Interviews
Weekend Chat With Bitapart on Disco Unchained 23rd July 2013
1) What got you into music?
"My best friend, who always was and still is a role model in any creative way. He played the piano and of course I wanted to do the same."
2) What would your top 5 favorite bands/groups of all time be?
Top 5 bands of all time?! That's a tough one…Ok here they are:
1. Michael Jackson (Thriller and Bad)
2. Roxette
3. Prince
4. Depeche Mode
5. Hurts
3) If you could change one thing about the music industry as a whole, what would it be?
"There is no heart in most of todays music anymore. That's why I like the music of the 80s, you can feel the artists emotions in the music and what he/she wants to tell. Today most of the music we hear is heavily overproduced polished and shiny with no life to it. So there has to be more HEART in todays music industry."
4) What advice would you have for upcoming independent synth artists?
Pursue your dreams, don't let anyone tell you that there is no chance you can fulfill your dreams.
5) What is your favorite TV show of all time?
That's an easy one. The show with fast cars, speedboats, good music, neon lights, an alligator, 80s ladies and two undercover cops: Miami Vice!
6) Best D.A.W to use for nu disco/8 bit productions?
Ableton. You can get really creative with different ideas and arrange the music around them.
7) Favorite restaurant?
That would be a restaurant called "Totò" they serve delicious Pizzas there.
8) Who is the one person you look up to most?
"My mother"
Interview with the "INvisible Guy" (october 2012)
Who are you and why did you choose the name Bitapart?
– My name is Bitapart and I live at the grid, a digital world of the 80s. It’s about vector graphics and a lot of neon lights as you can tell by looking at my logo/picture.
How I chose my name? I was looking for a name to fit my style of music. It’s quite hard to find a good name these days because every name I came up with was taken, so I asked a friend if he could help me with it. I wanted something associated with digital and different. He came up with the name “Bitaparte” like the name of Napoleon Bonaparte. I dropped the “e” and voilà. You can read the name as two words: BIT- as in bits and bytes (the digital part) and -APART (something different, not from this world). To make it even more interesting I added the grid story to it. It’s still at the beginning so it has to evolve further during the production.
How would you define your own music if you had to describe it to listeners?
– My music is like a soundtrack to an 80s movie. You get action, romance and that typical 80s feeling. In short: It’s like Miami Vice busting Tron for illegal possession of home-recorded cassette tapes.
What kind of gear do you use when you make music and how would you describe your creative process in making different tracks?
– I use almost exclusively the Op-1 from Teenage Engineering. It is so intuitive and with it’s vector graphics and visuals seems to support my creative work. I started to use the Roland JP8000 for warm pads and baselines as well.
Description of the creative process: I got a muse which is inspiring me to all of my creative work and is to find in every track and artwork. In the beginning there is a feeling I want to capture with my music. On that basis I make a visualization of it, a neon artwork to intensify the feeling and to know what my music not only feels but also looks like. That’s why to every track there is an artwork. After that I start with the drums or the bassline on the Op-1 and start building up a track. There is also watching a lot of Miami Vice episodes involved in the creative process but I can’t tell you any more about that, it’s a secret.
Are you going to make any EP or album soon?
– I’m releasing my first EP soon. I have to get the tracks remixed in a professional studio though. At the moment I’m working on new tracks for another EP. Some of the concept is already planned. The tracks will be released all together instead of one after another as I did on soundcloud with my previous tracks.
Thank you for answering these questions! What do you have to say?
– Thank you for featuring me it was a pleasure answering your questions. What I have to say? Spread the word!
