The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track by Asymptote. We premiere today the EP's title track "Liquid Love" that comes off the new release on the duo's imprint Suburban Avenue. Liquid Love is the first part of a collection of works divided in two releases. Acid, Raw, 90’s inspired Techno missiles, with a modern touch and high-pressure explosiveness.
The release is out now digitally + vinyl. Pick it up now on Bandcamp.
We also did a Q&A with the artists, read more below.
-Melanie Havens
The Brvtalist: Tell us a bit about your new EP “Liquid Love”. How was the creative process? And do you rely more on digital or analog sound?
Asymptote: We rely on both; basically we rely on anything that can make sound.
At the base of the creative process there is always an idea, which means everything: this is the reason why everything is born; vehicle is fundamental, but this is nothing compared to idea. With a good idea you can produce a track with every instrument in the world (whether digital or analog). Instead you can have a thousands-dollar studio, the best synths ever built, but without good ideas you won't get far.
Working physically with synths and drum machines is objectively more dynamic and fun: when we're in the studio we can modulate our sound live, so we can make it more “human". Quality is also important, but in music, like in art in general, there is no right or wrong: there is a creating process, trying to transmit something.
Anyway, also when we work at home, where we don't have our machines, so with headphones and plug-ins (or with samples we recorded in the studio) we always try to make our track more dynamic as possible.
Digital sounds often a little bit fake: but if you have a deep knowledge of what the machines are, you can process a pretty faithful reproduction even when you work without them.
In any case, what we could recommend to those people who enter the world of production for the first time is certainly one thing: focus on idea, the rest comes later.
The Brvtalist: Tell us a bit about your imprint Suburban Avenue. You have releases from great artists such as Zadig, Reeko, Oscar Mulero and many more. What’s the concept behind it and how is the curatorship done? What are the key elements you are looking for when releasing something, apart from the quality of the music?
Asymptote: Nowadays Suburban Avenue, with 15 vinyl releases and 4 digital compilations (each one mixed and selected by a different artist) counts approximately 80 artists; the key element is for sure the human relationship that binds us with these artists: a good part of them played at our party; others know us since a very long time.
This relationship ensures everyone got respect for our decades-long work in the sector, and therefore everyone gives his best when he leaves his mark on our label.
You must be “Suburban" (we say) to print on Suburban Avenue: behind every artist there is a deep love for this genre, respect and dedication.
We've never looked for something mainstream; passion is fundamental, because with passion everyone can make great things!
Also If we analyze our label from a strictly musical point of view, the “Suburban" sound is a modern reinterpretation of the old school 90's in a retro-futurist key.
We’ve as reference that sound of the old good times, but we try to overcome it, otherwise there's no innovation and everything remains a sterile copy of something we’ve already lived.
Beyond the big names, real legends such as Oscar, Reeko, Zadig, there are a lot of underground artists; if you listen to the whole you can see as everyone did an exceptional job. There are a lot of fantastic tracks; but we’ve never asked the artists for anything special: they met us before, so they already knew what we wanted from them.
The Brvtalist: Your party “Resistance is Techno” is certainly one of the hottest parties in Rome and you have hosted great artists such as Oscar Mulero, Surgeon, Speedy J, among others. What’s the philosophy behind it and what have you learned for the past 9 years of making events?
Asymptote: We came from the dancefloor first of all. Before playing, we danced for a long time, listened to many artists.
After 9 years of hard work, we can proudly say that Resistance is an international reality and certainly one of the hottest dancefloor we've ever seen.
The artists which played here, were always really satisfied because they faced up a customer that's not only stirred up, but also really careful to what the DJ is playing at that moment: this is because our philosophy in 9 years was mainly to try and educate the new generations to techno music.
You need to do a 360-degree job that goes beyond the musical choice and artist direction; promoting quality in every aspect. Those who come to our parties must feel like home: a kind of warm, welcoming home, where you can breath only positive vibes.
What we understood is this is a really hard job; we tried it on our own shoulders. It can give you fantastic satisfactions but also big delusions. We understood that you must never give up, always resist! Most of all, we understood that we love it, deeply: it is our life and now we miss it more than anything else.
The Brvtalist: To you, what is the purpose of music today? How do you think it should influence people, artists, ravers, etc?
Asymptote: Music, like any form of art, is a very powerful means of communication, so it plays a fundamental role in our society.
We live certainly in a bad moment; beyond the virus, other great plagues inflict our society: the most serious one in our opinion is ignorance, which develops through racism, homophobia and many other negative aspects.
Music is culture, and culture is fundamental for fighting ignorance.
When we make a song, we create a record, we make a party, we try to transmit culture. We take care of every detail: we want to promote art, transmitting values.
We really want people fall in love with our passion, understand how much dedication we put into our job. You need to grow up with values, love something, otherwise what awaits us is a really sad future, made up of empty generations, ready to be captured by the first fascinating advertisement you find on social media.
The Brvtalist: What’s coming up next for you?
Asymptote: Liquid Love is the first part of a collection of works, started last March, as soon as the lockdown came. Subsequently, Acid Pulse, the second part, will also be released (March 2021), also on Suburban Avenue.
Between we're working on the launch of our personal label which will be also called “Asymptote" in spring 2021: it'll be the "place" where we can experience everything that we want to.
Finally we're working on an experimental live under the alias of Kplr2.3.
There is no doubt that this is a very difficult period: it is hard to find concentration and motivation to make music, but we must not give up! Transforming this negative event into a fertile period, will be a key to our success.
Never lose sight of your destination, even when there is a lot of fog.