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dinner & a chat with Brainfeeder's Adam Stover
Adam Stover, label manager at Brainfeeder, and Flying Lotusā second opinion man, sat down at a quaint Italian restaurant nestled in Silverlake with me to enjoy some pizza, a few beers, and tell me a little bit about himself.
E:So you got your degree in in graphic Design.. Cal State Northridge, right?
Adam: Thatās right
E: Do you have a background in music?Ā Was label manager always a career choice of yours?
Adam: No, it was total happen stance that made it happen really.Ā Ā I mean, everyone listens to music.. I was listening to electronic, indie, experimental, blah blah blah, hip hop, for many years, and at a certain point I met Flying Lotus, and we became friends. He was starting in his musical career, and there was a certain point where heĀ decided to create a label and put out the rest of his friends basically. So initially he started doing that. Then he realized it was a lot of work, and he was having to do too much. He couldnāt be an artist by having to work on a label all the time. So at first I started out with doing social networking, pushing the label, the idea, and the name everywhere.Ā Slowly but surely, he was like I need to give somebody these responsibilities, I canāt handle them.Ā And for me, I started out totally naĆÆve, I was like āyeah okay Iāll try, I donāt know what Iām really doing here, but Iāll try.ā Through trial and error I started learning what it was about and what you need to do to run a label, Iāve been doing it for about 5 years now.
E: Have you done anything with your graphic design degree for the label?
Adam: Iāve done some fliers, just little stuff.Ā When I look at designs I say āthatās good,ā or āI donāt know about that, maybe we can do āx, y, z.āā Sometimes they listen, but sometimes theyāre like āitās gotta be like this.ā
I do so many other things that I canāt necessarily work on graphic design, I just pay other people to do layouts and covers and stuff like that.
E: You used to make music, for yourself.. have you released any of it before?
Adam: nope
E: Has anyone else heard it?
Adam: Yeah, I mean some of my friends have heard it.Ā Iāve collaborated with people. I collaborated with Steve (Flying Lotus) on a track, itās called āVegas Collieā on the Reset EP.Ā It says Natvralism nano loop, which is me making music on this Gameboy program that makes music, we sampled it and did this weird stuff to it.Ā IĀ Ā also made a song with Samiyam called āTrick Platform,ā and that was released on Hyper Dub.. so a few things happened, but I never wanted to take the credit.
E: So you donāt want to put out your own LP or EP of any kind?
Adam: Maybe, Iāve messed around with stuff but I donāt think its good enough.Ā Itās funny cause Iām such a critic of musicĀ that I over critique myself into thinking its not anything, even if it was something. Steve and some of my other friends know I play around once and a while and theyāre like āsend me your stuff, lets make something.ā Iām like itās not good enough for you to hear, cause I always put it off.. I feel like itās just a hobby thing.. I havenāt made a beat in a long time.Ā I play around and stuff, cause my roommate who is Flyloās manager does some production with the people he works with. Not with Flying Lotus, but with the Cinematic Orchestra and this group called Cold Cut who are the guys who created Ninja Tune. Theyāve been around for 20 something years, and theyāre coming out with a new album either this year or next year.
E: When you do produce, which program do you use?Ā
Adam: The last time I did it I used Ableton. Ableton is so versatile.. even though there are things with better sound engines,Ā and compression.Ā A lot of people use Logic or Reason because they have really good sound compression which is a key thing.Ā Ableton is a little flat sounding, unless you know how to bring it out. But I use Ableton cause itās so simple.
E: You guys are putting out Jeremiah Jae soon?
Adam: We put an EP out this last year, and weāre putting an album of his out July 23rd. Weāre also putting his single out May 14thĀ and thatās two tracks off the album.
E:What do you guys look for in new artists?
