LAMP Premiere: Dave Sinner - Endless Motion [EI8HT]
Hello LAMP Fam!! Premiere time again. Today we are excited to share the upcoming release from Dave Sinner on EI8HT Records, out Jan 29th, 2021. Sinner has been at it for the better half of the last decade and is making his presence known with a couple of huge releases on We Are The Brave, along with Kraftek, Phobic and several others and he is kicking off the year right with this one for Eats Everything and Andres Campo's label EI8HT. One of the first tracks I ever came across was several years back when Dave collaborated with Campos for a track on Suara. Bringing it back full circle for this release he brings us three new fantastic Techno tracks that are absolutely massive. For our Premier today we will be focusing on Endless Motion.
Endless Motion is a fantastic track with a ton of character. Subtly getting things going with a straight to the point groove we are quickly treated to a wonderfully rich and booming kick. Sinner gradually begins to introduce the elements of the song over the next 32 bars or so. Giving us a taste of the simple but effective vocal sample a nice high perc and hints of the main synth line which is a sound I am always a sucker for that kinda sounds like someone beating on a huge hollowed out piece of PVC pipe. When it all comes together the track takes on a bit of an acid vibe and really picks up energy becoming this sort of massive thing that I can’t wait to hear on a huge system. It is so full and pleasing to the ears. You can feel the song throughout your whole body and it makes me want to get back to the dancefloor so bad. Each of the other tracks in the release are easily on the same plane as this one and we highly recommend you add them to your collection or spotify as soon as you get the chance.
We are also excited to share a great interview with Dave down below. PLease go check it out as there is a ton of awesome details about Dave the new EP and his past and future projects! Cheers.
Hi Dave My name is Josh Brooks aka PZB from the Los Angeles Music Project. Thank you so much for taking the time to let us get to know you a little better! I personally have been following you music for a little bit and excited for the opportunity.
PZB: Coincidentally the first track of yours I came across is a collaboration with Andres Campo you made for Suara a few years back. Now your releasing on Andres Campo’s label EI8HT bring that connection back full circle. Please tell us a little about how the album came together and did you have to submit this to EI8GHT or did they reach out to you to make something for them?
Dave Sinner: Hi Josh! My pleasure, thanks for having me. I have known Andres for 5 years now and we’ve been friends since then. When he launched Ei8ht, he told me the doors were open for me as an artist, but at that moment I wasn’t making the label’s sound. Later on, at the end of 2019, after a bunch of really cool gigs, I got inspired to work on a more groove-based couple of tracks, something way closer to the label’s sound than what I had been releasing so far. I sent both over to the guys, they instantly signed them and asked me for another one, which would end up being ‘FXXK’ and rounding up the EP.
PZB: Let’s jump into your background for a minute. I know you are based In Barcelona currently. Is that your home town if not where were you raised?
DS: Yup, I was born and raised here.
PZB: Congratulations on all of your accomplishments thus far. Including this release with EI8HT, your catalog has many impressive tracks from some incredible labels. I am particularly fond of your We Are The Brave releases you had 2020. What was it like working with Alan Fitzpatrick? Are there any other labels out there you have yet to release on you have your eye on?
DS: Thank you! Working with Alan was a dream come true, he was one of my first inspirations when it comes to modern techno. I always attended his gigs in Barcelona, and in one of those he played 3 tracks of mine that were releasing on different labels. I got the chance to speak to him briefly, he told me to keep it up, that he loved my stuff and gave me his personal e-mail, so I took the chance and started sending my music to him. There’s a lot of labels that I would love to be on someday, but at the moment I’m really digging all the stuff coming out on ARTS, Rekids and Truncate.
PZB: Could you describe your creative process on the basis of a piece or album that's particularly dear to you, please? Where did the ideas come from, how were they transformed in your mind, what did you start with and how do you refine these beginnings into the finished work of art?
