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El Sam

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Techno Vinyls Records ’ series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label. Interview with EL SAM (Sam Kuplen) What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you? Music production means a lot to me personally. It is a way of life. I’ve … Read more

LØUIS L.P.

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Techno Vinyls Records ’ series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label.

Interview with LØUIS L.P. (Luigi Pacca)

What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you?

  • For me producing music is to give space to one’s emotions, feelings and creativity, giving the best of oneself, transmitting something to others without talking but listening, because music has no boundaries can reach everywhere. My career began at an adolescent age I attended clubs in my city (Naples) listening to the best artists of the House, Techno … that world attracted me I was completely fascinated, so I started mixing the first vinyl and shortly after to participate in many major events with artists known in the world of the night. Fascinated more and more I started a new path to produce music, dedicating every day to it to improve and learn new things …

How have your releases inspired you throughout your career?

  • It was the strong passion for music, overwhelmed by a wave of sound contamination,
    I love music at 360 ˇ influenced by the extraordinary sound of kraftwerk albums Tor de France and many other great artists who have enlightened me in my path.

Do you like to collaborate with other artists? What do you think about remixing? Do you like to remix or do you like to have your music remixed?

  • Collaborating with other artists is great, sharing ideas and thoughts is important for us who have broad views in everything. For me the Remix is your vision, your interpretation that can transmit something different to each one of us. In this field you have to be open in everything, sometimes I’m amazed by the Remixes who do my tracks knowing that using my samples can be born of anything.

How do you choose a title for your tracks? Do you think a well-chosen track and EP title matters?

  • I am an artist who lives of emotions that life offers me and I take inspiration from it, naming my works with lived moments, every single Ep has its own story.
    Working on good tracks is also important to choose the title that reflects itself creating something unique among them.

Is a well-designed cover important to you?

  • As we know we live in a world where the image counts more than everything. But I don’t care, the fundamental thing is good music that gives us something to its impact.

How do you choose record labels (what is a good label for you and what are your expectations)?

  • The labels that I choose must have something that comes very close to the musical line that I produce. I am always oriented to labels that give way to producers like me to propose a good work in the gold music catalog. For me a good label can be seen in the constant commitment that it employs between sharing and format that it uses to popularize its music and artists and get it to the world around us. My expectations would be to have good feedback from my music knowing that someone listens to my work for me is a great goal achieved.

How do you see track sales in the digital millennium data flood (for example: how do you see the digital sales, promotion tracks, illegal downloads etc.)?

  • The music market has changed a lot in recent years the digital has helped everyone from the DJ to the producer to release music, there are few labels that print vinyl as in your case, The piracy of illegal downloads has invaded a little bit everything, only those who consider themselves a true artist and respect the music buy either vinyl or digital, supporting both the label and the artist, not using second (illegal) methods.

What are your future plans for making tracks?

  • I don’t like to plan the future work constantly on new projects by completing what I started and experimenting with new ideas to get beyond my expectations.

Thank you for accepting our interview request, we wish you much more success in your producer work!

  • Thanks to you who have given me the opportunity to express some words and thoughts, thanks for the encouragement I will always try to give my best.

GO!DIVA

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In Techno Vinyls Records ’ series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label. Interview with GO!DIVA (Danielle Godiva) What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you? Producing for me is a way of releasing emotion, a way of expressing your mood. … Read more

Lisa Oakes

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In Techno Vinyls Records ’ series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label.

Interview with Lisa Oakes

What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you?

  • It means the world to me. For me it’s a tool to express my emotions and it has got me through so many hard times in my life. Every track I’ve made when I listen back I can remember exactly what I was going through at the time and to me there’s specific feelings and emotions attached to the sounds. I don’t know what I’d do without it. I started producing about 5 years ago, I’d been a dj for about 8 years and was lucky enough to play alongside a few of my musical heroes up in the clubs in Leeds in the UK and I was curious to see how much further I could go with it all. I had a bigger ambition and It seemed like the next exciting step on my musical journey, so I set about teaching myself how to write music. To my surprise my first EP went to number 1 on Beatport and I realised this was definitely something I wanted to pursue, the fact it has helped me through so much is a bonus.

How have your releases inspired you throughout your career?

