Bournemouth-based Mr. Sosa has gone from strength to strength over the past two years and has made a serious name for himself on the house and breakbeat scene, known for his menacing tart lines and catchy chords. Now he publishes his track Waverider is a track born from the search for that elusive sound of hard-hitting house stomps that float in the sands of open-air festivals.
Now Waverider single, a track born from the search for that elusive sound of forceful house stomps that float in the arenas of open-air festivals. We are facing a whole lesson, a way of understanding not only music, but culture, beyond the precarious status that currently governs, as something expendable, as if music, books or art did not save us. Forget about this magmatic present for a moment, close your eyes and let yourself be carried away by each of the notes that this unique producer proposes, because within Waverider you are safe and it seems that everything is starting over.
We have had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Sosa and this has been the result.
Can you tell us a little about yourself? Where are you from / how did you get into music? Was it all internet based?
– I’m from Bournemouth in the South of England although I grew up in Spain and would sneak into clubs at 14 with a fake ID and be fascinated by the DJs. So pretty early on I liked the idea of being a DJ and living that lifestyle that I’d see in Ibiza. I bought a DJ controller and would mess around doing mashups and stuff on soundcloud and put on house parties back in England at an early age. I never thought about producing and had no idea of how any electronic music was produced.
– It wasn’t until 2017 that I discovered a new genre of lofi house that I was obsessed with as I love anything vintage, and I came across a YouTube video of how to make similar music. The rest is history and I made music almost every day ever since.
Who have been your main inspirations (both musical and in «life»)? And how have they affected your sound?
– I guess my early inspirations in production came from the lofi scene, people like DJ Boring, although as I became more experienced I started being influenced again by the music I’d listen to when I first started going to events in the UK like Bicep, Ejeca, George Fitzgerald, Paul Woolford and a whole bunch of others. To me the music produced between 2012-2016 was incredible. I’d also say I took a lot of inspiration from films, music and pretty much anything from the 80s and it all has an input into my productions.
How would you define your sound?
– I’d say that’s one of the hardest things for a producer to sum up for themselves. I don’t think I could define my sound with a genre or style. I would say my sound always has a lot of emotion, vibe and soul. I can never finish a track if it doesn’t speak back to me with a uniqueness. Most of the time I let the tracks progress naturally and almost wrote themselves. I’m always trying different things as I don’t like really similar sounding tracks, I think it takes away from each tracks uniqueness.
– One thing that is always consistent is the way I like many melodies to work with each other and play at the same time without clashing, it’s not easy but it’s infectious when it’s done right, it probably stems from 80s music like tangerine dream.
How has your sound evolved so far?
– Starting off with lofi house it was quite simple and the aim was just to sound lofi and crunchy. As I started to experiment with breakbeat, electro etc there was definitely a big shift into bass lines and synth design that were not needed in lofi house. I loved the UK bass of the early 2010’s, 90s jungle, garage, trance and techno so as I dabbled in producing all these different genres I guess my sound evolved into a bit of everything. Most notably It was drum work I focused on experimenting with the most.
What can you tell us about Waverider? What inspired you? What do you want to convey?
– It was a mix of lofi and the house scene from the early/mid 2010’s, when a few of AUS music’s releases had these really heavy kicks and subs with reverberated claps and chord stabs. I had an image in my head when producing ‘Waverider’ of when I first went to creamfields festival as a 17 year old and walked into the first tent and I could hear that sound, it blew my socks off.
How are you living the current situation because of COVID? Has it affected your work? Do you think there is hope? I feel like the underground scene will continue to persist.
– It’s a strange one, on one hand the first lockdown really gave me time to focus on producing, I’d just finished university at the time and didn’t have any distractions so it was the perfect time to focus. Not having gigs to go to I definitely think it has changed the type of music being produced in the scene which is cool. Though there’s been a lot of uncertainty and there are probably producers who started making amazing music over lockdown but have never had the opportunity to play a gig.
– In that respect it’s definitely been holding me back, this year I’ve been ready to get out there and play some gigs, I’ve got so much new music that I can’t wait to play.
What projects are you working on right now?
– lots of new tracks! I’ve had an incredible last 12 months since signing with my management team and locked in releases on labels I would of never imagined. I’ve got releases coming out on Anjunadeep, FFRR, OUM, some remixes and collabs too! You can expect a lot more to come 🙂
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