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Interview with: Resonance
Records Florida's dance music scene is big! With many clubs that consistently pack to capacity for every event. The names are also big: The Edge and The Firestone just to name a few. Djs with clout- Icey, Kimball Collins, D-Love, Baby Anne, Three, Chris Fortier, etc. If anyone knows the score, they know that Florida's musical selection is (for the most part) more commercial European clubby house, with the exception of Rabbit in the Moon, of course. Florida is also the home of a semi-new label called Resonance Records. Their musical weapons of choice- Ambient and Trance. Bliss conducted this interview with Thomas Penton and Luis Duran via the US Postal Service. Please explain the vision behind Resonance Records... what made you choose the start your own label? T: We just had the idea one day and tried it. Luckily it worked for us. I wouldn't say there's a vision behind R.R., we just wanted to do good music. L: Resonance came about from one day to another, it was a spontaneous decision to start it. I don't think there's a vision per se, but freedom and self-expression were #1 on my list. What influences would you say have manifested themselves into your music? T: John Carpenter,
Kraftwerk, Vangelis, Eurythmics, Rush, etc. Where do you get most of your musical ideas from? (example: sounds heard in other songs, melodies that popped in your head, or just from experimentation with your equipment). T: Usually an idea
or concept will pop in my head and I would just take it from there. There is an ambient element present in a lot of your songs...is this another passion? T: Ambient is probably my true passion, it gives me more freedom than anything. We'll have an ambient album coming out soon on Music Research, a German label, titled Passage. L: I guess i like a little more soul and movement behind the driving beat. I don't want it to be just aerobics material, stuff that you can listen to in the car or whatever because it gets pretty or dark and emotional at times, and I think that's what i enjoy the most when i lay down a track. What do you think is the major differenes/similarities between European and American styles of trance? T: What American styles of trance? I can't think of anyone else who does what we do in the states. L: Well, I consider American trance to be a kickback of what Germans pioneered, but Europeans seem to love American music. I really can't nail it, it's just good fucking music from both sides. Where do you see electronic music heading in the future? T: It seems to be stuck in a revolving circle. Hopefully it will become more musical-- sophisticated, and hopefully this old-school shit will wear out! L: Electronic music has been evolving for so long that it's practically impossible to predict its future. But wherever it's headed you can bet i'll still be doing it. What kind of response are you getting on your stuff? T: Everyone seems to really like it, and they seem surprised to see this sound out of the states. Lnd intelligent feedback, surprised responses about where we're from,a nd the stage in music in which we are still producing trance and acid. Do you have any plans for remixing (either your own tracks or tracks from other labels? T: Our first release "HALO" had a song called W on it. We're going to make a '96 version soon and release it. I'm eager to make it myself. L: Yeah, we have been thinking of remixing W for an upcoming HALO, but nothing yet on other artist remixes. Any plans to do live P.A.'s? T: None at the moment, but i would love to. L: Not at the moment, we're a little busy producing stuff in the studio, but very soon. Are either of you involved in any side projects? T: We have a 12" on Undercover Music US coming out soon called "Orca". Also a full length ambient CD called Passage on Music Research (Germany). And possibly some more trance material on Polytox out of Germany. DISCOGRAPHY #RR001- HALO (Luis Duran, Thomas
Penton)
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