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The MOCD is excited to present this exclusive interview and amazing track "i wish it would rain" from up and coming German producer Moritz aka club medd. When did you start making your own music? “I started when I was around 17. Recently started uploading my music about 6 months ago. It was mostly ambient and drone music recorded with this free software called audacity. I started getting into production when I recorded a krautrock/psychedelic pop ep on my own. I have always been open to all kinds of music but mainly stayed within an indie/rock direction because all of my friends were making similar music. I really started getting into production when I first heard "lovesick fuck” by mura masa. That song really blew my mind and really made me want to get into electronic music.“ How did you get the moniker club medd? "Oh wow, that is a very good question… haha. My mum used to work for club med. I had a real hard time settling for a name and had so many different ideas. One day, after I had just finished my first beat tape I realized that I wasn’t uploading any music because I didn’t have a name for the project yet so I just took the first thing that came to mind.” Any strong musical influences that really helped shape your current sound? “I have definitely been obsessed with Soulection producers in the past couple of months, although this release sounds nothing like it. And before that, I was really into lo-fi hip-hop. I tried to move away from lo-fi because I felt like it was becoming formulaic and I wanted to try something new, but I think I made most of these tracks before discovering this warm/jazzy LA sound so it’s still kinda dark. This maybe explains why a lot of the tracks still have this sort of lo-fi melancholy feel. I steal a lot of my drums from producers that I dig and looking at the sample folder of this ep, I feel like the samples tell a lot about the musicians that I loved when making this ep (Cashmere Cat, Odesza, Childish Gambino, and Swell)” Have you always been a solo artist or have you been a part of musical groups or collaborations? “I always played in bands. Most of them were indie rock bands but later I got more experimental with some noise/krautrock/psychedelic projects. I released a lot of ambient and drone music as a solo project before getting into beat making” What was your main inspiration for the latest album too heady? (like was there a storyline, or narrative you followed? Or did it just arrive organically as a song by song experience?) “The storyline only came in later. At first I was just making beats without any idea of where I wanted to go. When I showed the beats to my girlfriend she said that she liked them but that they sounded kind of "heady”. When I started to contact some of the blogs that I follow, they responded with the same thing. I really don’t know. Maybe this was just the place that I was in at the time. I definitely want to try to make warmer tunes in the future.“ What has been the most challenging experience for you musically? "The most challenging thing was, and still is, to find my own sonic identity. I’m like a dog in that I get super excited by everything: One day I discover someone doing house music on SoundCloud and that’s all I want to do for the rest of my life and the next day I discover something else and I get really excited about that. When I look at the folder of beats that I made in the last two years there are so many different genres and there is very little coherency. I feel like the songs that I am working on right now have a clearer sonic character but they are still all over the place. Man, I just get bored so easily and find it very hard to do the same thing for very long.” What are some of your greatest aspirations for club medd in the future? “I definitely would love to work with vocalists in the future; anything that’s about community really. Making music can be a really solitary affair so I am really looking to connect with other people.I would love to find a label as well, nothing fancy, just some people who are genuinely excited about music that I could hit up if I have a question. My biggest wish definitely is to get noticed by the producers that inspired me to get into beat making, But for now, I just want to get better and make tunes that I can be proud of.” What music is currently filling your ears? (Music you play on repeat) “I really have been digging emawk (who I discovered on The MOCD). That Mac Ayres record has been on repeat for weeks. I just downloaded Ivan Ave’s new album but haven’t had the time to listen to it yet (but his ‘running shoes’ track is by far my favorite song of 2017). Also, I discovered a SoundCloud podcast/radio show called ‘soft focus’ some weeks ago and I really love their warm/jazzy selection.” I would like to thank Moritz for his time and talent in this latest original, ,"i wish it would rain" for its optimistic light-hearted charm is simply enchanting. Most definitely keep your ears tuned in for more music from this young talented producer. Posted by: MsGem