{"id":12742,"date":"2021-02-15T18:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strettoblastercom.stage.site\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:27:44","slug":"fanu-fatgyver-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strettoblaster.com\/it\/pieces\/fanu-fatgyver-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanu il FatGyver ha i battiti freddi e rockeggianti"},"content":{"rendered":"

In nearly 30 years in the music business, Fanu FatGyver has done it all.<\/h2>\n

Finnish producer\u00a0Janne Hatula,\u00a0aka\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Fanu<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>FatGyver<\/i><\/b>, has been making electronic music for nearly 30 years, with an eclectic approach, to say the least. <\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, he has been able to explore the boundaries of\u00a0breakbeat music, expanding his sound in many directions.\u00a0As Fanu, he has\u00a0released\u00a0drum and bass\u00a0records\u00a0on several indie labels such as Subtitles, Offshore, Commercial Suicide. He has\u00a0also started his own\u00a0imprint, Lightless Recordings.<\/p>\n

His music has been featured in the catalogue of respected labels, such as Metalheadz<\/strong> e Ninja Tune<\/strong>. He has performed around the world as a DJ and live artist. As an in-demand mixing\/mastering engineer, he works on all sorts of electronic music, as well as Hip Hop.<\/p>\n\"Fanu\n

The FatGyver and the golden sounds that never go out of fashion.<\/h2>\n

Finally, that good old sample-based hip hop, as he loves to call it, is Fanu\u2019s passion. Under the moniker of FatGyver<\/strong> he has recently released Adventures In Imperfection<\/i>, his new foray into the borderlands of hip hop and funk.<\/p>\n

The Finnish beatsmith conjures an “East Coast” mood that evokes smokey urban landscapes and dimly-lit nocturnal city streets while sporting samples from The Office,<\/i> and fresh break-beats. A “New York State of Mind” kind of music straight from Helsinki\u2026could you figure it out? We have asked all about it to the man himself.<\/p>\n

Fashion comes and goes, while style stays \u2013 after all, it\u2019s not like The Ramones ever changed much, either, as their recipe simply worked \u2013 and the same can be said about hip hop. – The FatGyver<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s start with the title. Adventures in Imperfection<\/i>. Why the title, and what do you like about imperfections in hip hop (and in music, generally speaking)?<\/b>
\nThe title refers partly to the fact that to me, the style of hip hop I love and make has always celebrated a slightly gritty aesthetic: it\u2019s not super honed or polished, and it\u2019s often using lo-fi samples, drums, etc. That\u2019s part of its charm.<\/p>\n

I also like to sample old movies and music<\/a>, and they do sound quite imperfect, but that\u2019s why it\u2019s so great. A lot of the music we hear today is honed to perfection, and I think \u201cbeat tapes<\/em>\u201d like these are always a very refreshing change.<\/p>\n

I also make my main living as a mixing and mastering engineer, and we\u2019re often chasing the most ideal and \u201cperfect\u201d sound for the music, and to me, this type of music is a nice escape from that.<\/p>\n

Life is all about imperfections. Like John Peel said, \u201cLife has surface noise<\/em>\u201d (as a response to someone criticizing vinyl for having noise). Eckhart Tolle said something like the more you try and control your life, the less control you have over it…<\/p>\n

So your perfect plan hardly ever works out all perfect, but then again what comes out of it may be pretty great. If you think about plans when you travel: you usually don\u2019t follow your plans perfectly but end up doing this and that instead but it all turns great.<\/p>\n

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\nThe mood of the album evokes a specific period in hip hop, its equipment, and quirks. What you like about that period and which feelings you were trying to bring back?<\/b>
\nThis all relates partly to what I said previously. A lot of the old stuff we cherish is very imperfect: their sounds, arrangements, and some aesthetic choices may be a bit rugged, but the contrast it creates to all the stuff that is so polished these days seems to work and appear appealing.<\/p>\n

The feelings I want to evoke are sometimes a bit dreamy but also funky, groovy\u2026 kind of organic. I\u2019ve always liked organic vibes in hip hop. I don\u2019t do that hard-slamming street stuff; I like to go kind of easier. I guess a relaxed feeling is what I cherish the most.<\/p>\n