Special Edition by Joe Pacheco, young musician from Montreal, Canada, who brings us a two hours set featuring the very best of Ambient music Worldwide + tracks from his recently released CD named "The Path to Reality", by "Inner Light Spectrum". SIMPLY AMAZING!
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We leave you with the Exclusive Interview ADream had with Joe Pacheco from Inner Light Spectrum!:
Name
Joe Pacheco (Inner Light Spectrum)
Age
34 (Ugh !!)
City & Country
Montreal, Canada
How did you get involved in the World of Music? Who were and are your biggest influences?
Sit back because this is going to be a long one. My older brother Tony, showed up one Saturday afternoon when I was 7, with a black acoustic guitar. He showed me the riff to Satisfaction from the Rolling stones, and that was it. Benjamin Russell, started a little class with about 10 kids, he and his wife would teach us simple chords, folk and Beatles songs. We would go every Saturday afternoon and sit in the park and play songs. I also played Clarinet & French horn in a marching band from age 7 to 15. I hated it at the time, but I believe it played a big role in my harmonic development, I got to hear 1st hand how the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd clarinets and trumpets lines harmonized. As well a how all the other instruments supported each other. How the individual lines make up the whole. Basically music was everywhere, I either played it or listened to it on the radio. I used to play air guitar to Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Van Halen in my bedroom. My brother and I used to make our own radio programs on cassettes back then. I pretty much listened to a lot of rock and metal music. I've listened to so much music throughout my life, and always a diverse mix. I never understood why I couldn't like Metallica, and The Beastie Boys at the same time. People used to to tell me " hey you can't like Metal and rap..." but i did.
The biggest influences throughout my life are Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Dream Theater and Iron Maiden, but at the same time I listened to a lot of classical, Jazz, and eventually got into electronic music. A good friend turned me onto Enigma, and I was stunned by the beauty, by the powerful epic music. That was around 1996, which was the perfect time, as trip hop was really picking up here in Canada. Discovering Bjork, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, DJ Shadow, The Crystal Method etc. All were huge influences on me. I really started to write more chillout when I discovered Thievery Corporation, and Kruder & Dorfmeister.
This will sound cliché, but Music is the biggest influence. I love being able to turn feelings and emotions into music. Bring you to another place. I mean we all have those moments in life where music is such a big part of it. Then when you hear a particular song or sound many years later, it can in a split second take you back to an exact moment in your life. You can recall entire scenes, emotions, sensations. It's almost as if it were written just for you.
What do you think of today's Chillout Scene, not only in Canada, but Worldwide?
It's hard to say really. It's as if chillout reached a sort of peak. I think all the million & one compilations had a sort of saturation effect on the mainstream music buying public. One thing I know is that online, chillout still has a large following. Just have a look on you tube, it's pretty crazy, lots of podcasts and blogs thanks to people like A Dream music.
And speaking of the Chill Scene....tell us about the Canadian Scene, the artists and their followers? How mainstream is it?
I'm not to sure about a chillout scene in Canada, I think it's really more of an electronic music culture. People here are really open minded, and styles tend to cross over. In Montreal, we have lot's of festivals for music, theatre, films, comedy, etc. Summers here are quite eventful. Check out this wiki page for a sample. We have Mutek and MEG, which is specific to electronic musicians. Chances are if you go to a restaurant or cafe here, you'll hear some chillout or chill house and maybe some nice jazz or r&b in the background.
Please define the "Chillout Lifestyle". What does it mean to you?:
Disconnecting from the everyday grind. Not taking things too seriously. Simplifying things, relaxing, listening to some form of music that really makes you feel alive, be it jazz, rock or ambient. Sharing good times with friends & family I love playing with my daughter. Deep conversations, I love that! Stealing a moment for ourselves. We go so fast we miss a lot of things. I like to just sit and take time observe things around me.
Why Inner Light Spectrum? Where does the name come from?
I've had a few other projects over the years, slightly different from this one, ex. Lemonade Speedster, my 1st electronica project, done with 1 synth, an old mac, and 1 guitar, all instrumental. Another project with a good friend of mine One Minds's Eye. We wrote a few songs that ended up on some compilations like Cafe Del Mar. That was more of an electronica with traditional song structures and vocals. For Inner Light Spectrum I wanted to write music that people could internalize, really connect with. A project with more of a spiritual vibe, a moment to look at our very own existence and celebrate all that we really are. Just sit back, close your eyes, and let the music take you where you need to go. A spiritual journey of sorts. As for the name, I'm a huge 311 fan, and I've always liked that their lyrics are very spiritual and cosmic and ask a lot of the same questions as I do. Inner Light Spectrum is a song on their Transistor album. I thought the name went perfect with my vision. The only rule I have for Inner Light Spectrum is that "there are no rules", I want to blend different sounds and textures and use things in my environment to make sounds. Some Idm and glitchy stuff all thrown in, but not just to be cool, it must suit the feel, and vibe, and it must be melodic. I wrote a lot of music for this album and did a lot of experimenting. I had over 100 minutes of music, some I never got to complete 100%. I ultimately chose 11 songs that flow really well together. I hope they do for others as well.