  • Each release has just inspired me to keep making more. I’ve been in the charts 4 times and have had some of my favourite Djs and musical idols play and support my music over the past couple of years, that definitely has inspired me to keep going towards my goals and dreams. Ben sims played my last release for Techno Vinyls Records on his radio show recently and even announced my name at the beginning of the show and that was huge moment for me after being a fan of his for years!

Do you like to collaborate with other artists? What do you think about remixing? Do you like to remix or do you like to have your music remixed?

  • I’ve not had the chance to collaborate with anyone just yet, but it’s something I’d like do in the future. I wasn’t sure about remixing at first, but now I’m more settled in my style and i am more experienced, I really enjoy it, I love being able to take something and add my own style to it. My first remix was supported and played by dj Rush who is my favourite Dj and that has inspired me alot this year to keep the creative flow going. Getting recognition from the Djs I look up to has been incredible. I’ve done a few more remixes since which are due out over the coming weeks. Alexia K. is the first person to remix a track of mine for my release on Techno Vinyls Records and it was really exciting to hear someone else’s spin on my music. I’m looking forward to more in the future.

How do you choose a title for your tracks? Do you think a well-chosen track and EP title matters?

  • I think it’s really important to get the track title right, I can sometimes take days to come up with something that feels right, it’s usually to do with what has inspired the music or something I’m feeling at the time or going through.

Is a well-designed cover important to you?

  • Yes 100%. I’m a perfectionist and I believe the artwork is an important part of the whole process of the release. It’s what people see before they listen to the music so for me it’s important it looks professional.

How do you choose record labels (what is a good label for you and what are your expectations)?

  • Firstly i try and find labels that suit the style of the track, most have specific sounds they look for and it can be hard sometimes finding ones that fit! secondly I try and find ones that look professional and put effort into every aspect of the end process like the artwork and promoting.

How do you see track sales in the digital millennium data flood (for example: how do you see the digital sales, promotion tracks, illegal downloads etc.) ?

  • It’s a hard one to answer, I know my tunes have been available on illegal download sites alongside most tracks that are released these days and I do find it disappointing, obviously it is not good for the artist or label but I guess I understand why people use them. Not everyone has money to spend on music and it’s still good it gets out there and gets played and enjoyed. It’s just hard to judge exactly how well a track has truly done when they’re not downloading from a reputable site and the artist and label lose out after so much hard work and that’s a shame.

What are your future plans for making tracks?

  • I’ve been so focused on remixes now for the past few months, I’m now focusing on getting all the tracks I’m currently working on finally finished and released. It’s such an odd time with the pandemic without clubs open, but for me it’s still important to keep being creative and it’s helping me through such an uncertain time. I’ve been keeping myself busy with it all and I’m really excited to share with you all what I’ve been making recently .

Thank you for accepting our interview request, we wish you much more success in your producer work!

Thank you! Best wishes!

Natalino Nunes

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In Techno Vinyls Records ’new series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label.

Interview with Natalino Nunes

What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you?

  • For me, producing is the musical freedom to do what I want. I started mixing at the age of 21 and started producing 5 years later. The desire to create and develop my musical universe and to share it

How have your releases inspired you throughout your career?

  • I keep for objective to regularly produce music. The inspiration comes to me from other artists that I like, from collaborations, from meetings or from my changing state of mind and from my eclectic taste for music

Do you like to collaborate with other artists? What do you think about remixing? Do you like to remix or do you like to have your music remixed?

  • Yes I like collaborating with other artists, whether I’m doing remixes or being remixed. I like the mix of styles and the collaborations allow to enrich my own music and give it more scope. Music for me is also sharing, meeting and it allows this openness to others.

How do you choose a title for your tracks? Do you think a well-chosen track and EP title matters?

  • I sometimes choose the titles in relation to the environment in which I find myself (for example: one of my titles “Charonne” is the street in which I live “. Sometimes the title refers to a personal situation (for example the title Bluet: in reference to the name of the maternity hospital in which my daughter was born). Sometimes they refer to my mood or to causes that are dear to me (example: the title “eco” = ecology). Yes I think the title is important. It can hook some people. Even if the musicality of the piece must be the main thing.

Is a well-designed cover important to you?

  • Today the visual aspect is particularly important. We must not neglect: the title, the cover, the communication. It is all this that will make one artist emerge among all the others.

How do you choose record labels (what is a good label for you and what are your expectations) ?

