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-How long have you been creating music?
One of my earliest recollections is the first time my mother took me to music class in London where we lived for a few years. I was about 4 years old and I can remember almost everything that has to do with the experience; I remember the percussion I played and the circle of kids around me. It was one of those moments when my consciousness really “came online” for the first time. I was present. Ever since then, my life has revolved around music. I guess my mom picked up on that because she demanded I get some instrument lessons, and whenever I wanted to quit she was like ok then pick up a different instrument. So i studied piano when I was 5 years old and then later the saxophone, drums, guitar, and bass. When I was 16 my dad helped me transform my bedroom into a recording studio with all the acoustic gear and woodwork, I went to like a top musical highschool in israel and formed bands and started collecting vinyls and dj’ed constantly wherever I could. In and out of school. I was hooked.
-What do you use to make your tracks?
I have in my studio quite a bit of external gear and I used to work solely with them but lately I’ve been having less time to really devour my equipment so I’ve been using a lot of ableton own synths and splice and my mpc live to either find new sounds or imitate quickly my beloved gear without having to plug them and it’s actually quite addictive. I mean the super fast workflow of working only with splice and ableton is insane and very inspiring as well.
Like I will go to splice and just type in a word that I feel resonates with my intention at the moment. Random stuff like “flower” “future” “crazy” “cow” haha I donno. And then filter the search and try to look for those sound bites that gets my imagination going. It’s my favorite technique at the moment.
-How and when did you first discover Dirtybird?
Although I’ve been playing a lot on the red axes live shows, I still wasn’t very educated in the electronic dance scene. So only when nala approached me to be on her twitch show tvparty I really became friends with her and learned extensively about the labels body of work.
-Which Dirtybird artist would you want to collaborate with the most?
Well to me the obvious answer is nala. I feel super connected to almost everything she does which didn’t happen to me a lot. I guess its because she comes from a similar musical background then me that is influenced heavily by indie and post punk and by lyric and songwriting which is crucial thing for me. But the more I learn about the label I love a lot of Nikki Nair stuff and a lot of chopped vocal high energy tracks by Claude vonstroke.
-If your entire life was a movie, what title would best describe you?
Haha perfect question. I guess dumb and dumber meets Groundhog Day meets Aladdin meets spice girls the movie meets clueless.
-What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
Beatfoot live at the exit festival. Haha but really a few shows come to mind. When I was 19 I saw daft punk 2007 alive tour. It was such a great experience for me to see how lights and sound and visuals can lift ur experience. It was euphoric. And then I was on 2016 in primavera and saw patti smith and I cried the entire show. The authenticity of her energy is insane. Also lcd soundsystem shows changed my life and also GFOTY boiler room from 2016 is my bible.
-If you could time travel, where and when would you go?
I’d go back 2 minutes ago and add the movie aristocats
-What species of bird best describes you and why?
oh i would have to say big bird from sesame for sure!
she's just like me - a bigfoot type yellow bird.
-What does Dirtybird mean to you?
a code name for a stinky accident in my underwear
