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| Introducing NEM3SI$’s new label Infinite Resistance! | | Mindbenderz talk ‘Lord of the Rings’ and fishing, as well as the creation of their new album ‘Celestial Gateway’! | | Iono-Music artists One Function, Eliyahu, Invisible Reality and Dual Vision talk Robert Miles, kids, dogs and vinyl, while we chat about their current releases! | | Luke&Flex talk influences, the Irish rave scene, why Flex wears a mask and Play Hard, their new EP out now on Onhcet Repbulik Xtreme! | | Lyktum expands on his new album ‘Home’ – talking about his love of storytelling, creating new harmonies and the concept behind his musical works. | | Pan talks getting caught short crossing the Sahara, acid eyeballs and tells us Trance is the Answer, plus shares his thoughts on his latest release 'Beyond the Horizon' - all from a beach in Spain! | | Miss C chats about living with the KLF, DJing in a huge cat’s mouth, training her brain and the upcoming super-duper Superfreq Grande party at LDN East this Saturday, 16th September! | | NEM3SI$ - I Live for the Night – talks superficiality, psychopaths, and bittersweet success, ahead of a plethora of evocative, emotional, and passionate upcoming melodic techno releases! | | Psy-Sisters Spring Blast Off! We talk to DJ competition winner ROEN along with other super talents on the lineup! | | Blasting towards summer festivals with Bahar Canca ahead of Psy-Sisters Spring Blast! | | Shyisma talks parties, UFO's, and Shotokan Karate ahead of his upcoming album 'Particles' on Iono-Music! | | SOME1 talks family, acid, stage fright and wolves - ahead of his upcoming album release ‘Voyager’ on Iono-Music in February 2023! | | The Transmission Crew tell all and talk about their first London event on 24th February 2023! | | NIXIRO talks body, mind and music production ahead of his release 'Planet Impulse' on Static Movement's label - Sol Music! | | Turning the world into a fairy tale with Ivy Orth ahead of Tribal Village’s 10th Birthday Anniversary Presents: The World Lounge Project | | The Psy-Sisters chat about music, achievements, aspirations and the 10-Year Anniversary Party - 18/12/22! | | A decade of dance music with Daniel Lesden | | Earth Needs a Rebirth! Discussions with Psy-Trance Artist Numayma | | Taking a Journey Through Time with Domino | | New Techno Rising Star DKLUB talks about his debut release White Rock on Onhcet Republik! | | PAN expands on many things including his new album 'Hyperbolic Oxymoron' due for release on the 14th April 2022 on PsyWorld Records! | | Psibindi talks all things music including her new collaborative EP 'Sentient Rays' on Aphid Records, her band Sentience Machine and 10 years of Psy-Sisters! | | N-Kore talks Jean-Michel Jarre, unfinished tracks and fatherhood! | | Celebrating International Women’s Day and Ten Years of Psy-Sisters with Amaluna | | A Catch Up with John Phantasm ahead of his upcoming set at the Tribal Village 4 Day Outdoor Event in Kent 6-9 May 2022! | | 'The Maestro that is Tristan talks barn owls, Shazamming and keeping it Psychedelic ahead of his upcoming performance at the Tribal Village 4 Day Event in Kent 6-9 May 2022! |
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The Free Spirited Jay OM
Reported by Jessica Alici
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Submitted 13-04-11 18:27
Jay OM – a London based psychedelic DJ, live act, producer, label manager and promoter! With so much going on, it’s a wonder he finds the time to change his socks, let alone do an interview with me, but luckily he did. I caught up with the busy bee to find out a bit more about him, and how he finds the time to cram all this in.
Jay, you were born in Italy, and spent some early years playing guitar in local bars in Milan. When did you learn to play the guitar and what inspired you to do so?
I started playing guitar in my twenties when I received a guitar as a birthday present from my closest friends at the time, one of them Roberto had an acoustic Yamaha with a fantastic sound and I fell in love with it.
I see that you worked for a local radio station in Milan, back in the early 80’s. How did you land this job and what was the first record you bought?
Yes I worked in a Radio Station but that wasn't in Milan it was in Sardinia, Italy. At that time I was on vacation there for three months. The main reason I landed the job was because the music I was listening at the time was very different from what the locals were listening to and they were looking for something fresh. I was in the right place at the right time. The first record I bought was Pink Floyd - The Wall.
Music clearly played a huge role in your life right from the start, who were your early influences?
My Dad played accordion and played a lot in all the local festivals, this for sure inspired my love of the stage. My older sister Tina and my uncle Francesco also played a big role in my early musical journey, they are 7 and 8 years older respectively and were both into Psychedelic rock and Country music. Woodstock festival was a word I heard all the time and I was constantly exposed to the music they were listening to. I liked it, in fact I loved it! After that I saw the way the people that played this music where acting, living, dancing . . . yeah that was what triggered all.