  • I choose the labels above all according to their musical style. Their way of communicating around an outing is also one of my selection criteria, as are their references (the artists they produce …). I also sometimes want to give strength to a small emerging label.

How do you see track sales in the digital millennium data flood (for example: how do you see the digital sales, promotion tracks, illegal downloads etc.)?

  • You have to live with the times. There is good and bad in all of this. People from all over the world and from all walks of life have access to my music. This new way of consuming music gives everyone the opportunity to create and distribute their music. Regarding illegal downloads, of course artists lose money, but I can understand that people use them for ease and lack of resources.

What are your future plans for making tracks?

  • Allowed my projects: I have several releases in different labels and collaborations with artists whose music I appreciate. Despite this difficult period linked to COVID, I keep the energy to continue producing and renewing myself artistically.

Thank you for accepting our interview request, we wish you much more success in your producer work!

  • Thank you for this interview and see you soon for new collaborations with Techno Vinyl Records

Natalino Nunes – Voyage EP

Vinylshop ► https://bit.ly/2RnNStG
Beatport ► https://bit.ly/33ocfgr
Bandcamp ► https://bit.ly/3hqHVqD

Ninna V

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In Techno Vinyls Records ’ series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label.

Interview with Ninna V

What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you?

  • Well, producing means expressing myself through music, letting out all of my heart and soul into sound ! I started about 10 years ago and what motivated me was

How have your releases inspired you throughout your career?

  • Well what inspired me has been the support i’ve had around the world, Top artists giving awesome feedbacks and playing my tracks around the world and at their podcasts, i couldn’t have done it without that support !

Do you like to collaborate with other artists? What do you think about remixing? Do you like to remix or do you like to have your music remixed?

  • I’ve only made an EP in collaboration with another producer which support was amazing, tracks and remixes were played around the world by Top artists like Carl Cox, Ben Sims, Rebekah etc and remix by Rotize Lee was also played by some of the most recognised artists in the world ! I’ve done a whole lot of remixes and been remixed by some of my idols like Steve Stoll and Ritzi Lee, it’s always great to be interpreted and interpret originals in our own way….

How do you choose a title for your tracks? Do you think a well-chosen track and EP title matters?

-Deepends, sometimes i already have a title in mind other tyimes i get inspired by the track to name it, but to name a track sometimes is harder than making the track itself, so yes to name a track is equaly important to me as the quality of the tracks i make !

Is a well-designed cover important to you?

  • Yes it is very important to me !

How do you choose record labels (what is a good label for you and what are your expectations)?

  • Well record labels aren’t that important to me anymore after over 10 years releasing music on labels, except if they release on vinyl such as yourself, or is a Top label, than i may rethink it…i’ve released mostly on my Bandcamp for the last 3 years….

How do you see track sales in the digital millennium data flood (for example: how do you see the digital sales, promotion tracks, illegal downloads etc.) ?

  • I see it as a joke, a clownery and a total disrespect for the artist who created the music people claim to love but donwnload it ilegally !

Thank you for accepting our interview request, we wish you much more success in your producer work!

  • Thank you very much for the trust in my work, enough to release it on vinyl, which is not easy in current times ! Till next time !

Vinylshop ► https://bit.ly/2Be8xvv
Bandcamp ► https://bit.ly/3dkHrkK
Beatport ► https://bit.ly/2TTxa79

CC Luna

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In Techno Vinyls Records ’new series of interviews, we talk to producers who have releases on our label.

Interview with CC Luna

What does producing mean to you? When did you start your music career and what motivated you?

  • Production for me is a way of letting creativity out. It’s the best way for me to express myself. I started my music career 6 years ago properly but I bought my first Turntables 1998 just to play vinyls at home as I always wanted to become a Dj. Going to techno clubs in London in the 90s motivated me to play and produce Techno.

How have your releases inspired you throughout your career?

  • The feedback I get from fans inspires me to keep pushing myself to always get better. Do you like to collaborate with other artists? What do you think about remixing?

Do you like to remix or do you like to have your music remixed?

  • I love collaborations. I think its a great way to get inspiration and to think outside the box. I like remixing other peoples tracks so yes I think remixes are great. And yes I like when other people remix my tracks too.

How do you choose a title for your tracks? Do you think a well-chosen track and EP title matters?

  • Sometimes a track means a lot to me then I use a name that expresses my feelings. Other times I name the track after the lyrics or spoken words that I’m using in the track.

