{"id":20914,"date":"2020-07-17T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=20914"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T09:57:49","slug":"xceed-premiere-019-crouwel-floating-synthapella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/xceed-premiere-019-crouwel-floating-synthapella\/","title":{"rendered":"Xceed Premiere 019: Crouwel \u2013 Floating (Synthapella)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anyone who hears the synthapella version of “Floating” will be tempted to think that the track evokes the times of the pandemic, coronavirus and confinement. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Dutchman Crouwel<\/a> tells us that “Floating” is a work that “comes from before the outbreak that changed the world, although the song does resonate quite well with the current times, as it is also a matter of holding on to get through and adapt to the changes in the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started to work on this release last year with a friend of mine (Chris Mulder, Yakumo Orchestra a.o.). I had created quite a groovy beat, having been listening to some of the older Bob Moses tracks, and went over to Chris\u2019 with some of my gear to jam with him and his modular rig. We wanted to make a song that was both punchy and dark in the beat with a melodic ambient soundscape. That is also where the name \u201cFloating\u201d comes from as if you are floating around in a soothing ambience with the risk of slipping away into the darkness of the beat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Xceed-Artist-Crouwel\"
Image: \u00a9 The Echo Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Crouwel is a young electronic music producer with a passion for the sound of synthesizers. Not surprisingly, synth-pop has always been one of his passions, embracing melodic techno when it comes to making people dance in a club. Crouwel has been playing the piano since he was five years old. He was born into a family of creatives, and that made it easy for his passion to become his profession. After his first release -the Chasing The Morning Sun EP<\/a>– on Babara Records<\/a> last year, Crouwel fires again, this time on one of the most established labels in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m very excited about releasing with Reflektor Records<\/a>. They are a great match with Crouwel, and I’m looking forward to what we can accomplish together. Previous releases, like the ones from Amy Root, have shown they are very capable and understand this genre of music like no other does.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n