28-09-2010 @ 20:05
The internet is an amazing place. Yannick Deglin and Jean-Baptiste Lapeyre met through a music forum on the net, back in 2001. Yannick lives in Strasbourg, whilst Jean-Baptiste lives in Paris. Through the net, they discussed their passion for electronic music for years without actually meeting face-to-face. Both of them have a love for bewitching melodies, worship ultra-synthetic loops and groovy beats, and adore melancholic and dark atmospheres.
Both had been producing their own music since the early nineties. When they eventually did meet in real life, the decided to combine their efforts and formed SQware. Their strength is in being complementary. When one of them generally prefers working on the rhythmic part and on the structure of a track, the other one focuses more on melodies and basslines. By sending their pieces back and forth between Paris and Strasbourg, they created track after track, slowly forging their own style. They started with downtempo pieces, then had an electro-tech period, and eventually reached the banks of a more minimalist but melodic style, but with occasional incursions into breakbeat and techno-pop. Their musical works are the result of their wide range of tastes, which include the whole electronic spectrum but also other musical families such as jazz, hip-hop, and movie soundtracks.
Their first EP "SQueeze It To The Last Drop" was released on German label Broque in 2008, and their track "Hyde" was included on Broque's "Minikollektion" compilation last June. Now Process Recordings present their "Départ EP", with four new tracks plus one remix. "Départ", "Short Room", "1987" and "Kaese" are almost a mini-album in their own right, with their combined length of over 34 minutes. The remix of "1987" comes from fellow frenchman Hybu, who has had releases and remixes on Resofantom, G Point and Nukod.
SQware "Départ EP"
Process Recordings - PRCS138
Release Date: 04 Oct 2010
Tracklisting
1. Départ
2. Short Room
3. 1987
4. Kaese
5. 1987 (Hybu Dub)
website: http://www.myspace.com/sqwaretracks