Is a well-designed cover important to you?

  • YES!

How do you choose record labels (what is a good label for you and what are your expectations)?

  • I choose labels that releases similar kind of music that I’m producing but also respect and support the artist. Bigger isn’t always better.

How do you see track sales in the digital millennium data flood?

  • There are positives and negatives. The big positive is that you are able to reach a lot more people quicker. The negative is that the artist earns less money.

What are your future plans for making tracks?

  • I make tracks all the time and always thriving to come up with something new and exciting.

Thank you for accepting our interview request, we wish you much more success in your producer work!

  • Thanks for having me

CC LUNA – REFLECTION EP

Vinylshop ► https://bit.ly/2H4yP6V
Bandcamp ► https://bit.ly/348CN79
Beatport ► https://bit.ly/3jbysEC

Vinyl record has been in bloom many times and also now.

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I think nowadays most of the music community is aware that vinyl record has been in bloom many times and also now.
Big, expensive, vulnerable, circumstantial to use,it need a separate target device, and moreover, you need to turn it around in the middle of listening to music.

– Nice. This is undoubtedly a subjective measure of value but the same cover is much more effective at a 33×33 centimeter size or on the „foldable” gatefold’s twice the size surface as in 12×12
(this is the size of the CD booklet) or in a jpg image on some display. And the plate itself is engineering beauty with its grooves.

– Sounds good. Online forums are full with lots of analog versus digital battles to which one is better.
But in absolute terms, there is no doubt that analog recording parameters have set the standard high enough decades ago. Do not think of an analogue cassette here first.

– It holds its value. How much is an audio file worth? If we can pay for it (of course it is natural for us to pay, since no one will download free mp3) then we actually pay for a service the price of which we never see again.
But let’s take a look at ebay or discogs’ records page. (Although I will add here that the CD is not a bad comparison either.)
Fortunately, the album has more than just curiosity, because the songs on it were very good so it is highly recommended for listening, not just for shelf decoration.

Impact Of The Disappearance Of Vinyl Records On Electronic Music Life

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You can love or not the pleasant, warm sound and dynamics of vinyl records, according to many people the crackling of the needle adds to the musical experience while others find it disturbing. The principle of the vinyl believers that they like to feel the music under their hands and put the needle on it.
CDs could never reproduce this experience. With the proliferation and rapid development of timecode systems it has been possible since the mid-2000s to rotate the music under our hands while playing digital formats and and we can touch it directly with feeling.


The disappearance of vinyl records has slowly changed the entire electronic music life.
One of the biggest disadvantages of vinyl was its weight, if a DJ has a longer, more varied set, he had to carry quite massive disc bags. On the one hand, this was not practical for convenience, on the other hand, in those performances which were far away, a serious problem was the safe transportation of discs.
Not surprisingly, more and more disk jockeys have switched to digital technology.
Today practically they can take unlimited audio with them on a pendrive, so you can always have those specialties at hand which may only be possible to show once a year. This freedom was unimaginable for a DJ 15 years ago.

Another great disadvantage for the mortals on earth was their price.
This has made life very difficult for young disc players or collectors with beginner and modest financial backgrounds.
That is why an average disc jockey had to think twice about what to buy.
Djs were forced to focus based on their own tastes and subjective opinions to the best discs and it contributed greatly to create a unique style and sounding.

In this respect, the relatively high price of vinyl records was absolutely no negative.
In addition, the high production and shipping costs of labels and distributors have set up a natural filter system, which basically condemned sub-standard releases to death. Of course, there were always weak attempts.
Every style, producer, label had a better and worse time.

A record label that deals with vinyl records have more limited options as a label that working with online downloadable materials. While vinyl was the number one equipment in DJs hands, even the biggest labels had to think several times about what they were investing in.
If no one bought the disc, they could close the shop after a few failed releases. This factor encouraged labels and producers to do quality work. As time went on, with the advancement of technology, the quality of cutting and mastering became increasingly important.
The selectors didn’t like discs that sounded weak, undemanding and obviously the audience is also more shows more enthusiasm for that dancing sound what they said was “sounds cool.”
Record stores were also filters: it was up to them what Dj got. Fortunately, record stores were largely in the hands of fanatics who had a more sophisticated musical taste than the average businessman.
Day and night they listened to the latest releases. They were pretty much aware of what to buy and order at the big fairs.
In addition, they also knew that they can’t get rid of the disks which are below criticism and will have to sell them at a penny sale.

