INSIDES: PITA

DUE TO COVID-19 WE ARE IN LOCKDOWN WITH CLUBS BEING CLOSED. AS WE STILL WANT TO KEEP UP WITH MUSICIANS AND DJS AROUND, AND FEEL THAT DIGITAL STREAMS ARE IRRETRIEVABLY LACKING THE SOCIAL ENERGY OF LIVE MUSIC EVENTS AND ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR IT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONSOLATION IN WORDS. IN THE END MUSIC IS A SOCIAL PRACTICE. INSIDES FEATURES VOICES FROM VIENNA’S ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE, LOOKING TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, FIND MUTUAL INSPIRATION AND EXIT STRATEGIES, ENTERING PERSONAL REALMS.
10.05.2020

Hello, how are you?

Not too bad

Where are you right now?

Berlin

Which sounds surround you?

Birds singing, some cars

Have you been productive so far? What are you working on?

Yes. Just finished a remix for Electric Indigo to be released soon digitally. Mixing new KTL album this week.

What inspires you right now?

Ermm…

Reading material you can recommend?

Looking forward to getting my new order from Amphetamine Sulphate.

To listen?

Forthcoming new releases by France Jobin, chra, Cucina Povera, Lucy Railton, Max Eilbacher, Jim O’Rourke, Grand River, Ai Aso, Xordox

Keith LeBlanc: Major Malfunction
The Human League: Dare
Aaron Dilloway & C. Lavender: Secret Destroyed Instantly
Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love
Jerome Noetinger: The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.
Russell Haswell Kevin Drumm: KD&RH OTO 23 JULY 2014
General Magic: The Bratislava File
Yello: You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
Roedelius: Wenn Der Südwind Weht
Daniel Menche: Drowning The Sky

To watch?

Too much

What’s your opinion on live-streams?

Apart Carl Michael von Hausswolff’s tour of his apartment, I have not seen any.

You see any alternative ways to support the music community?

Support artists and labels on platforms like Bandcamp, as well as direct from labels and shops. Pay more if you can.

What are you missing most? What are you afraid of?

Needles

What will change you think?

No one knows. There will be usual ‘first world problems’ which everyone will complain about but those are minor within the big picture.

What is the gig or occasion you were most looking for, that was cancelled in this period?

None really. Thankfully I did lots of touring and shows before mid March. April / May was planned for working on music. The first in a series of label events at Trauma was cancelled which was a shame.

Are you still able to pay your rent?

Yes

(c) Peter Gumaskas

Pita