KYO 1ST ANNIVERSARY – FUTURE BOUND 001 feat. OXIA (FRA) + NICOLAS MASSEYEFF (FRA)
PUBLISHED March 21st, 2014 07:35 am | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
Supported by Brendon P
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OXIA
Olivier Raymond, born in 1971 in Grenoble (France), got into ‘black music’ (disco & funk) already in his early teens. During college years, Olivier’s friendship with Stéphane Deschezeaux, kick started a musical journey, with a debut on a local radio station broadcasting a show dedicated to Funk … hence, only being 15 years of age, Olivier had started mixing. Olivier’s mixes were influenced by a large spectrum of music styles: electro-funk (Afrika Bambaata…), italo-disco, new-wave (Depeche Mode, New Order… ) and the early Chicago and New-York house scene.
By 1991, Stephane and Olivier bought their first bits of equipment and started to compose music. Not too long after that, Olivier became a resident dj at a club in Grenoble, jump starting a career in electronic music!
It was by 1994, that the experiments of Stephane and Olivier became official. Their live act ‘Oxia’ was born.
Oxia’s continued sound evolution gave birth to a series of EP’s & remixes on Goodlife but also on labels such as Intec, Terminal M, … leading to a worldwide dj diary. The excelling dj qualities were captured in several mix cds, and that’s not all. A page still unfolding, Oxia released his debut solo album ’24 HEURES’ on Goodlife in 2004 that floats between groovy melodic techno and a deeper electro touch. Besides the major international press attention, ’24 Heures’ reached he n°5 in the category ‘best album’ by the readers of Trax magazine.
May 2012. For his new album, Oxia decided to put aside the trendy electronic patterns and to move back to more classic but no less enjoyable House Music. “Tides of Mind” features vocal collaborations of Miss Kittin, Mesparrow and Scalde. A future classic for home electronic amateurs as well club goers!
After so many years in the game, Oxia is still at the forefront of the international electronic scene, never losing sight of all influences he had along the way and keeping one strong element in his music, and that is groove!!
NICOLAS MASSEYEFF
Back in 1989, on the scorching French Riviera, Nicolas Masseyeff’s long affection for electronic music first began. After that first kiss, then the man spent 15 years in his hometown as a record dealer, before buying his own outlet, Limelight, and turning it into the most respected record store in the whole of Southern France.
Drawing inspiration from a wide sonic plane that includes minimalism, jazz, new wave, Detroit techno and Chicago house, it’s producers like Steve Reich, John Cage, Carl Craig, UR, Basic Channel and Larry Heard that Masseyeff looks up to. It’s no surprise, then, that in 1998 Nico began experimenting on his own. Only in 2006 was he happy with the musical identity he had forged for himself, though, so only then did he release his first productions…
As such, French label Zebra 3 served up his Hostages EP before the Frenchman then released on John Henry Records (run by esteemed producer John ‘Zoo Brazil’ Andersson) for the first time. Since then he has returned to the label to release several tracks under the alias Vedrenn and has become a core part of the Plantage 13 crew that also includes the likes of Stephan Bodzin, Oliver Huntemann, Super Flu, Herzblut, Rekorder and Ideal.
Once producing full time and having sadly left the record store, the releases came thick and fast. ‘Deva”s melody seduced Stephan Bodzin enough for him to put it in the spotlight courtesy of a release on his Herzblut Recordings (2008), then went on to release another trio of Masseyeff EPs, namely Asymetrik (2009), Modul8 (2009) and No More Time (2010).
2010 also saw Nico pair with long-time friend and much-hyped producer Oxia. Together they crafted ‘Trying Out’ for the 5 year anniversary compilation of Marc Romboy’s Systematic in July 2009, then ‘Keep the Drums’ for London label Tsuba in April 2010. So too have there been remixes for Stephan Bodzin and Marc Romboy’s astronomic Luna project alongside plenty of other names from across the electronic world.
Most recently, though, is Masseyeff’s full length project, The Motherland: it’s an odyssey into the man’s mind, featuring twists and turns, blissful sections and joie de vivre, but also melancholia and sorrow, just like in his life; just like in your life… Coming on Herzblut in November 2011, it will no doubt win the man who already plays at clubs and festivals around the world (and has done for two decades); the man who already designs sounds for some world renowned brands and the man who already composes for fashion shows across the globe, even more discerning fans.
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