{"id":17432,"date":"2019-10-17T17:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=17432"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:00:54","slug":"interview-with-trikk-portugals-biggest-music-alchimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/interview-with-trikk-portugals-biggest-music-alchimist\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Trikk: \u201cEvery step changes my life, no matter how big or small it is\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trikk<\/a> is one of the greatest ambassadors of Portuguese electronic sound. Bruno Deodato was born in Porto<\/a>, where he was influenced by local music… and by certain African sounds that fell close to him. He soon moved to London, attracted by the clubbing and DJ scene in the British capital. There he forged his credentials. There he managed to create music that would find its place on labels such as Lossless<\/a>, ManMakeMusic<\/a> and, above all, Innervisions<\/a>. With the recognition and support of Dixon and \u00c2me, Trikk has become a great resource for the best intimate electronic selectors of the moment. Having lived and experienced the charms of Berlin’s scene, Trikk now returns to Porto, to P\u00e9rola Negra<\/a> in particular, to meet many of his old friends.<\/p>\n

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You said once that you don\u2019t know how to do anything else apart from music. C\u2019mon, there must be something you\u2019re good at\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sleeping?<\/p>\n

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Regarding the production of a track, you said that there\u2019s no limit when trying to finish it. You just feel it. Someday, a musician and composer said that songs are never finished but abandoned. Do you agree?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I agree, everything is good enough conceptually but never practically -personally speaking.<\/p>\n

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You also said that you\u2019d like to have cheaper basic needs, in order to concentrate more on music and art. Could you explain a bit more?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting as a musician, cheap rent and food are advantages for you to focus on your goal. If you live in a city like New York or London, your time will most likely shift towards working for food or rent, because its expensive. At the same time, you also want to live in those cities because they are creative hubs. It\u2019s a win-lose situation. I was thinking in a \u201cperfect world\u201d when I did that comment, but there\u2019s no such thing and that\u2019s okay also.<\/p>\n

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You don\u2019t collaborate with many artists. Who are you more up to collaborate with and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just don\u2019t force it. I\u2019m more interested when it happens naturally. Could be anyone – I will be more open for experimenting than collaborating with someone just because I know it will work musically.<\/p>\n

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Nelson Cavaquinho\u2019s \u201cJuizo Final\u201d is one of the tracks you\u2019d listen to before dying. It\u2019s def not what you usually play. Is that music kind of your biggest influence? Where does your taste for that music come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love music that evokes sadness and its honest. That\u2019s \u201cJuizo Final\u201d for me. It\u2019s not my biggest influence, but all the early samba and bossa nova are something I connected with deeply, maybe because the chords they use, the lyrics\u2026 I don\u2019t know. It has a tragic honesty or a \u201csaudade\u201d feeling to it, which relates to Fado in a way, which touches me personally because of my grandfather writing fado lyrics and attempting to sing it in Fado houses all over Porto.<\/p>\n

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Did your \u201cFlorista EP\u201d change your life as a musician (because of the release on Innervisions) or was it just one more step in your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One more step, and every step changes my life, no matter how big or small it is.<\/p>\n

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