Even after the spread of CDJs, were still a matter of prestige, for disc jockeys in the underground circles to someone play music from vinyl.
Of course, a lot of the money and time spent did not guarantee that a person would have a taste for music and be able to handle records and audiences, but, at some level, it was a commitment.

Releasing on vinyl for a good label has always been a big word, and it is still true today.
Numerous labels, most of them including classic,oldschool sounds, deal with vinyls in addition to digital formats, furthermore the underground labels that only print a small number of discs are also on the rise again today.

With the advancement of CDJ technology, the number of disc jockeys using timecode vinyl has also declined.
One reason is that it is much easier to drag 2 or more music to a rhythm with a CD (or laptop, autosync button).
In addition, there are a number of options that state-of-the-art CD players offer that are very difficult or impossible to accomplish with vinyl.
Another thing was gone, those who did not want to deal with tempo setting were given a new opportunity.
Although not necessarily to be the best DJ who mixes with the most technically, but who once learns play music flawlessly with vinyl, then it will be possible to do anything.

A generation has grown up who has never heard anyone play music from disc on the spot and they have never tried it, so they are not bound by emotional threads to the crackling black plates.
For them, these things are only memories of an exciting but gone era.

Release to record? Why does anyone deal with this? Is it worth for someone?

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Release to record? Why does anyone deal with this? And how can the record label companies survive ? Is it worth for someone?
Interview with Andrew T Dorn, the founder of Techno Vinyl’s Records.

The answer is that it’s really worth it and not just for a few people and not just for collectors. We were looking for the answer to the question of how can a record label company stand on its own feet in the age of digital music listening and downloading and does it make sense it make sense beyond prestige to release on record nowadays.

You founded the Techno Vinyl’s Records in 2016 What motivated you at that time? What is the concept and audience?
In the second half of our operation we started opening to digital platforms.
At the beginning, the goal was the record (vinyl) release. There are plenty of disks still in existence today. In fact, many materials have never been officially released. Interestingly, we do not have close concepts with our releases. The point is to make the product acceptable. No matter whether it is Techno or House. If there is mutual sympathy between the artist and the label we can easily identify with the release. We never talk into the music because it’s not our job. We make the album cover together with the artist. If an artist make quality and indefectible work we support the creator to the maximum.

How do you see the situation of record labels today nowadays?
To what extent has revenue increased or decreased in recent years, how and what are important the record label companies in 2018?
For years, the decline in vinyl purchasing power has been continuous. It can be said that this is compensated by the advancement of digital sales and / downloads, but this is a vain dream.
More and more releases are need to be released to generate income, and even more for development. It is difficult to solve this by not going to the detriment of quality, but for the time being we can proudly say that this is not a problem for us.

 

How many feet should you stand on? What services should be provided to be worth it?
It must be present on all platforms, can’t be satisfied with it for example a disk is only available in physical form. Many people are not interested in tangible music, therefore it is necessary to be found a particular release in digital stores and stream sites. And of course the reverse version is also true from the same. This depends on the artists what will be the prioritization.

Do you think there is a circle of people who are not so much follow the artists but rather labels?  Does this trust still exist on the consumer’s side in the age of listening to music on the Internet?
If a label is specific, there may be a customer circle which is follow it. In our case, the genre scatter is relatively small, I do not think there would be a music fan who bought all of our releases. But I have already experienced that a particular format has fans. This is nothing more than the record.

And what about vinyl sales? Did you release discs in a physical format of prestige question?
We don’t release of prestige issue in physical format really there is still a layer who are still insist on tangible things. With that, there’s no problem, in my freetime I like to listen to the discs while reading the lyrics and watching the cover. So, fortunately, many people still need physical formats. Vinyl is experiencing a renaissance. The vinyl is experiencing a renaissance. Expensive fun, but we are very proud if we are over a successful disk release.
Beyond the sound quality no last thing is an EP or an LP for gift

What are the great plans of Techno Vinyl’s Records for 2019?
The year 2019 will be busy. We continue the vinyl releases. We will also have some surprises that I can’t tell you yet. The point is to we look at an exciting future.

Source, Note: Laszlo Kohegyi