Who or what lead you to psy-trance and when did your love for the music begin?
Being at the right moment at the right time again, I arrived in London in 1998 and on my first day I ended up at Tyssen Street Studios (sadly, it is now long gone and now all you’ll find where it once was is apartments). I think I have always been in love with music, one of my early memories is of my Dad playing Scott MCkenzie's “San Francisco” over and over again, he did this every Sunday and he looked very happy :-) and yeah spread the vibe, music makes you happy!
When did you decide you wanted to produce music?
When I couldn't find any more vinyl to play. Spending hours and hours searching through the record shops and finding nothing I really liked, so in 2003 I decided to go back to school and study Sound Recording and Music Technology and try to make music by myself and the rest as they say is history!
You have many different pseudonyms : Jay OM, Omsphere and Journey. Do you plan on launching any new act names in the future?
Yeah a few ;-) I am actually just launching a new project in collaboration with Ralph Knobloch aka Braincell/Solar Spectrum/Rastaliens, we've called the project “Crocodile Rangers”
When producing; what’s your favourite piece of equipment or soft synth?
I use my Novation Xstation synth a lot and then on the soft synth side, Reaktor/Virus A, B and Vanguard TI
Where do you get your inspiration from?
My heart.
You’ve played a multitude of gigs over the years including the amazing Universo Parallelo, what’s been one of your highlights and were there any embarrassing moments you’d care to share?
Universo Paralello 2007/8/9, Boom 2010, Vortex 2010, Origin 2011, Sonica 2005/6/9, Aurora Festival 2010, Fora Do Tempo 2008/2009, Visions Festival and Ecologic. Embarrassing moments? Not any that I can think of to be honest.
You’re label manager of the excellent Free-Spirit Records. What made you decide to start a label?
We actually started out as an agency and it went so well that the label was the logical next step.
How would you define the sound of Free-Spirit Records?
Groovy, bouncy, travelling, psychedelic, free-spirited.
You have some great acts signed to the label including: Braincell, Monastic Squid, Sati and Prozak. What do you look for when signing new artists?
Well first of all we need to like the music, then we get deeper into the personality of the artist - why they make music, what they are passionate about and why they would like to be part of Free-Spirit Records
You’ve also put on a few parties in your time, what would you say are the key ingredients to any good party?
Pretty girls, happy vibe, colours, nice musical journey, friendly environment and involvement from all the crew
You’re holding a party called ‘Implosion’ on the 24th April – this Easter Bank Holiday. What can people expect at this event?
All the above and more!
Having put parties on in both the UK and Italy – how do the scenes compare?
There are a lot of similarities, they both enjoy a good party and a good vibe, but the Italian scene is more underground and I think the Italians are more up to party, we are spoilt here in London with too much choice.
Do you think the psychedelic scene has changed over the years, and if so; in what way?
Like any style of music it is constantly evolving and is very dynamic, it ebbs and flows, there are new artists coming out all the time, it's a creative field so of course it will always be changing. But change is good, otherwise we would all get bored.
All this going on must keep you extremely busy, how do you fit it all in?
Producer wise I am very disciplined. I follow a routine as a Label Manager, I keep notes and a diary, but the most important part is the team I have behind me, they are actually the ones that make me able to make it all happen.
If you weren’t working in the music industry, what do you think you’d be doing?
Sitting in OM beach, India.
What words of wisdom can you offer to up and coming artists in the scene?
Make and play the music that comes from your heart. If you able, try to go to a school of sound engineering and music technology to increase your knowledge. After all that if the people like it then it's time to surf the wave
Lastly; what’s the future got in store for Jay OM and the Free-Spirit Records label, what are your plans?
I'm releasing an Omsphere EP together with Solar Spectrum on 3rd May and there is also a new Journey album in the makings plus the new project Crocodile Rangers with Ralph K aka Braincell/Solar Spectrum/Rastaliens. For Free-Spirit in general there is Free-Spirit Vol.VI “Phosphenes” (compiled by Jay OM) and then a host of EP's from Ital, Techyon, Shalys, Braincell and Solar Spectrum plus a few more surprises. The future is pink and the sky is the limit!
Jay – thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Good luck for the future & see you on the 24th April!
See you soon on Easter Sunday!
Love & Light - Jay
Photos courtesy of Jay OM and Rodrigo Favera. Not to be reproduced without permission.