Which artists would you love or have loved to play with?
There are too many to mention obviously, but I would love to play with David Gilmour, I have been listening to David (Pink Floyd) since I was really young, his influence is so strong it just comes out in my playing without me even trying. Pat Metheny, wow, I really got into Pat Metheny in my 20's, thanks to his Beyond the Missouri sky record with Charlie Haden. It's heaven on disc! I can seriously spot his playing anywhere. Speaking of heaven, Seal, need I say more? I would have loved to jam with John Bonham. I can seriously just listen to the drum tracks on zeppelin songs. BT, so inventive, he's just really cool and an inspiring monster talent, yet seems so down to earth. Amon Tobin, seriously cool stuff that only he can make, A true master.
Define yourself in three words
Inspired, Curious, Patient
This next question is a must in our Show: Name 5 of the Best [or your favorite] Chill, Ambient or Downtempo songs or albums in history
1. Kruder & Dorfmeister The K&D sessions
2. Thievery Corporation DJ kicks
3. Portishead Dummy
4. BT This Binary Universe
5. Ott Blumenkraft
So many people today, sadly think that a song that was released 3 months ago is old, and discard it. In Adream we believe that good music never dies, no matter the time or genre, and therefore respect and try to keep it alive. What are your thoughts or personal opinions in regards to that?
I'm not sure "people" really think that way, I think that's more of a media thing. I mean commercial radio plays the same songs 5 or 6 times day for 3 months, it's only normal people will be fed up. I rarely listen to commercial radio at all for this very reason, and that's why the Internet is so important and popular. People can find what they are looking for. Not what some advertiser wants them to hear. I grew up listening to albums, not just singles. I personally, think that is the best way. It's like listening to 1 movement only in a symphony, or reading just one chapter in a book. You don't get the whole picture. I had an Ipod, and dumped in most of my CD collection. I made play-lists or listened on shuffle, and every time i got to the end of a song, I anticipated the next song from that album, and would be disappointed when it randomly played another song.
To create a track is like "painting" with sounds… when do you decide that your work is finished? when do you reach that moment when you know that each beat is in its right place, the tempo is perfect, the mix impeccable? Do you go over things time and time again, or it depends on the track?
There are a few scenarios with me. Some songs will be written, and almost mixed in a few hours. Others will take many sessions, sometimes over months. I don't like to force anything when I write. If I'm stuck, I'll sit there and try some ideas for a little while, but if nothing is coming, I move on to something else and come back to it another day or week or month, sometimes never. I have tons and tons of song ideas that are just a few bars long, or just a basic idea, a melody with a simple beat, never completed. Who knows one day I might finish it. I've had a few like that on my album, like "I just wanted to say..." was just a simple idea, based around a jazz drum loop in 2004, then I added the clean intro guitar parts in 2005, and wrote and recorded the guitar solo in 2006. Sometimes I mix while I write, do all the sound design as I go, and it just needs a little tweaking in the final mix stage. Sometimes I'm still writing, even re-recording, re-arranging stuff while I'm mixing. Many times, I'll make ruff mixes, and put it on my mp3 player and listen to it when I go for walks, or while I do other work. Sometimes I'll just have a listening session, listen back to what I'm working on, I listen loud, I have to feel the music, with my whole consciousness, I like to be surrounded by the music. I sit there and let the music sort of bounce off of me, and if anything sticks out or isn't right that will usually tell me. So basically no rules for me.
Please tell us briefly about the software and hardware that you used in your Recording Studio
My studio has really gone through some changes over the last couple of years. I've really been simplifying things. Less is more you know. For software I use an old version of Nuendo, UAD Plugins, some East West libraries, for hardware I use a pc with windows XP an RME fireface 800, my trusty old Roland XP-50 as my controller, it was my 1st studio purchase, and I learned so much with it, wrote so many different songs, I have an attachment to it. For tracking I have an SE Electronics Z5600 tube mic, SM57, Cascade Fat Head microphone, simple as mics go. Some API Preamps. Eventide H3000, this thing just kills. For Guitars I have a custom strat built by a local luthier, an Ibanez 7String, and an Ibanez Artcore, for sounds I use either my Mesa Triaxis pre amp, with a Mesa Simulclass 395 Stereo power amp, I've had this combination for so long, it just has great tones, I like to run synths, bass lines, drum loops, even string parts, through my guitar amp. I also use Line 6 Pox XT Live, I love the tones I get with this thing, I used it a lot on the album.
How did you discover ADream Music and what do you think of our Editions?
I was searching online and stumbled on Adream music. Right away the page and your style stood out. ADream Music is taking a leading role in bringing excellent chillout to an audience as well as helping new electronic/chillout artists reach that audience. I like how your mixes not only incorporate electronica, but many different styles. Among others I really liked the movie edition.
What would you like to say to our listeners?
Keep supporting projects like ADream, it gives a voice to artists who wouldn't normally have a voice. Try to enjoy every moment.
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