Born in Huntingdon, United Kingdom, and raised in Pisa, Italy, BCFHBH started his musical journey at the tender age of 11, meddling with his parents vinyl collection that brought him to discover the wonders of electronic music. Influenced by the underground urban sounds of the UK his sonic experimentations take him through various genres and his love of sound and cinema eventually lead to his work as a re-recording mixer in the cinematographic realm. This will deeply influence his music production as musique concrete, ambient, drum & bass and techno will play a fundamental role in the sculpting of his sound: organic naturalistic but always electronic based.
In 2015, his first Disordered EP that has been released on Introspection Recordings, represents the mixture of cinematographic workflows and urban sonic landscaping. In the subsequent years, these influences are pushed even more as he opened a post-production studio in Rome.
We asked him about âKinâ, which will be out on Introspection Recordings LTD 001, and he had this to say:
“It turns out that this track was one of those born by chance. I was playing with this new gadget I had, the Organelle, an awesome little thing, and I was running a patch that essentially works as an elaborate distortion pedal. Keep in mind that this is probably at around 4 a.m. on some random weekday and Iâve definitely had one too many… All of a sudden I stop sending whatever junk I was trying to improve through the Organelle and discover from the not-so-silence that the patch was self-oscillating, creating this almost flute-like sound. A sound that immediately caught my imagination and made me think of cyberspace shamans playing their mystical magical flutes to please and compel the deities so as to learn of the truths and mysteries of the universe. From there I started to try out different grooves and syncopations with the bass that could follow the feel of the âfluteâ and subsequently the vocal where I was aiming for that âin water but in space at the same timeâ feel to accompany and sing with the flute.” –Â BCFHBH
Next up, we asked the man behind the BCFHBH to look back at his career, and share with us 5 Italian artists he feels have greatly influenced him through the years.
Check out his choices below:
It was one of my first encounters with heavy compositional experimentation, I found out I had a copy of âSequenza IVâ on vinyl and I discovered this insane way of cutting up and restructuring a given segment or instrument in time. Berio also served as a bridge from classical compositions and music to a more electronic-based soundscape.
Cortini took experimentation to a whole new level for me. From his work with Nine Inch Nails to his solo projects, his impeccable use of synthesizers and sequences made me fall in love with everything that is electronic and drone. The use of time to evolve and unravel a certain musical idea giving it the time to settle in before moving forward and appreciating the slightest changes in the sound giving importance to its character as if it were alive and telling a story.
Lory D
In my opinion, Lory D is probably the most important Italian producer of the moment, with his avant-garde approach to music production and passion for dirty, raw, blistering acid. The UK influence on his sound brought me to masters like Aphex Twin and the crazy stutters and computer madness that characterized his work in the late ’90s, not to mention the influence of Jungle and Drum & Bass bringing a less 4/4 only inclination to dance music.
Zavor
Egg of Unkow Fox
is a young producer/sound engineer from Sicily, he writes, produces, sings on his tracks and shoots and edits the videos for each song. Iâve always loved his ârawâ aesthetic, not afraid of mistakes and mishaps he almost has a transcendental approach with his music. He doesnât care if itâs slightly off time, he doesnât mind if everything is not perfectly in tune which results in this feeling of aliveness in his music that I admire.
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