Rafael Cerato Shares His Downtempo Playlist
Crash-landing into the Systematic universe May 2020… Requiem is the extraordinary journey from downtempo to techno new album from Rafael Cerato. It’s not the debut album he wanted to make, it’s the album he had to make.
“Requiem is a prayer for a better future. I’m trying to explain how I feel about the reality our generation faces, while staying rooted to my musical influences…”
Few creative spaces allow us to reflect everything that’s made us as deeply and as personally as a debut album. The music that’s moved us, the people who’ve inspired us, the thoughts that consume and concern us. We are products of our environment… For good or bad.
Like all of us, Rafael is deeply affected by the way the world feels as if it’s spinning out of axis. Lack of control, lack of trust, lack of time and even hope. In both climate and political concerns, the normalisation of mankind’s shocking actions has left him bewildered in a state of creative flux, creating a mindset that’s influenced his entire album and the whole way he approaches his art moving forward.
“I’m putting my soul and my heart to make people dance as much as possible, but with a message behind every track…”
The heart, soul and messages are clear the moment ‘Requiem’ twinkles into life with ‘Home To The Mystery’. Beat-less, unhurried, enhanced with vocals from long-time friend and collaborator Teologen, it’s the calm before the storm.
