Digital Love
Sternrekorder :: Sugarshaker
Q 3 : And how long have you been producing music?
Hyboid :: Space Haze
Hyboid as Erwin Eiswürfel :: Roboterbrösel (Störgeräusche aus dem Evangelium)
Q 4 : So what are your early influences? What three records really stand out from these influences?
Klaus Doldinger :: Das Boot
Paso Doble :: Computerliebe
Caustic Window :: Italic Eyeball
Q 5 : And who is influencing you nowadays?
Jan Hammer Group :: Don't You Know
Bernard Fevre :: Max Stroke
Telex :: En Route Vers De Nouvelles Aventures 
Q 6 : As Hyboid you have released five albums. What draws you to the LP medium instead of EP? 
Hyboid :: Terrör of the Üniverse (Intro)
Hyboid :: Les Aventures des Synthés
Q 7 : How are you producing your music? What machines are you using?
Hyboid :: Crystal of the Ancients
Q 8 : Tell us about your recently released album, Silent Signals has just hit the shops. What is this fifth album about? How is it different to your previous LPs?
Hyboid :: Starcrush
Hyboid :: Strange Signals
Hyboid :: Future Fever
Q 9 : We are here in Madrid, can you tell us about the time you played here? Will you be back soon?
Q 10 : What does the future hold for you? The label?
Hyboid :: Apocalypse in Neon
Hyboid and the Astro Chicken Allstars :: Untitled
Q 11 : What are your predictions for electronic music in the future?
Q 12: To end, what about a guilty pleasure track?
Jon & Vangelis: I'll find My Way Home

Radio Relativa #3 Interview with Hyboid (Astro Chicken Records)

The WE FORFEIT lads have their beady eyes on many things. Cinnamon rolls. Loose change. Decent priced white wine. Their ears are tuned to something altogether better.

Cignol (@cignol) has been on the WE FORFEIT radar, as well as many other folk’s, for quite some time now. The Ireland based artist has been consistently delivering superb music, from acid tinged techno, braindance infused electronica to sky gazing electro.

Chris and Robbie managed to track Paul Cignol down for a chat. From his first influences in electronic music right up to his most recent works, all is laid bare in this tell-all interview that’s worthy of the very best of what The News of the World would have to offer.

Sit back, relax and enjoy two hours of insight and music from a superb musician. 

The Parallel :: Sentinel (Signal Code)@signalcoderecords
Mark Du Mosch :: Nexus5 (Signal Code)
Costelloe :: Moon Transmission (Signal Code)
Cignol :: Quest (Analogical Force)@analogicalforce
Cignol :: Galway Acid (Computer Controlled Records)@computercontrolledrecords
Who is Cignol? Where are you from? What is your musical aim?
Cignol :: Role Player (Alphabet Set)
How did you first become interested in electronic music? Who were the first artists who grabbed your attention?
Man Parrish :: Hip Hop Bebop (Polydor)
AFX :: .215061 (Rephlex)
Reload :: Peschi (Evolution)
When did you decide to start making music? Have you always wanted to make music?
Cignol :: Unkey (Alphabet Set)
 The trademark sound of the TB303, its melting acid tones, is one of the central tenets Cignol’s style. Why do you think that specific sound still resonates with you and other artists?
Luke Slater :: I Love Acid (Warp)
 You are based in Dublin. What is the music scene like there? Club nights? Records shops? Labels of note?
Anno Stamm :: Das ANNO STAMM Theme (All City) @allcitydublin
Anno Stamm :: The Cities I Waltzed Through (All City)  
Sias ‎:: Milk Harbour  (Jheri Tracks) @jheritracks
GB (Gifted & Blessed) ::  Dogon (All City)  
You’ve worked a lot with Lunar Disko from Dublin, how did that relationship start?
Cignol :: Teatoaster (Lunar Disko) @lunardiskorecords
Cignol :: Subprimes (Lunar Disko)
You’ve worked with a number of other labels as well. How are you connecting with imprints? Or is it them connecting with you
Cignol :: Near Earth Objects (Distant Worlds) @distantworldtransmissions
How are you making your music? Are you a hardware man or kore software or a mix of both?
Cignol :: Chorus Envy (Seagrave/Libertine/Furthur Electronix) @seagrave-3
You played here in Madrid about a year or so ago. Are you doing many live shows these days? How do you feel about them? Any plans to come back here?
Cignol :: The Observable Universe (Furthur Electronix) @furthur_elect0nix
What are the plans for the future? A busier release schedule? Other projects?
Cignol :: Modularity (Distant Worlds)
A guilty pleasure number to end on?
Desireless :: Voyage Voyage (RMA) 

First broadcast on www.radiorelativa.eu on June 29 2020. @radio-relativa

Radio Relativa #9 junio Interview with Cignol

Text version: https://bordelloaparigi.com/la-gazzetta/pronto-lerosa-interview/

We are delighted to announce the first in our brand new series of audio conversations and interviews with musical movers and shakers, with pioneers and trailblazers, with those that know what should be known: Pronto!

To inaugurate this new series, our roving reporter, Robbie Geoghegan, caught up with an Italian maestro who has made Ireland his home: Leopolda Rosa aka Lerosa. This Rome born musician has been at the forefront of electronics for more than fifteen years, releasing a raft of quality records and has recently joined the the Bordello family with his appearance on the second volume of Diamonds in the Night.

