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As a youngster, Waio (his stage name) played violin, however with the sudden and tragic death of his teacher, he focused on other instruments including the piano and trumpet while he was at school. “At 13 I went to few small clubs with my older brothers and I liked the music, really appreciating how the DJ would work with the equipment.” Not an uncommon story, he was quickly hooked and despite his lack of a command of the English language, embarked on a journey of teaching himself production, predominantly with the use of the internet.

“For about two years, it was all I could think about, using and writing with Logic.  I had already done some DJ work at parties and things, but it wasn’t until later that I started writing my own music,” he describes. Meeting people and moving through the scene was his focus at this point and even with his parents chomping at the bit to have him study, he dedicated himself to a career in music with the rest as they say, being history.

Fast forward some years and he is head-down and knee-deep in the studio working on this album – a magnum opus of no less that four CDs that are designed to fit together like a puzzle. “Every disc will come with a picture poster so if people collect the series, they will have a mind-blowing galactic picture, which was originally commissioned by NASA and authorised by them, but re-created in a cool way by myself and an amazing artist from Serbia called Naboja.”

And musically, while the lads music could be loosely described as feeling a little trance-like and futuristic, he admits to having experimented with a lot of material from genres as diverse as tech-house to glitch and even IDM. “I do believe that the only music that takes me anywhere though, due of the amount of energy it creates, is psychedelic-trance. “There is no other genre that makes me feel like walking on the stars,” he says. “It’s pretty fantastic what this music can do to the brain – it makes you feel like you are in orbit and the power of the beats is so intense that you can’t really stand on the dance floor when you have a proper sound system with the subs flashing your body with those low frequency waves.

“To help with my production too, in my studio I recently upgraded to a new version of a Macro Software I developed based on a Native Instruments plug-in which allows me to play with loops and other sounds as well as triggering, looping, reversing, glitching, stretching and so on, all in real time. It’s something I can reproduce on my computer and re-arrange with the live effects. I also use a Novation Controller running on a super fast computer and that’s good too.”

Otherwise, he claims that he doesn’t often listen to what people might term ‘feeder genres’. “To be honest, I’m not about searching for what’s hot,” he explains. “I always try to go the other way – I like artists who experiment. Guys like Aphex Twin and even the Australian producer, Mr Bill – who really inspires me. I also like a lot of dub because there are a lot of nice ways to use synths with that music as well. Another guy – Tycho – from USA has impressed me a lot with his last release too, some glitch music also with some cool synths.”

So to close, Fernando shares a few words about the Fourcolours party where he will share a stage with some of his partners in crime. “I am really happy and honored to be part of this project,” he surmises. “It’s incredible what these guys are doing because they’ve created a party where it’s no longer just about a drink and chat with friends, but an opportunity to see something really different – like an artistic intervention. I would say be ready to be in space and feel like the comets are talking with the stars! I am bringing some rocket science 3D music that hopefully you will have much fun with – as much fun as I had doing it all on this this trip to the new galaxy.” 

BY RK

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