msft - with me

Italian electronic producer and artist msft has found his groove, and with it is ushering in a new wave of bass music. 

Born and raised in a small town outside of Venice, Italy, msft started making music influenced by European electronic music culture in 2014. I grew up listening to OG progressive house and electro house artists such as Hardell and the old heads, and used to dream about European festivals such as Tomorrowland, says msft. Emulating festival acts, he initially focused his production style on anthemic melodies, hooks, and catchy rhythms before shifting gears to dive into bass music. It didn"t take me long to realize I wanted to challenge myself into making more complex rhythms and more complex sound design, says msft. I transitioned away from progressive house and electro house music to bass music, and that"s when I started msft as a project in 2016.

Here"s how msft describes his latest track, with me:

This song has had a fun development, I started by writing chords and messing around with bpms to see in which area the break loop I made performed the best. After creating the first section I decided to completely switch the vibe and go for something heavier. Being able to combine melodic elements with more ""modern"" bass sounds has been super fun.

The structure of the song aims to go straight to the point of having that vocal hook as glue between the first and the second section.

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This is the first track from HIGH FREQUENCY Volume 1  a compilation album curated by NOISE. 

Read our interview with msft here: https://noisedao.mirror.xyz/iBBXHFAC9ElpOU8EiirRe31fMdHQyAmfcJEe9DaVAdE

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Milky Chance

Its crazy how time flies. It feels like yesterday that we started writing songs together in high school, recording our songs at Clemens house and just uploading it for the world to hear. But already almost ten years have passed since we released our first album and we are grateful for every single step in our journey till today, honored that we are still here and able to do what we love.

And were hoping that we can do this for much longer, but while writing Synchronize we did have some apocalyptic images in our heads. We liked the idea of coming from the smoke in the sky  image - that was there first - and to pair that with the comfort of being totally in love/synchronization and the absurdity it creates. Even though this world seems to be going down slowly, if you find yourself in sync with a person you love or in sync with the world around you, it resembles the blind feeling of love and how that can make you blind for other real happenings. Like seeing everything through rose-colored glasses. Making you feel good endlessly.

We are so delighted that RAC, an artist we always admired for his unique sound and creativity, took our song and made his own version of it. RAC really did a beautiful job on reinterpreting our song. The Song structure itself didnt change but the world he built around it, so it feels more like a remake than a remix. His guitar playing and new harmonies take the song to another level in a more dark and melancholic way and we really love how it turned out. From bottom to top a little masterpiece.

Synchronize (RAC Mix) #25

temporary 001

Temporary is a song that has moved beyond what I originally intended, becoming an experiment of sorts--a song that takes limitless forms and exists in different worlds, allowing the music become a living, breathing entity, forever in flux. Temporary 001 is one of many versions of this song that you will hear. Every iteration of the production (and there are many) will push us further into new territory--working, reworking, and pressing us to be present and settled into the unknown. I hope this experiment allows you to see this song from a new angle. 






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Kaleidoscope (Me&U)

After months and months of teasing, "Kaleidoscope (Me&U)" is finally here.

I"m so happy of this record, and I couldn"t have made it without the one and only Alexander Lewis, whom I actually met through Sound early this year!
This song feels like a breath of fresh air to me, and marks the start of a new era for my music.
Hope you"ll enjoy it.

Much love,
camo

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Kaleidoscope (Me&U) - Golden Egg

Harrison First 

I wanted to create a song that I havent heard before. Something that was weird but cool. With this song the quality of music was very important to me, and above all, I wanted the track to feel big. BLKMN and I both had a crazy feeling and energy after creating FortysSeven. There are multiple meanings and stories in this song but we hope the listener and collector get a chance to discover it on their own. 

FortySeven #7

FortySeven #6

I wanted to create a song that I havent heard before. Something that was weird but cool. With this song the quality of music was very important to me, and above all, I wanted the track to feel big. BLKMN and I both had a crazy feeling and energy after creating FortysSeven. There are multiple meanings and stories in this song but we hope the listener and collector get a chance to discover it on their own.

FortySeven #5

As a kid growing up in South Jersey my main music of choice was trap and club music, but as I developed as a musician and started to study other genres of music I learned to appreciate all different styles. Being a Nigerian man growing up in America, sometimes I felt like my house was Lagos Nigeria and as soon as I stepped out those doors I entered back into America and that"s because of the music and culture my father gave me as a kid which helped me be the producer, dj, songwriter, and artist I am today pulling from all styles of music. 

Wa Nibi is a song I produced, wrote, and performed to simply make people dance and feel good. In the song I use some yoruba words such as dide (which means get up) or wa nibi which means come here. The song mixes in multiple styles of music such as ama piano which is a sound coming from South America but also has different renditions all over Africa. At the end of the song you can also hear some Spanish guitars I played with. 

Hopefully people can feel the same energy I felt when I made the song. Regardless if you understand the words or not, Wi Nibi is supposed to feel euphoric, sexy, and dangerous. 


Wa Nibi (Come Here) #6

Created by San Holo on Sound. Leave a comment on the song at https://www.sound.xyz/sanholobeats

San Holo

Everyone goes through their own lows and highs in life, and in a way, thats such a unifying thing. Im obsessed with the word Sonder, - the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your ownpopulated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness. Every person you pass by in life has their own story, in a way you might think this separates us but actually, the opposite is true: It connects us. 

I wanted to write a song about sonder and remind myself to embrace everything that life throws my way, whether I might think its good or bad. Sometimes the lows in life end up being an incredible lesson that actually turns out to be a high after all. Which brings the question: What if the lows arent actually that bad, if you learn to accept what is. Everything you go through in life shapes you as a person. In a way you can say your memories are always a part of you Our memories on rewind All The Lows, All The Highs. - San Holo % 

p.s. the golden egg winner will also receive a pair of VIP tickets to a show of their choice!