New York City-based producer Concrete Husband is the latest emerging talent to come across our Inflyte Radar, in part due to his forthcoming ‘Piel’ LP – which delivers an impressive 14-tracks in total.
Arriving in early December, the long player will mark his return to Brooklyn-based imprint White Owl Records, where he’s released previously.
We spoke to the American about the new album, how his relationship with White Owl Records has developed over time, and what he he might have coming in the near future. Read the full interview below.
Where are you right now and what are you up to?
I’m spending October in Berlin performing and writing new material before the winter.
You’re preparing for the release of your new ‘Piel’ LP, which comes in two separate parts, why split the project into two?
Why have both sides of your musical self next to each other on the same project? It’s to acknowledge how both are equally influential to me. I can’t have one without the other in all honesty. It’s a testament to how I live my life.
Both parts have six tracks each, with the second also including an additional two remixes, how did you decide who would deliver edits?
Both the remixers are so influential to me and have affected my productions. They’re pillars in the American and European groove scenes – I respect and am inspired by both of them so heavily.
And it comes on White Owl Records, who you’ve released with before, how is your relationship with those guys developing over time?
We’re family now. They accept all I have to offer and we really understand each other now.
Which other labels might we see you on in the near future?
I love many labels and sounds around at the moment. I don’t have anything I can share really, but dream labels for me are the likes of Float records, Suara, and TNR Media.
You have a background in classical music, so techno is quite the contrast?
No, there is no contrast. The way I engage with classical music, there’s more of a conversation than it seems. The classical music that I like is electronic and avant-garde. Music is music.
And how has classical music influenced your techno productions?
When I first got into techno, I would write notation for the kind of grooves, harmonies, and dissonances I liked. It influences how I think about how sounds affect the body. Being trained in classical music has allowed me to learn many fundamentals that are present in techno.
Is there anything else you want to mention before we go?
Not really, I just can’t wait to share the new sounds in my practice as my creative life develops.
Concrete Husband – Piel LP is out December 6th on White Owl Records.