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Times & Tunes with Carlo

Florent — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:55:12 +0000

After swapping his hometown of Malaga to Berlin, Carlo has been living in the European hotbed of electronic music for quite some time now. Being a true househead, Carlo released his stuff on many acclaimed labels such as Classic Music Company, Madhouse, Slothboogie and recently on his own label Aterral.

He’s also been a curator of The Circle Sessions at Berlin’s famous Watergate club and sharing the same studio with another stand-out name in the house community – Black Loops. About all that and everything in between in the QA session below.

INTERVIEW

Hola, Carlo! We hope you’re well. Thanks for finding time to talk to us! How are you holding up?
Hola! Thanks for the invitation. I’m doing fine, just counting down the days until we can all go back safely to the dance floor.   

2020 will surely be a year to remember for the rest of our lives. How was it for you? What are the positives you can take from 2020?
Probably the hardest part was not being able to see my family in Spain. Regarding music… What does a dj do in a world with no parties? Time to think about new plans, make loads of music and get things rolling. The positive thing was that I could spend a lot of time with my family and I really enjoyed it.

Tell us a bit more about your new label Aterral. How did this idea come to be?
Since a while I wanted to create a platform where I can display my vision of house music. I just try to release music that I like and I can not find so easily. The pandemic was the straw that breaks the camel’s back and I decided to start with the project as I had more time to work on it.

There were 4 releases on the label so far: 2 from yourself, one from your studio mate Black Loops and another one from Shall Not Fade’s affiliate Lis Sarroca. What’s in the pipeline this year?
There is some music coming from a bunch of talented young names such Retromigration, Nephews, Dan Be, Techniscje Loef, Bas Toast and some new material from Lis Sarroca and Black Loops. Really happy with all the music that came to my hands lately.

You are also running another label Neovinyl with your bud Baldo. What’s new in this front? Any exciting stuff coming up?
Neovinyl is just having a long break to redefine the whole project. We haven’t put out any new music for a couple of years and we don’t know when we’re gonna go back to it. But we will definitely come back stronger.

You’ve been hosting and curating The Circle Sessions at Berlin’s Watergate club. How does the series start and do you know if it will continue after clubs re-open? Any stand-out events from the series that still tickle your memories?
I had a really strong group of young local talents that could do well at Watergate and I contacted them. We did three parties in a bit more than a year and they all went really good. Ultimately they offered me the possibility to do an event every 2 months. After this point I changed the philosophy of the party and decided that the bills will always be the same. You can find Black Loops, Turkish and myself (almost) at every party. I wanted to enhance the work of resident Djs. I love to be a resident, you know the people and they know you. When you come you know what to expect, who to meet and what’s gonna be the vibe. We tried this formula and it has been growing for the last 2 years until the lockdown. In January we would have celebrated the 4th anniversary.Personally I will always remember the one party where Black Loops and Turkish had to leave early because they were travelling the next day and I had to close the water floor alone. I played a five hours set until nine am and this was beyond words. When I play there I always picture myself 12 years back being on the dance floor and I try to provide the best musical environment to such a magical location. I don’t know how and when it’s gonna come back, but we will definitely be supporting watergate.

I live in Northern Europe and have quite a few friends or acquaintances who did the exact opposite to you: they moved from the north to either Portugal or Medittaranean coast of Spain in order to avoid these gloomy winters and be able to enjoy more sunshine and warmth. What were the main factors that helped you to make up your mind and leave sunny Malaga? How do you cope with Berlin’s winter being Spaniard? :)
In the end of the day is all about preferences, my passion is music and that’s why I moved here. Otherwise I would rather stay in warm Malaga than cold Berlin.I’m not gonna neglect the fact that winters are hard here but after so long it is kind of easy to deal with them. What I miss the most is the light, it’s pretty dark in winter here but there’s something very special about the summer that I love.Do you feel like house music (or all electronic dance music for that matter) has lost its relevance during these times of pandemic when there’s no actual parties and most of us are stranded at home?
Of course I feel this way. I think it is just the normal thing to happen, we just need to wait until parties are back.   

Some of my friends are telling me that they stopped listening to dance music at home altogether. Some of them got back to their roots like hip hop, trip hop, dub, experimental music, idm, kraut, psychedelic or punk rock and so on. Maybe this is also the case for you? Have you caught yourself getting back to music that was lost to you for a while?
yeah, I had the same feeling during the first months of pandemic. I did not have any interest in doing any dance music at all.

What do you think about releasing new music during these times? We can paraphrase Hamlet’s famous existential question here: release or not to release (or wait for better times)?
It’s always a good time to discover new music, I just stick to that.

