{"id":2853,"date":"2018-01-16T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T03:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electrocaine.com\/podcast\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2020-05-04T02:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T18:57:35","slug":"087","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/087\/","title":{"rendered":"session #087 &#8211; iyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/293542724&amp;color=%23f10000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><em><br \/>\nOliver Yorke &#8211; Kali<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kidd &#8211; Magdalena<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Los &#8211; Point Em Out<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mala &#8211; Changes (iyer Remix)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>iyer &#8211; The Tamil Footwork Anthem<\/em><br \/>\n<em>iyer &#8211; Syncopate<\/em><br \/>\n<em>iyer &#8211; Chikku Bukku Railroad<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Hesk &amp; Iyer &#8211; Frontin<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ungerade &#8211; Need U<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Musical Mob &#8211; Pulse X (Anna Morgan Remix)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Subwave &#8211; Deadhead<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Subwave &#8211; Us<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Untouchables &#8211; Scars<\/em><br \/>\n<em>iyer &#8211; Barebones<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mark System &#8211; El Sunrise<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kiat &amp; Diphasic &#8211; Dubsmash<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Data &#8211; Passive Aggressive (Stray Remix)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Jahlil Beats &#8211; Jackpot<\/em><strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/electrocaine\/s\/electrocaine.com\/app\/mp3\/ElectrocaineSession087-iyer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ElectrocaineSession087-iyer.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 41:03 &#8212; 94.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/mu\/podcast\/sess%C3%AFons\/id1510056115?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLmF1c2hhLmNvL3lBYW13aFo4OGQzeg==\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_googleplay\" title=\"Subscribe on Google Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/show\/1029552\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_deezer\" title=\"Subscribe on Deezer\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deezer<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More iyer:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facebook<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iyermusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soundcloud<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">In the scope of fusion music, there is the art of merging genres and then there is <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iyer<\/a>. Head of <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/phyladigital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phyla Digital records<\/a>, our latest anniversary session emerges from the San Francisco based artist, whose sonic library ranges and fuses from oriental textures to the uptempo morals of electronic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iyer\">iyer<\/a> also shares with us about what contributed to cultivate his passion for sounds and about his label, which impacted perspectives on music across countries. Tune in!<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">Where and How was this mix recorded?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">I did this mix in San Francisco, early November 2016, on my friend&#8217;s Pioneer XDJ-RX.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">How would you describe it to us?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">This mix is a good representation of the variety of uptempo music I play. It features artists from all around the world, as well as some of my own music &#8211; which I don&#8217;t usually play in my mixes. I did it all in one take, which I usually do to capture the energy that goes into sets I play live, while playing the tracks that aren&#8217;t always dancefloor-friendly. It&#8217;s also a showcase of some of the tracks I&#8217;ve made that I&#8217;m most proud of.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">What is your relationship with the footwork genre?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">It&#8217;s a really simple relationship &#8211; I make tracks, I play other producers&#8217; music a lot. I&#8217;m unabashedly inspired by the original sound of juke and footwork from Chicago. I have my own take on it with the Tamil sounds and jungle music influence, but I try to be as respectful of the originators and historians of the sound. The music has to be made for dancers as much as it is made for listeners, and that&#8217;s the balance I&#8217;m trying to get right. I didn&#8217;t even realise I had been listening to footwork music much before I figured out the official name.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 640px; height: 340px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1680665793\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groundmassmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/tamil-footwork-ep\">Tamil Footwork EP by Iyer<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">What record first got you into it?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">I can&#8217;t remember very well. My first exposure to it might&#8217;ve been Space Juke by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/235889-DJ-Rashad\">Rashad<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dj-spinn-1\">Spinn<\/a>. Classic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1yF1gn-gKFY\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">Your set is made up of tunes which many of em&#8217; are your own massive crafts, since when are you into production? like what came first, the music making or mixing?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">I started DJing in Singapore when I was in National Service, and I used to DJ only drum and bass music. Music production was before that, funnily enough, if you can call it production &#8211; I was making horrible music on Acid Pro with my close friend and classmate, Krisztian, in India. I&#8217;ve been doing production for about 8 years now, and it&#8217;s been fun, but I&#8217;m struggling to find time to do it as I get busier and busier.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">You&#8217;re head of the Phyla Digital Records, well how does that goes for you?<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/phyladigital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2859 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/electrocaine.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/phyla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/phyla.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/phyla-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/phyla-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/phyla-1024x256.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">I love it &#8211; it&#8217;s been a difficult but fantastic four years of releasing quality music from people who have been gracious enough to bless us with it. I think the future has great potential and we&#8217;ve seriously changed the way people see music in Singapore and in South East Asia. I&#8217;ve run into people at parties in the US who know about what Phyla does, and it comes from the focus we have on the local scene, and our attempts to nurture as much talent as we can. It&#8217;s hard that I&#8217;m away from my co-founder (Harv) but we do what we can and make things work, and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s important.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 800;\">What does 2018 can expect from iyer?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px !important;\">I&#8217;m wrapping up a new EP. There will be other things on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/forbiddentrax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbidden Trax<\/a> that&#8217;ll come through as well. I&#8217;m planning to take some time off and focus on music during the year, and I hope it&#8217;s a productive and cathartic period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Tracklist: Oliver Yorke &#8211; Kali Kidd &#8211; Magdalena Los &#8211; Point Em Out Mala &#8211; Changes (iyer Remix) iyer &#8211; The Tamil Footwork Anthem iyer &#8211; Syncopate iyer &#8211; Chikku Bukku Railroad Hesk &amp; Iyer &#8211; Frontin Ungerade &#8211; Need U Musical Mob &#8211; Pulse X (Anna Morgan Remix) Subwave &#8211; Deadhead Subwave &#8211; Us&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[202,207,205,206,203],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ElectrocaineSession087-iyer.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1yMKD-087","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4278,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions\/4278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electrocaine.com\/sessions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}