DS: The most interesting one in terms of creative process would be my release last year for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. It’s a journalism and music collaboration that is still going, and features electronic music artists curated by Ian Urbina himself, releasing music pieces based on his best-seller book “The Outlaw Ocean”. He contacted me personally in 2019, told me about the project and I was instantly into it. I got a copy of the book from them, read the whole thing and took notes about the parts that were more inspiring to me. Then I selected three of them, and tried to translate them into music, focusing on the feelings I got from them and writing melodies that could express the way I felt while reading them. I tried to do something different to my usual clubby stuff, and I think they’re great when it comes to harmony and melody, but not so much in the sound design area… anyway, I’m still happy with the outcome as it was my first take on that kind of electronica, more meant to be listened to. It was a great experience and I am looking forward to working on similar projects in the future.
PZB: Wow what an amazing project. I had not heard of it before but I am so intrigued by it and I think our audience would absolutely love this so If you want to learn more about it hit the button below.
PZB: It has been a particularly tough 2020 and 2021 is not off to the greatest start but you seem to be pushing through ok. What advice would you give to someone who is trying to navigate these really difficult times to help them get their music out there and keep pushing through?
DS: To be honest, I’m not the best one for giving advice on this, since I’ve had a hard time dealing with it. In fact, I finished working on this EP at the beginning of the pandemic, but then everything started going downhill… Now I’m managing, and what has helped me through this is trying not to think about the future too much, focusing in the moment and in the good things you have, and take the extra time to get better at what you do. That’s mostly what I have been doing, and I am still, studying a lot, experimenting and trying to get my music to the next level.
PZB: You have had some pretty amazing opportunities over the past few years 2020 aside. What have been some of your personal highlights and is there a venue you love to play at above all else?
DS: One of the coolest things I’ve had the opportunity to do is collaborating with some amazing people that have all become good friends to me: Andres, Kaveh from Pleasurekraft, SAMA and Victor Fernandez. Getting to work with people that you really look up to, are like-minded and help you to become better is definitely one of the greatest things in this industry. About the gigs, I’ve played in some really cool clubs in Germany and The Netherlands, but so far my 3 favorite spots are still in my country. First one is Florida135, it is Spain’s most iconic club, with a totally unique decoration, the sound system is mental and the crowd is absolutely nuts. I’ve played the main room a couple times and the feeling of euphoria and happiness you get from it lasts on your body for weeks. Then I also have to mention Input, Barcelona’s best club in my opinion, and Fabrik, a massive venue in Madrid that takes in thousands of people on every event they host.
PZB: Collaborations can take on many forms. What role do they play in your approach and what are your preferred ways of engaging with other creatives through, for example, file sharing, jamming or just talking about ideas? Is there some out there you are really hoping to or looking forward to collaborating with?
DS: When it comes to music, I think collaborations can take you to a whole different level of results, at least for me they’ve always gone somewhere unexpected and that I couldn’t have reached by myself alone. They also allow you to learn, improve and grow a lot. On a more personal side, it’s a different way of sharing music, gigs aside. I’m usually on my own in the studio, and although I really love it, sometimes it can become really hard. But, for me, getting there together with a friend takes all the fear of failure away and turns it in a really enjoyable experience.
PZB: What was your first studio like? How and for what reasons has your set-up evolved over the years and what are currently some of the most important pieces of gear for you?
DS: My first studio was just a computer and a couple of hifi speakers. That’s what I started with until I started to really like it and decided to invest a bit of money into it. First I got some monitor speakers, then with time some controllers, better speakers, an interface… up until what I have now. I would say my most important piece of gear is the acoustic treatment and my current speakers, Focal Shape 65. I’ve had them for 2 years now, but I couldn’t really experience them in full effect until I worked on the acoustics of my room last year, that really made a difference and helped me a lot through this learning process over the last months. I hope it can translate into some great music soon. My other favorite piece of gear is Ableton Push 2. It really helps me to take every stage of music production to a more physical level, which is great. In the beginning I learned with a mouse and keyboard only, and sometimes it’s not as fun as you doing things in a physical manner, it makes it way more fun, and making the process enjoyable is extremely important in my opinion when it comes to music or any other form of art.