What keeps you moving forward during these tough times and what’s your expectations for 2021?
My family had a crucial role during these times and regarding 2021 I’ll just go with the flow

Any new (or old) exciting talents that you dug up lately and would like to share with our readers?
Niccolo Turini, Toka Project, Tilman, Lis Sarroca, Laurence guy, Snad, Sune, ScruScru, Kaleb Jackson, Hatt. D, Christopher Salin, Felipe Gordon, Bass Toast, Ruff Stuff, Dj Cream and of course Black Loops picture my sound of today.

Thanks for your time.
It was a pleasure!

Interview by Ramunas

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Carlo – Mediterraneo [Aterral]

Florent — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:00:08 +0000

Berlin label Aterral is headed up by Carlo, a DJ and producer who hails from the warmer climes of Spain. The label name referring to the blistering hot airstreams from his hometown in Malaga. Now a Berliner by choice, he pays tribute to his birth city by providing us with blistering hot sounds streams for house loving dancefloors. Following on from the labels most recent releases by Black Loops and Shall Not Fade’s Lis Sarroca, label head Carlo steps up to the plate.

He’s a connoisseur of all things House and an incredibly versatile DJ &producer. Carlo has built his reputation on the Berlin circuit by playing at the Koffäin parties, curating The Circle Sessions at Watergate, and producing house music from the studio he shares with Berlin deep house wizard Black Loops. Carlo has had releases on Classic Music Company, Madhouse and Slothboogie, running a second label Neovinyl with his long-time pal Baldo.

Mediterraneo is a four to the floor affair by the label kingpin who delivers four original cuts, each one making you fantasize about sweaty clubs and jam-packed dancefloors. This release is Carlo continuing to find a balance of style and freshness whilst remaining true to the deep house genre. It’s full of subtle details which showcase Carlo’s obsession with nuanced sound-design, the ultimate goal, to make the party groove. Mediterraneo is possibly his finest realisation of these qualities to date.

Pre-order.

https://youtu.be/XTnoxYSb_yA

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Carlo – B-162 [Suol]

Yassin — Thu, 17 May 2018 13:00:38 +0000

After coming out with his record Ohana on Neovinyl Recordings earlier this year, Bolting Bits favorite Carlo returns with yet another release set to come out later this month. Titled Tres, the Malaga born producer has teamed up with his Berlin-based brethren at Suol records to deliver something for the hot summer months ahead. I do not know how the EP got its name, but as you’d most likely guess, the record consists of a total of 3 tracks. Each track is quite mellow in nature and showcases the producer’s ability to pair the right amount of reverb to make listeners feel as if they’re floating on thin air.

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Take Carlo’s original called B-162. What the song lacks in tempo is quickly compensated for by a multi-layered assortment of lush sounding vocals, spliced melodies, and inviting notes from a Rhodes piano. All of these elements give the track a light-hearted feel and make it the perfect candidate to soundtrack the start of any night or even upcoming rooftop soiree.

To make sure you and your friends have this slow-burning tune next time y’all feeling fancy, pre-order Tres by following this link right here!

Yassin

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PREMIERE : Carlo – Three Days In A Row [Neovinyl]

Florent — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:06:39 +0000

Coming in hot with a new solo EP on his own Neovinyl imprint is everyone’s favorite long-haired Spaniard, Carlo. The Ohana EP is a bright, clubby three tracker meant to thaw out cold winter dancefloors. The title track and “Sugar Sweet Sunshine” are jumpy, chopped soul affairs carrying a similar, joyous vibration.

Meanwhile, our premiere, “Three Days In A Row”, is a low-slung and funky deep house track representative of the reliable club tools the label is known for. A fat, looped bassline serves as the backbone here–sustained by vintage drum samples and just the right amount of percussion and hi-hat action needed to propel the song further. Filtered and flanged samples weave in and out to complement the arrangement. All in all, it’s a steady club number that should appeal to many a house DJ.

NVR080 will be available digitally in February.

Martín

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PREMIERE: Jus Tadi – Love Like A Glove (Carlo Remix) [Sub_Urban]

Florent — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:15:30 +0000

If Carlo isn’t on your list of artists to monitor closely, we’re pretty sure this track will put him on your radar from now on.

We have the pleasure of premiering the remix of Jus Tadi’s track “Love Like Glove” by the Berlin-based Spaniard Carlo. The remix will be featured along with two other tracks on Jus Tadi’s next EP of the same title.

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The original track from Jus Tadi is a very smooth, Balearic influenced track which relies on the structuring presence of its melody to lead the way throughout the track, a melody that seems to pay homage to old school summer ballads. Carlo took all of these elements from the track and integrated a percussion heavy groove, a solid bass line, well placed breaks accompanied with a kick that builds the track into a dancefloor ready dig. Carlo definitely brought a nice funky touch with his use of breaks in the the track which makes you groove all along it’s play.

Jus Tadi’s “Love Like Glove” EP (including Carlo’s remix) will be released on July 21st on the Spanish label Sub_Urban.

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Jon

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