Interview: Love Trumps Fear with ASA 808
ASA 808 delivers his debut mini-album titled Love Trumps Fear, merging his boundary-pushing club tracks with forward-thinking ambient & post-rock influences, dominating the space between the two.
After his first breakthrough ‘Túrána Hott Kurdís’ hit close to 1 million plays on Vimeo and YouTube, without any kind of promotion, Asa spent a year meditating in the mountains without friends and family, with ambitions to become a buddhist monk.
Then, he decided to relocate to Berlin, where he quickly recommenced making music. Over the course of several EPs with the Berlin-based TOYS label, releases with his post-rock project ‘hasta la otra méxico!’ and an acclaimed three-tracker on George Fitzgerald’s ManMakeMusic imprint, ASA has established himself as something far beyond a standard dance music producer.
With every release, he hones his off-kilter approach to electronic music, continually adding new strokes of colour to his catalogue. His debut mini-album is no exception: every track bleeds with melodic intricacy and brooding arrangements, showcasing Asa’s unique capacity to flip the script.
We caught up with ASA to learn more about the album and this significative moment in his life and career.
