BEATMAKER | PRODUCER | MIXER

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: I am very proud of starting a label called Xifuta Records, where we are developing projects with people from outside the so called "bubble".

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: A new project with a friend who research traditional instruments and music from Moçambique and Zimbabue.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: Fantasmatik, great producer, sax soprano, and mixing/mastering engineer.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digilog.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: Lofi as a musical genre.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What you want to reach with these songs? What mood you would like to bring on people hearing it for the first time?

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: SP404, Microkorg (both work with battery!), a guitar, and we're good to go.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I am an MC for almost a decade, and for the last 5 years I've been developing my beatmaking path and style.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Middle child, on the middle way between modern patterns on rap music and the classic beatmaking process. Always trying to learn from every posible way.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Isaiah Rashad, great voice and vocal approach to any beat!

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Ears over grid.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: What I would call lofi beats, but not as a specific "genre" - more like a working approach on textures and timbres. It can work on many genres, like rap music, pop, dancehall/reggae inspirations...

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I always try to bring a "not obvious" approach to the drum patterns. Mixing textures is what I like most.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a home studio setup with some analog processing tools and synths, like a SP404, Moog Minitaur, Novation Circuit, MicroKorg, a Fostex 350, DBX 166 compressor. Also a computer, some nice microphones and some plug-ins to reach the texture we want.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: People like Madlib, Mano Brown, Sabotage, J Dilla, Knxwledge, Mndsgn, Ivan Ave, Evidence. People who push forward their creativity.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Beatmaking and new arrangements for your ideas.