Noctis
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Violet Shaped
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Can you give our readers a quick intro to who you are? We are just two guys with same musical background, ambitions and interests who decided to join our forces to create the Violet Poison label. Violet Poison, you have been described as a “mysterious man in a dungeon”, is that a fair assessment? Aren’t damp conditions bad for production? Well my dungeon is not properly a real dungeon. I live in a cellar and there I have built my studio. I love the silence that comes from that room...it’s so alienating and furthermore i have no internet access. I think it would be the perfect condition to produce a certain kind of music: disconnected from external inputs.
In 2012, Shaped Noise started to work together with the mysterious Violet Poison, for the Violet Poison imprint [an experimental, hybrid-techno label, inspired by the greatest Italian horror movie director from the sixties and seventies, but influence also came from obscure producers of vintage electronica and harsh noise/industrial music.
Shaped Noise, what are your key influences when it comes to producing music? Do you get inspired on the tube and have to quickly rush home or are you more formulaic, working in the studio building a sound-scape to tell a story? My main inspirations are based on everything that is around me and the things that bring me my emotions. I usually make music at home, there is nothing programmed or organized. My music is arranged if i get some inspiration however, but it can come in every moment so I don’t like making music organizing studio sessions. What have you been up to recently guys, excited about the release of the album? We are planning next releases and yes, we are very excited for our debut album. Our close friends have given us all of their support and we are very happy for them. As a half German techno act based in Germany, is there a high bar set by your peers that you feel you have to aspire to? Not particularly, but from what we have listened to in Berlin, our favourites are still Vatican Shadow, Regis & Surgeon.