IMPLOSION & FREE-SPIRIT REC LABEL PARTY
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Sunday 24th April 2011
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Jacks [map]
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22:00 - 07:00
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£10 all night / £8 + B/F from Access All Areas
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www.free-spiritrecords.com/index.php/events
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Entrance:
Tickets £10 all night
£8 + B/F from Access All Areas
tel. 0044 (0) 207 267 8320
ticket link www.accessallares.org
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[center] IMPLOSION FREE-SPIRIT RECORDS LABEL PARTY
'EASTER SUNDAY'!
24th of April 2011 Easter Sunday (Bank Holiday week-end)
10pm till late...
@CRUCIFIX LANE (ex Jack's)
7-9 Crucifix Lane, London, SE1 3JW
2 Arenas
smoking area - friendly security
Launching Braincell's 4th solo album 'Intelligent Being', Journey 2nd solo album 'Through The Mirror', Solar Spectrum 2nd solo album '(R)Evolution, Omsphere 1st EP 'Earthling' and Free-Spirit Vol.6 'Phosphenes' compiled by Jay OM.
But Wait There’s More...
Increasingly prolific London record label Free Spirit has always celebrated each new release in due style and on the 24th of April, at Jack’s Club in London Bridge, London, they do so again. For not only does April label party marks the latests releases of Braincell, Omsphere, Solar Spectrum, the label party will see also the showcase of the new album Journey 'Through The Mirror'& Free-Spirit Vol.6 'Phosphenes' compiled by the Free Spirit head honcho,Jay OM.
'Easter Sunday'also sees the debut in UK of the newly signed projects of Shalys from France and also the rocking uprising duo of Techyon from Portugal. Accordingly it’s a case of double the experience, double the fun. With two rooms of beats fully representing all that has made Free Spirit a right-here-right-now reflection of the energy of the psychedelic trance underground.
The Psychedelic Floor featuring international artists from the Free-Spirit rosta including
Braincell, Journey, Shalys, Face, Prozak, Mr Mush & Sati. But wait, before you go circling the 24th of April in your dairies with a bright red marker just yet, there’s more - an Implobeats room. With Live sets from Omsphere,Solar Spectrum,Techyon and also from our special guest Cimi showcasing his new killer material all accompanied by Alex Ampt's dub groovy beats. Plus there will be a flouro market and Vjs Fabrice Psytwin and Willy Psytwin will tantalise your eyes with amazing visuals, all thrown amongst the vibrancy and good vibes of the Free Spirit crowd.
Making this a once-in-a-lifetime, to-good-to-be-true experience not to miss!!!
Visual Installtions by Psytwin - www.psytwin.org
Decor by Kailash Productions
Entrance:
Tickets £10 all night
£8 + B/F from access all areas
tel. 0044 (0) 207 267 8320
ticket link accessallares.org
info@free-spiritrecords.com
www.free-spiritrecords.com
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Psy Trance. Chillout / Leftfield.
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Lives:
BRAINCELL (Free-Spirit Records, Ch/Ger)
-showcasing his last rocking 4th album Intelligent Being...
Journey (Free-Spirit Records, It/Uk)
-showcasing his upcoming second album Through The Mirror...
SHALYS (Free-Spirit Records, Fr)
-first time in UK!
SOLAR SPECTRUM (Free-Spirit Records, Ch, Ger)
-showcasing his second solo album (R)Evolution...
OMSPHERE (Free-Spirit Records, It/Uk)
-showcasing his first EP Earthling...
TECHYON (Free-Spirit Records, Pt)
-first time in UK!
+ special guest...
CIMI aka DJ Marchello (Furthur Progression)
-showcasing his new material and his killer last releases...
Dj's:
Jay OM (Free-Spirit Records, It/Uk)
-showcasing his 5th compilation Free-Spirit vol 6 Phosphenes...
Sati (Free-Spirit Records Pol, Uk)
Prozak (Free-Spirit Records, Uk, Isr)
FACE (Free-Spirit Records, It)
Mr MUSH(Free-Spirit Records, Uk)
ALEX AMPT (Free-Spirit Records, Sa)
MONONEGRO (Free-Spirit Records, It)
....more to be confirmed....
Vj's:
Willy Psytwin (Free-Spirit Records, Fr)
Fabrice Psytwin (Free-Spirit Records, Fr, Uk)
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Mindbenderz talk ‘Lord of the Rings’ and fishing, as well as the creation of their new album ‘Celestial Gateway’!
Iono-Music artists One Function, Eliyahu, Invisible Reality and Dual Vision talk Robert Miles, kids, dogs and vinyl, while we chat about their current releases!
Luke&Flex talk influences, the Irish rave scene, why Flex wears a mask and Play Hard, their new EP out now on Onhcet Repbulik Xtreme!
Lyktum expands on his new album ‘Home’ – talking about his love of storytelling, creating new harmonies and the concept behind his musical works.
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