Thavius Beck , rap plastic electro
Who hasn’t resorted to electro music? Even those who argue otherwise and record their tracks within the four walls of their rooms use electronics. And those who do not use it still think about using it. The reality is far less simple than the principle. Synthetic is part of our music library, like it or not. Glory to Pierre Schaeffer and his post-war experimental and creative recording techniques with strange instruments and an emphasis on enjoyment and play.. Without this, Presley and Cash would be alive and the radio would no longer feed the illusion of inlaid products. How ironic !
Enough procrastination, repeat after me: ” Electro is good and breathes modernism.” Take with open arms, heavy, dense and indecent, the carrier of auditive dope and the titanic Thavius Beck who manages to ingest and digest without side effect, under an expert supervision.
With his nasal holes and haircut where 100 combs could talk, Thavius has already rubbed shoulders with great men in the development of his work like Trent Reznor (NIN) in Nas. As a musician and producer, he is everywhere you don’t expect him to be, hidden in the composition of film music, remixes, artist collectives (Global Phlowtations) and solo albums including ‘Decomposition’ (2004) his first release with a conception limiting the choking sound: he puts the rap in electro and not the other way around. It’s a subtle nuance when you know the “music of today’s youth,” are the words of patriarchs. Under the appearance of a tough guy, one is surprised to hear that he scratches foremost his melancholy. Without mercy, he combines instrumental sessions with hot beat flows. An ambivalence that can be associated with the goodwill and dreamy inspiration of his sidekick, poet and actor Saul Williams.
Thavius Beck reconciles rap with those who do not like electro and disunites electro with those who love him. A clash of genres that put into the fire the incessant denomination of showcase records, critical gaps in the market and a life without law.
© Julien Catala
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