WEDIDIT COLLECTIVE: WeInterviewedIt: Bluezr

The first time i heard this stuff was through a friend and no stranger to wedidit himself, Mark Aubert, when he pulled out some dusty tapes during a visit at his old burned house (RIP). If you've ever listening to something lo-fi and been like "shit bro, that lo-fi", you know not of what i speak. These recordings areso dusty and rich, listening to his work feels like your uncovering some chopped reality of late night am radio and stacks of aged vinyl the dust bunnies didn't want you to find out about.

Dakota Greaves aka Bluezr, is a very elusive guy. The best indication that he's still alive is to check his site every so often, in which you'll find a new mixtape faster than some people can spell "ihopehe'stillhere." You'll find that his heartbeat monitor is pulsing alive and well with so much great stuff out there its hard to know where to start. Some of my personal favorites are his new pyschotronic mixtape, as well the previous eurisko release. below you'll find a few words exchanged with the dude, and thoughts on his process.

Bluezr Mini Interview

A/S/L?

23/M/Oakland.

How long have you been producing?

well, i've been experimenting with music for about 9 years.

How long have you been making "Beats" during that?

Probably 7 years. Before beats i just fucked around with a 4 track and guitar, then discovered some techniques to turn my dual cassette deck into an infinite track.

Gear?

boss SP-202, sanyo dual cassette deck, record player.

Damm thats raw. what would say is your current music process?

listen to a lot of music for a period of time, then get very inspired and spend a few days knocking out a tape. I also do this type of music, because its like i'm part of this conversation with all these dope musicians. Like i get to be the producer for all these legends. I get to tell billy cobham to play at 90 bpm, while janko nilovic composes an orchestra hit, and bobbi humphrey plays a flute riff. Its like my brain is a transceiver, a huge mixer, and puts these people together.

I know you record to cassette tape, why tape?

I have always recorded to cassette, i grew up on tapes and never had a problem with quality, etc. they're just awesome, i can record any piece of music from almost any medium to cassette and slap it in my walkman or put in a friends car stereo. i can rock a boombox while playing basketball or kicking it with friends in a park. it just works ya know. the reason i record to cassette is because my computer set up is super ghetto and because of that infinite track thing i was talking about.

Lastly, Anyone we should check out?

mark aubert, lukman, eprom be pf, bcop, faire revival, electric sunset, and carrier.

Thanks Duuuude.