Maybe you’ve got in contact with Vadim Svoboda’s musical Universe through his famous Patterns project on Double R. Or his dark & minimal electronic trips released at MakeSense, Eklo or LumièresLaNuit,
Vadim’s musical personality has started to develop as early as his teenage years. At 14 years old, when Discogs wasn’t available and all the digging process involved visits to various record shops, his taste in music came from famous bands at that time with a more deep analogical sound. As rich as it gets, his musical roots expand back to the 90s’, when the French Filter House was reigning over Europe’s electronic underground, all the way to the Golden Age of minimal house & techno, born in Germany and UK.
A visionary per se, Vadim Svoboda is now envisioning the underground with no physical boundaries, with the help of technology that would not ruin the party, but would create connections all across the world. script.club, a digital experimental playground for artistic exploration, focusing on the underground scene., is his latest project.
Vadim was kind enough to create a list of tracks that have shaped his musical personality over the years. Dig in, as there’s a lot of goodies to be found below, backed by his own words and memories 👇
First thing: French Touch! I won’t speak about the Daft Punk because it’s too obvious, from Revolution 909 to Discovery passing by Thomas Bangalter’s Roulette label… Everyone knows it. We had great producers at that time. Even the first David Guetta wasn’t so bad, if you remember Just A Little More Love… (Should I make a dub-micro edit?? Haha) Do you know Bob Sinclar first aka Mighty Bob? You should dig this very cool laid back music. But maybe you didn’t catch these ones:
Ledge – Come Together (Club Edit): such a nice vibe, unknown classic, filter house + vocals at it’s simplest form
Motorbass (aka Cassius) – Bad Vibes: a forgotten track on the legendary Pansoul album: PANSOUL
I should add 2 more known tracks that some of the younger heads might not know… AND EVERYONE SHOULD!
Alan Braxe + Fred Falke – Intro: All time classic and still plays from time to time
Kenny Hawkes (and Louise Carver) – Play The Game: might not be French but definitively FRENCH TOUCHED!!
Cabin Fever – You Are My High: When I was a kid I’ve heard a remix of DJ Snake’s You Are My High. I went to the DJ and he told me it was released on white label. I then digged all Paris record shops for 6 months, thinking that WHITE label was actually the name of a label haha. Nobody told me lol. After listening to so much different music, I’ve came across this record shop guy, telling him « c’mon this can be coming from one label!! It doesn’t even have a coherent art direction!! » Everyone in the shop laugh at me haha. I was 14 at that time! I’ve never found this edit. 10 years later I made my own edit and Radioslave released it on his edit only “white label » called: Cabin Fever. I had my revenge. Here’s the track:
Then I discovered the German – UK minimal house & techno!
Robbag Whrume – Dakktylaff
Robag Wruhme – Wortkabular (Luciano Remix) –
Wignomny Brothers – Wombat: CLAAAAASIC!!!!!
Argy – Love Dose: Insane groover – still play it! I’ve listened to it in 2006, played by Tania Volcano at DC10 – this is how my love story for minimal began!! “NECESSITO OTRA DOSIS! SOY ADDICTO”. The Luciano remix is also good.
Gabriel Ananda – Sussholz Brocksieper Remix: The Robert Babicz remix is more dubby and fits better in recent DJ sets!!! The Sussholz remix record is one of the records that stayed the most in my bag.
Finally, Ian Kruger’s label Hello Repeat and the release that has most influenced me (how could I forgot!!), a collaboration with Daze Maxims Heartz4 Intimacy Girl!
Here’s my youth and minimal exploration at DC10 ibiza 2004-2007 (I was 18 years old)
Matt John – The Rising Scope: certainly my FAVORITE RECORD all time. True minimalism genius… Made me discover Perlon. Tania Volcano or Clive Henry played it at Circoloco ibiza around… 2006??
Dub Kult – Bip (GUIDO SHNEIDER REMIX): One of the best remixes Guido ever made.
Ricardo’s Chromosul …. Legendary! This record changed my perspective on music production. A long intro… yes! But what a final theme… after party classic!
I will finish with 3 albums that changed my life!
First one is Amon Tobin aka CUJO with ADVENTURES IN FOAM
Second one is Roman Flugel aka RO70 with eponym album RO70
Third one is, of course, a rare Aphex Twin CD. Listen to all 26 remixes album… legendary!!!!! (2003)
In my pattern etudes, the one and only project that really mattered for me and I would recommend you:
Pattern 64
Pattern 33
Pattern 60
Root1 (not listed as a pattern but this is machinedrum+octatrack played live): maybe the best track I’ve made
While searching for patterns videos on YouTube… I’ve just found this haha: can’t remember when or where I released this one but was from 2004-2008, so totally in response of the Robag’s stuff… This is the first coherent productions I’ve made. Maybe a release on Lessizmore?… Have a listen!
