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Stimming Interview

Production connoisseur and guru, Martin Stimming brings a unique and original sound to House music. Seriously talented and unwaveringly innovative with his field recordings, Stimming play a different ball game to many producers. He talked to us about the London K scene, some beautiful advice his Mum gave him and his preferred superpower.

You are what many people think of as a producer with a truly innovative, original sound. Would you say it’s getting harder to produce a unique sound in dance music?

Thank you for the compliment! From a producer point of view it’s kind of more easy, because one important thing you can do is not use all the same machines as all the others. Or at least find some specific tools that stand out; there are a lot affordable ones.

What is your earliest musical memory?

My father singing me into sleep.

You churn out a lot of top quality productions, how do you find the time? Are you a perfectionist with everything you do?

I’m not so much of an perfectionist actually… My mother told me once it doesn’t make sense to reach 100% because the time you need for the last percentage is disproportionately higher as the first 80-90%. So what I always try to reach is about 95 because I know that experience will help me getting better in a whole.

What inspires you?

Everything.

What advice would you give to budding young producers? You went to the School of Audio Engineering; would you recommend similar courses to people who really want to produce?

Ah yeah the advice question… ahm, it sounds so cheesy but its true: you have to believe in what you´re doing. Which basically means that you have to reflect yourself and the products you create and be honest about the capability you´re able to produce. Anyway – one problem in the modern computer world is that theoretically you have all possibilities imaginable which can be (and I know for myself) very frustrating when it seems not to work. So – being able to use and control them is the challenge you´re facing and if you´re believing in success then go for it!! If not – leave it.

Tell us about releases like your remixes of Pool ‘Don’t Call My Name’ and Cockney Lama ‘losing like a man’, how important would you say are vocals are in changing the tone of a track? 

Well, vocals are always something everyone recognizes and also everyone has an opinion on them! It’s simply because our brain is trained to it that much. It’s a lot easier to transport some kind of message when you have a spoken or sung word in it – once you have vocals in it, they reign over everything else, which might be good or bad. 

What does 2012 hold for you and Diynamic?

I´m in progress for my third album! Which means that I have a lot to do the next months but I´m looking forward and hope to be able to release it on Diynamic around October/November. Yeah!

Finally, if you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Oh I love that question!! – After a couple of minutes thinking I realized that every superpower is two-edged. My wish was to be able to mentally influence other peoples decisions and therefore to sit at the UNO negotiation-table to stop hunger and stuff. But I´m not sure if I´m able to resist the temptation…

Originally Posted: http://goodbait.co.uk/2012/03/stimming-interview/

This Weekends Activities

Tief presents Diynamic Label Night London @ Corsica Studios, Friday 16th.


Line Up


Solomun
Stimming (live)
David August
H.O.S.H
Liem


Time:10.00pm - 6.00am
Venue: Corsica Studios/ 5 Elephant Road. London SE17 1LB
Cost: £10/13/15/17, MOTD






Aphrodisiax presents Jimpster & Huxley @ Plan B, Saturday 18th.

Line Up

Jimpster
Huxley
AphroDisiax [Gavin Peters & Sy Sez]

Time: 10pm - 6am

Venue: Plan B/ 418 Brixton Road, Brixton, London, SW9 7AY

Cost: £5 - £15

This Weekends Activities

Tief with Stimming (Live), David August, Jay Shepheard (Live), Mano Le Tough @ Corsica Studios, Saturday 19th.

Line Up


Stimming - Live (Diynamic / Leibe Detail)
David August (Diynamic)
Jay Shepheard - Live (Retrofit / Buzzin Fly)
Mano Le Tough (Internasjonal / Mirau / Dirt Crew)
KRL (Wolf Music)
The Pushamann (N.o.N Music)
Seldom Seen (Banquet Records)

Plus Residents;
Hesseltime
Solid Gold + Park Ranger
Kitsch & Sync


Time: 10.00pm - 6.00am
Venue: Corsica Studios/ 5 Elephant Road. London SE17 1LB
Cost: £8 Early bird / £10/£13 Advance + NUS, £15 OTD




Mimo: 5th Birthday presents D'Julz and Shur-I-Kan @ East Village, Saturday 19th.

Line Up


Basement

D'Julz
Shur-i-kan
Chris MiMo
DubGraffiti

Upstairs

Mr Shiver
Kid Fiesta
Sam Cherry + Youngie
Aaron Ashley
Taferelli




Time: 9.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Venue: East Village/ 89 Great Eastern St, London, EC2A 3HX
Cost: £6/8/10

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This Weekends Activities

Spilt Milk Daytime Terrace Party @ The Paper Mill, Saturday 13th.

Line Up

Stimming

Mr C

Tred Benedict

Cherokee

Time: 12 midday - 9pm

Venue: Papermill, 2-6 Curtain Rd, EC2A 3NQ

Cost: £15

Gavin Peters Birthday Bash @ Plan B, Saturday 13th.

Line Up

Bugz in the Attic

Wbeeza

Gavin Peters

Mark radford

Mark Paul

Time: 10pm - 6am

Venue: Plan B, 418 Brixton Rd, SW9 7AY

Cost: £10

Stimming To Release Liquorice Album...

Hamburg-based producer Martin Stimming will release his next album, Liquorice, this March. As a linchpin of Diynamic Music, Stimming is known for his upbeat and often club-ready style of tech house. But Liqourice shows a different side of the producer; hardly any of the tracks ride a 4/4 beat, and most of them rely heavily on field recordings, giving the album an experimental feel. "I kind of sneaked around the normal bassdrum/clap or snare combination," he says. "I only tried to express the feelings I had during this time... without thinking of what will happen with it or who's gonna buy it."

The mood, too, is more somber than usual, a change Stimming attributes to the personal crisis during which he produced much of the album. "I had to sleep on the couch in my 16 square metre studio, certain circumstances didn't allow me to sleep at home." Though he didn't go into further detail on the matter, the song title "Me Against the Bitch" speaks volumes.

As for the album title, Stimming says its an acknowledgment of the fact that the record isn't for everyone. "I called it Liquorice because I simply love real liquorice sweets (all kinds actually), and I have realised that it's something someone loves or hates. There's not much middle ground, and there were probably 50% who like it and the others don't."

Tracklist

01. Cold Water

02. My Lonesome Drumset

03. Trashcan

04. Cooking Coffee

05. On a Grey Day

06. January, Second

07. Marble Run

08. No Strings Attached

09. Black Caramel

10. Don't Touch This

11. Time to Leave

12. Me Against the Bitch

13. The Train

Diynamic will release Liqourice on March 28th 2011.