July 17, 2017
StillMuzik
Passion for music is very often a family affair. This is a story about two hermanos growing up in the 90's in Paris. Should they listen to Dire Straits or Public Enemy ? Or both ? Middle school hip hop tsunami then floods the parisian kids. Let's not cite all the artists, but it felt for them like discovering a new way of making music, mixing and rapping. With so many styles, influences and variety, it became a musical revolution, a musical revelation. So they start digging, hip hop records at first, then in all styles. At the same time, hiphopunderground, napster, myspace, allow them to quench their thirst for new music, while freestyling and playing music everywhere there is a mic or turntables. Adrien becomes a total vinyl head, and Fabio aka Biof geeks with samplers, synths and computers. Perfect combo for making beats with insane loops provided by his brother. They decide to found a label in 2008. Stillmuzik is born, releasing vinyl and digital works from Elaquent, Al Quetz, Somepling, Aaron Evo, to mention just a few. And their 4 volumes of Looking for the perfect beat compilations showcase worlwide beatmakers, in all styles, from the most famous to the yet to discover. From 2012 to 2016, their radio show on Le Mellotron, « Les Freres Pastor » allows them to propose to the audience the same « game » that they played before alone, making each other discover new music. Biof digs mp3s while Adrien brings records from his huge collection. They play hip hop of course, but reggae, funk, latin, compa, rock, rumba, cambia, house, trap, oriental music and disco as well. They don't give much a shit about style as long as it is good. While doing the radio show they decide to take a step further and make their first album as 'Les Freres Pastor'. Adrien would not just provide his brother with great records to work with, but would involve himself a lot more in the creative process. Throughout their adventures, they met with great friends, musicians and artists that they wanted to feature in the album. Vinczdef at the trumpet, Amadeo85 and his magic synths, MarOne, their art director, playing the funky guitar, DJ Ygal and DJ Karz showing their scratching skills, Nicolas Clavaud adding live crunchy bass. End2End studios shelters them for some recording sessions. They also ask to some of the great artists they had the chance to work with if they's like to remix one of the Hermanos' songs. : Somepling, Al Quetz, and Elaquent come on the brother's swinging ship. As music is the cheapest way to travel, let's embark with the brothers to a trip from Haiti to Colombia, Italy to the US, Jamaica to Martinique, Norvegia to Iran, Canada to Brazil. What could be cooler than a nostalgic and bangin' family trip around the world?