PZB: How do you make use of technology? In terms of the feedback mechanism between technology and creativity, what do humans excel at, what do machines excel at?
DS: Well, technology is extremely important in the process of music, specially in our genres, since electronic music wouldn’t be possible at all without all the crazy improvements we’ve seen in the last century. For me it opens up a huge array of possibilities, it can be overwhelming sometimes, but I find that it s really important to stay up do date with it if you really want to up your game and make relevant stuff. There are exceptions to that as we all know, but I really think technology is key in shaping genres and influences in music. Of course, we also need the human ingredient, to make the decisions, to feel what’s good or wrong, to think about what to write or where do you want to go with your work. But with all the AI technologies coming up lately, maybe one day there’ll be no need for us to make the music… hope that day doesn’t ever arrive to be honest haha.
PZB: We are getting close to being able to go back out and enjoy music in a public setting. Maybe by the summer if we are lucky. Are there any events for you on the horizon for you yet? Or just anything you are looking forward to when we can see people again?
DS: Well, I’m absolutely looking forward to things going back to normal asap, as I guess everyone else is too. I have some gigs that were canceled that I’d love to play of course, and anything that comes up really, but since the whole situation changes by the day there is nothing really set for now. But not only that, I absolutely feel the need to get back on a dancefloor, dance and feel this music at it was mean to, surrounded by people. Nevertheless, for the sake of my mental health I’m trying not to think too much about it (lol), since we don’t really know when is this going to be over for good.
PZB: Is there anything else I didn’t touch on that you would like to share? Do you have any other upcoming releases, podcasts, or twitch channels our audience can follow that you are a part of?
DS: Actually there is, I’d like to talk about my remix together with my friend Victor Fernandez of the indie classic ‘Sweet Disposition’ by The Temper Trap. It’s a remix we did around 2019, we got BMG to listen to it, they loved it and signed it and it was due to release in 2020. It was played by guys like Alan Fitzpatrick or Andres in big stages such as Creamfields or Elrow, people loved it and we’ve been getting messages asking about its release almost on a daily basis. Unfortunately, with the whole Coronavirus situation, the release was put on hold, and we currently don’t know when it’s gonna be dropping. We are still positive that it will come out at some point, so I’d like to thank everyone for the love so far and ask for just a bit more patience.
PZB: Thank you so much for your time! It was a pleasure and I look forward to seeing you in LA soon as well. Please keep us posted on events when they happen so we can let our people know. Cheers!
DS: Thank you for having me, I really hope to be back in LA some day, I loved it there the first time and it’s one of the places I definitely look forward to going back.
FULL PRESS RELEASE
DAVE SINNER NEVER ENOUGH EP
EI8HT
Digital EP
Release date: 29th January 2021 EI8HT013
TRACKLIST
1. Never Enough
2. FXXK
3. Endless Motion
The Barcelona born and raised producer & DJ, Dave Sinner, opens up EI8HT’s 2021 account with three firecrackers on the ‘Never Enough’ EP.
With previous releases for Alan Fitzpatrick’s We Are The Brave, Kraftek and Unrilis, Sinner chisels out a trio of groovy and hypnotising tracks that flaunt this flourishing producer’s talents. ‘Never Enough’ is a sleek and breezy roller, with industrial touches to its sonic fabric, whilst ‘FXXK’ ramps up the tempo for a blistering and tropical techno romp. ‘Endless Motion’ wraps up the EP with some teasing acidic synth work at play amongst the industrious beats.
Eats Everything & Andres Campo’s EI8HT imprint has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2019, issuing a constant stream of intelligent and funky techno releases from the likes of Truncate, Gaston Zani, Black Girl / White Girl, Dok & Martin as well as releases from the label bosses themselves.
‘Never Enough EP by Dave Sinner is released on EI8HT from 29th January 2021.
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