Alex Smoke chats to LWE about his lung collapsing mid-set, teaching classical music to juvenile delinquents, and the importance of keeping a good mindset.
After a visit with the Soma boys in Glasgow for one of their 'Pressure' parties, Aleks Knoblauch met Alex Smoke for the first time, which eventually lead to the founding of Vakant and its first release. Check out the full story in SLIM Mag's recent issue.
The Scottish producer tells fabric how producing full-length records (as opposed to purely 12-inches) is an intrinsic part of his outlook as an artist.
Sprongtech Bubble Mix ..what?! Welcome to the wonderful world of Alex Smoke, creator of the current Vakant podcast. ‘An excursion from weird-beat to sprong-tech via bubble-mince’, as he says, and makes clear that nothing is clear. Enjoy!
Listen and subscribe to the podcast here on vakant.net or visit our www.Soundcloud/Vakant to get all Vakant podcasts!
The Scottish producer tells Italian site Soundwall that he is currently putting the finishing touches to a "semi-classical, semi electronic score" for F.W.Murnaus' 1926-released film Faust, which will be debuted at the Glasgow Film Festival in February.
After a short hiatus spent recording a hip-hop album which never saw the light of day, Alex Smoke is back with a great new techno long player. He talks candidly to Soonnight about the whys and wherefores of the album; his thoughts on mood and music, and why he intends to use more vocals in his future work...