Photo: K2 - Ljubljana

Pronto! - Lerosa (Interview)

Text version: https://bordelloaparigi.com/la-gazzetta/pronto-neud-photo-interview/

Our intrepid reporter, Robbie Geoghegan, is delving once more into the underbelly of electronic music to get face to face, or screen to screen, with some of the best and boldest producers.

For the second installment of Pronto!, Robbie has managed to track down the nomadic Neud Photo. Usually found in New York city, this synth alchemist details what makes him, and his machines, tick. 

From earliest influences and the evolution of his production processes to his plans for the future and beyond, Neud Photo bares and explains all. The two take a leisurely wander through influences, like the Wierd parties, and delve deep into Neud Photo’s own catalogue and collaborations, featured on labels such as Kraftjerkz, Mysidian, Rat Life and much more, in this music filled tête à tête.

Pronto! #2 - Neud Photo (Interview)

WE FORFEIT have had an ear on Leipzig for many years now, imprints like BlackRed (@blackred), Lunatic (@lunatic707) and Rat Life (@credit00ratlife) having pride of place on the record shelves. 

Leipzig is given the full spotlight in this latest episode, with an interview with two musicians and two label founders who call his fascinating town their home.

Sit back, grab a beer and enjoy this extended session of music taking in synth, techno and serious dose of electro from Eoism (@eoism) of Pulse Drfit (@pulse-drift-recordings) and Robyrt Hecht of Clear Memory (@clearmemory) and YUYAY (@yuyayrecords).

Sneaker :: Queen For A Night (Lunatic Rec.)@sneakerdj
The Pagan Rites :: Torpedo Ahead (Rat Life)@credit00ratlife
Projekt Eins :: Hit'n'Run (Rat Life)
Varum :: Funktion 3 (Pulse Drift)@varum
Varum :: Cosmos  (Clear Memory) 
DVS NME :: Subsequence (Pulse Drift)@dvsnme
Zagrebački Električni :: MariSari (Pulse Drift) @zagrebackielektricni 
Dexterous Numerics :: Soul Cube (Pulse Drift)@dexterous_numerics
1) Firstly, tell us who you are and what you guys are doing musically.
Iteration Corporation :: Acacia (Pulse Drift)@iteration-corp
Carl Y. Scheele :: Saline Principle Of Water (YUYAY)
2) How did you get first become interested in electronic music?
Zsa Zsa Laboum :: Something Scary (The Sound of Belgium/La Musique Fait La Force)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Execute (YUYAY)
Nachtzug :: Critic (PossblThings)@possblthings
The Human League :: Being Boiled (Virgin)
3) You guys are based in Leipzig, a town that has a fecund music scene and one which some have dubbed the new Berlin as in a new heart of electronics in Germany. How would you guys describe Leipzig? Is this title of the new Berlin apt? Why do you think there is so much electronic music coming out of your city?
Eargoggle + Weltwirtschaft :: Die Ganze Welt (Lunatic Rec.) @dr-lindh
@headnoaks:: Come Home With Me (BlackRed)
4) You both make music and you both run record labels. Can you tell us about your own musical project? How do you make your sounds? Can you also give us an idea of the labels you are involved in? What sounds are these labels exploring? 
eoism :: Whiteout (Pulse Drift)
eoism :: Im Vektorraum (Pulse Drift)
eoism :: Critical Slowdown (Pulse Drift)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Chord Memory (YUYAY)
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Chord Memory (Hyboid's Galactic Memory)(YUYAY) @hyboid
En Direct :: Chelsea Cut (Clear Memory)
5) Famously, Leipzig has a pressing plant; R.A.N.D. You guys are very vinyl focussed with your own labels. What do you think is the future of vinyl? 
6) Robyrt, your label, YUYAY, released VEF 317’s VEF Radio with collaboration with R.A.N.D. and Possblthings. I don’t know of many tripartite label collaborations. How did this come about? How was it having three parties involved with a release?
VEF 317 :: Retroman (PossblThings/R.A.N.D./ YUYAY) @rand_muzik_recordings
7) Jan, you just recently put out your third EP as eoism. Can you tell us about this release? What were you going for with it? 
eoism :: Notorious Flat Nation (Pulse Drift)
8) Robyrt, you just opened up your own record store; a brave venture if there ever was on. Why did you decide to do it? How’s it going? Where can we find it?
Kurt Y. Gödel :: Rand (45) (YUYAY)
9) A consistent theme of this year, an inescapable one if you will, has been COVID. How have you guys found running labels, making and releasing music during the pandemic? 
@kon001 :: USO (Pulse Drift)
Morphology :: Probing Desire (Pulse Drift)@morphology-electronics
kon001 :: UW Colony xy70s (Pulse Drift)
11) What does the future hold for you guys? Anything coming out soon? 
Uncanny Lovers :: Definition (Clear Memory)
12) To finish, what about a guilty pleasure track from each of you? What are you listening to when nobody else is?
Nik Kershaw :: Dancing Girls (Virgin)

Radio Relativa #12 - Interview - Eoism (Pulse Drift) Robyrt Hecht (Clear Memory/YUYAY) Extdd

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Two lads in Madrid and Valencia making mixes. Acid, ambient, disco, electro, electronica, house, italo, synth, techno, wave and heaps more.
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