Properly-known Chicago music supremo Taihei kindly invited us into his world lately and we discovered a lot to study from. Born John Paul Reyes, we’re handled to an skilled soul who opens the door for us to nod our heads with a Cyberoom EDM vibe to blast loud on the audio system.

Llewelyn: We respect you having a fast chat with us as we speak. The place on the planet are you primarily based as we converse and what did you begin your day with?

Taihei: I’m at the moment in Chicago proper now, beginning the break day with some espresso and watching some documentaries. It’s at all times good to take issues simple at first, study various things in regards to the world. It brings me some inspiration for the day, permitting me to replicate upon totally different ideas and concepts.

Llewelyn: Please inform us all about your new launch and the imaginative and prescient behind it.

Taihei: I launched ‘Fallen Angel’ as my first monitor for 2023, paying homage to all of the types and influences which have impressed me. I grew up listening to numerous genres of EDM most likely since 2007-2008, with Large Room and Trance music being the first genres that acquired me into music manufacturing. For me, these types and genres deliver nostalgia, together with video video games and anime. This monitor in a method is an homage to that period and is type of a mirrored image of the numerous years I’ve been producing music and the journey as effectively.

Llewelyn: Do you bear in mind the exact second you knew you wished to be a music producer?

Taihei: I bear in mind when a great pal of mine had me take heed to Hardwell’s Spaceman whereas we have been going from one class to a different. He pulled his iPod out and he gave me an earbud to take heed to the monitor, and it was round then that I grew to become desirous about producing music. Skrillex was one other artist that got here up as effectively, with Scary Monsters and Good Sprites. Films and movies have been one other inspiration that led me into the world of sound design; composers utilizing synths and manipulating sound to create other-worldly sounds.

Llewelyn: Chicago. The place would you recommend we exit to look at glorious reside music when within the metropolis?

Taihei: There are a variety of totally different golf equipment inside Chicago that cater to totally different genres. You’ve acquired locations like Radius, Harmony Music Corridor, Prysm, Electrical Lodge, Main, and Sound Bar that deliver a wide range of types and genres. Whether or not you wish to vibe out or rage, there’s at all times a spot for it within the metropolis.

Llewelyn: How has the scene advanced because you began over 10 years in the past?

Taihei: The scene has advanced exponentially in my view. In my neck of the woods, there was a small group of people that have been producing mainstage EDM genres, together with a few folks diving into competition genres like Lure, Dubstep, and all of the like. There have been small communities, splintered out into totally different sectors.

These days, there are numerous totally different teams which are devoted to totally different types, and even microgenres. On high of that, there are numerous teams who’re cross-pollinating in types, probably not adhering to any boundaries or any strict style. For my part, I feel that’s going to open a variety of issues to return for music by way of new types and methods we do music.

Llewelyn: How do video video games and anime encourage you every day?

Taihei: For me, it’s fixing issues or obstacles that basically conjures up me to turn out to be extra persistent, to by no means give up and to at all times try to go ahead. Like in video video games, there are at all times going to be obstacles and difficulties, however it’s via these experiences that there are studying alternatives and overcoming these obstacles, to by no means surrender and by no means give in.

Llewelyn: Final, what does it actually take to achieve success on this sport?

Taihei: There are various transferring components and issues to think about to achieve success on this sport. I feel one factor to concentrate on, and that is primarily focusing on in direction of people who find themselves beginning off, is to ascertain your individual sound and model. Make what you wish to make, what brings you drive, and what conjures up you.

Should you work in a method that conjures up you and also you benefit from the general course of, it is possible for you to to give you totally different concepts and methods of making your individual sonic signature. Additionally, don’t be afraid to dive into totally different genres. The extra you discover totally different types, the extra concepts you’ll give you. Lots of my methods, types, and totally different concepts for tracks normally come from being uncovered to totally different types of music and media.

One other factor to concentrate on, encompass your self with individuals who share widespread targets or aspirations. Surrounding your self with individuals who have widespread pursuits will push you to do extra and encourage you each in music and personally. It’s arduous to seek out these individuals who have the identical targets and drive as you do – these persons are arduous to seek out and are at all times not going to be apparent. If you encompass your self with individuals who have the identical targets and aspirations as you, it’ll permit your self to develop, problem your self, and open your self as much as totally different prospects and alternatives.

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