Adam: Things happen in weird ways, in a majority of cases, people just go to Steve.Ā A lot of the time people talk to each other on Twitter. Twitter is like the easiest, casual platform where someone can just go like āhey whatās up?ā So in some cases producers hit up Flying Lotus, and Flying Lotus is like āIāll check it out.ā If anything sparks his interest once he hears it, heāll send it to me and go āwhat do you think about this?ā and Iāll go āoh thatās good,ā or āI donāt know about this,ā but in most cases he trusts my taste.Ā So if we both agree on something, then weāre like āletās do it.ā Iām like the second opinion on a lot of stuff. Thereās been a few cases where heās not paying attention to something and Iām like ācheck this guy out!ā And heās like āoh yeah, that is good, letās do it, if you want to run it, letās do it.āĀ
Now a days, I have to runĀ a lot of it basically.Ā Steve will initially talk to someone and be like, āwe like it letās do something,ā and Iām like āokay cool.ā And from that moment on I have to go like okay āIām Adam, this is what I do.. I do everything basically.Ā Letās start talking and go from there.ā A lot of time they send music, and we start talking about it, and weāre like "this is what itās going to be.ā They sign a contract, and then we start moving on and setting it up.
E: Where does Natrvlism come from?
Adam:Ā Honestly itās just a weird name I came up from many years ago, it doesnāt really mean anything, I thought it looked cool, and stuck with it.. Itās just a nickname, so I donāt have to put my real name out. It doesnāt have a deep meaning or anything.
E: If you do release anything, would it be under Natvralism?
Adam: Yeah, I was thinking about it. Ā If I did, Iād use it for graphic design or directing a video, or something.
E: Have you produced a video?
Adam: No, Iāve worked on videos weāve done, but this is still tentative, I might be directing my first video for Jeremiah Jae. If it happens itāll be top notch, cause Iām directing it, ha. Itāll be interesting if it works out.
E: You lived in Thailand for a couple of months, have you been anywhere else?
Adam: Europe, London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Thailand, all over Japan (6 times), Mexico and Canada.Ā A lot of Europe I havenāt been to, like the Eastern part or France, but Iāve travelled a circuit with Steve. Every time Steve goes to Japan I go with him . London we did Red Bull Music Academy, we played Fabric and a bunch of other stuff when we went over there. That was the first year of us being distributed by Ninja Tune. We met everyone there.
E:Ā While you were in Thailand, did you get into the music at all
Adam: Oh yeah. I went with a friend and we went all over Bangkok, and all the regional music is so out of this world.Ā The native instruments they have is totally different from what we have here, I bought some even! They have these weird note mouth organ things, and all kinds of instruments I canāt even describe.
Actually, the first place I heard traditional Thai music was in this giant swap meet that was like two or threeĀ miles long, it was just like these markets within markets.Ā They sold everything from fruits to chickens, to instruments, to music and clothes.. everything. Iām cruising through this place for a few hours, just buying everything cause itās so cheap, and Iām just like āyes!ā And weāre eating, and thereās these guys in the distance and I hear this crazy music, and Iām like āwhat is that music?ā And my friends like, āoh theyāre playing these traditional Thai instruments, letās go check it out.ā So we check it out, and theyāre playing this trance induced sounding music. Thereās a few people around, smoking cigarettes just hanging out. It was a standard thing there, but likeĀ I stood there for like fifteen minutes, and I was like āyes!ā My friend was like ā I know a place where you could buy those instruments,ā and I was like āletās do it.ā
I tipped these guys, people were putting in coins, so I gave them like ten bucks, and my friend got really mad at me cause she said they wouldnāt be there tomorrow, cause I just paid them for a week by giving them that much money.Ā I was just like āsorry, I loved it, it was fucking amazing.ā Thailand is a dope place, itās amazing.
E: Did you ride any elephants?
Adam: Nah, it was weird cause, well Iām not saying Iām still not into it, but I was a vegetarian, I was totally into animal rights, and I felt like the elephants didnāt want to be doing it. So I was like nah, Iām not doing that. But I saw it, Iād be driving in a taxi, which is the most insane thing to do in Thailand, and it would stop, thereād be a thousand mopeds around us, and then some dude would come by on an elephant. I was like this is fucking amazing.
E: Were they painted?
Adam: I didnāt see any there. But its Buddha world, itās super Buddhist, so itās like Buddha everything. Itās amazing, the temples, everything will just blow your mind just the way it looks. At the Grand Temple, where the Royal Family lived are these temples with these weird bell shapes that are made out of solid gold. Thereās all of these jewels around it, and thousands of bells ringing , monks walking everywhere. I was like this is great, I donāt want to leave this place. I would love to go back
E:Where do you see the beat scene in 5 years? Whatās next?
Adam: Wow, thatās the question of questions.Ā I think the beat scene might very well not exist in 5 years. I donāt think itāll be the beat scene, I think itāll be a completely different scene. To stick to the beat scene for the next 5 years would be a sinking boat basically. I think withĀ Brainfeeder, itās all about progression itās all about expanding the sound, I mean I love beat music, and I hope it works out, but if it doesnāt continue to evolve, itāll fade out. So we donāt want to stick to the beat scene,Ā Ā we want to define an aesthetic that we call Brainfeeder. So it can be anything, it can be jazz, it could be pure electronic music of a million different forms, it could be straight hip hop, rapping, it could be anything, I donāt think itās gonna be heavy metal or country.. but itās really going to be like a hybrid that comes from Brainfeeder. So as long as you stick to that, the beat scene, wonāt probably be called the beat scene, but Brainfeeder in five years will be a super diverse idea basically. The beat scene, I canāt even predict what will happen in two years. I think it will go strong as the beat scene for probably at least another year, if not two years. But you know, the people I work with are at the forefront of what it is, and those people know what they have to do to keep evolving. So whatever those people evolve into is what the beat scene is going to be, whether it be in the next two years, or in the next five years. It could be anything basically.. Thatās what I think.
E: Whatās playing in your car right now?
Adam: New Lorn album which Ninja Tune is putting out, a ton of unreleased stuff, starting to get stuff from Teebs, stuff he did with Prefuse 73, which is a new thing heās working on.Ā Ryat, Jeremiah Jae, and a bunch of stuff from my friends. New Lazor Sword. Thatās what I do, I listen to stuff a lot before I put it out. Whatever is new in my inbox goes to itunes, goes into my phone, and gets played in my car.
E: Cool spots in LA to check out?
A: Low End Theory, where we all hang out, where people experiment on the crowd and play whatever they want. Go drink coffee at Intelligentsia and Lamill.
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Listen to and download Madeleine Mayi - You Want More. Sounds like: Norah Jones, Tom Misch | What's so good? Listen to a curated playlist crafted from this song.
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(Madeleine Mayi Meyer)
ruby
Thereās not a bone in my body that feels normal. I feel like when I was born something went wrong.. not anything dangerous, or anything that anyone else would notice, besides my mom I guess. But I canāt even imagine being born. The thought of it just doesnāt compute. Iāve never even seen a picture of myself as a baby under 6 months. And I guess by then my parents say I was already walking.
I was born in thirty minutes you know. Thatās basically no time. As if it didnāt happen at all. In thirty minutes you can go on a quick sprint, grab lunch, write a couple emailsā¦ but give birth? Im not so sure.
But thatās what people tell me. And I guess my dad was downstairs freakin out while my mom was upstairs giving birth to me in the bathroom. Apparently there were some paramedics there, but we donāt know any of them. So really the only witness would be my mom.
My dad wasnāt in there. My older brother was across the street. My grandparents were in California.
My mom could've made the whole thing up. I could've been plopped in her arms.. or fallen through the ceiling, and nobody would ever know, except my mom.
And she thinks Iām so special. Maybe Iām borrowed. I feel that most of the time.
So here I am in New York. In a nice building, looking out over the city. Iām in love and supposed to be in my bed, but the lights are like magnets to my eyes. I look out at the city and it looks like some guy plopped a really cool lego structure right down on planet earth for everyone to see. Pretty good at legos Iād say.
Today was a good day walking around, especially when we went into the Plaza for lunch. I mean it wasnāt really good because I was super happy or excited, but because I saw this thing that really pierced my heart.
I was looking around at the extravagance, thinking about how I would love to play a piano, and I looked at these beautiful chandeliers on the ceiling. Wow. They looked like somebody gathered all the diamonds in a town and stuck them on some cool metal fixtures. But then I looked harder, and I saw a red glint.
On that white frosty chandelier, there was a single ruby. All alone. Just staring right down at me.
And I looked at another chandelier, and there was another lonesome ruby, just glaring. All alone.
But then, thinking about it now, there were two rubies. They may not have been on the same chandelier, but there were twoā and maybe they weren't staring at me, maybe they were looking right at each other.
Maybe they were once diamonds that fell in love and turned to ruby. Maybe thatās like me.
I think I found my ruby.
Heās fast asleep.
Goodnight.
mama knows best eh
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