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Kuoyàh London mastering session

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:31:26 +0000

Two days ago I went to London to hook up with dj Oslek – owner at Frijsfo Beats, Uk – and Sully for the mastering session of my upcoming vinyl Ep. The work will be published under my second moniker “Kuoyàh”, kind of secret alterego producing futuristic bass music. Check some tunes here http://www.soundcloud.com/kuoyah.
Thus I had the chance to spend few hours in the excellent mastering studio at Air Studios, Hampstead.

Sound engineer Matt Colton made a brilliant job and you can imagine the great pleasure one feels while sitting in a professional studio surrounded by powerful analog machines, hyper quality – huge – studio monitors and good friends. I must say I still dream about this TAD studio monitors.

We were supposed to cut the vinyl right there, unfortunately due to a temporary issue we couldn’t, but I had the chance to take a closer look to the cutting equipment.

The release should be out in the records shop in March, so keep an eye on it. More infos will follow soon.
Tracklist:
A1_Angels Dub
A2_Asia
B1_Soldiers
B2_Angels Sully Remix

Take a listen to the unmastered tracks on my soundcloud profile http://soundcloud.com/kuoyah. You will also find some unreleased material. If you use soundcloud feel free to add me, I think it is a lovely network for musicians.

Other links:
http://frijsfo.com/
http://www.myspace.com/kuoyah
http://www.myspace.com/sullysg6

New Kuoyah Remix on Eight:FX Records

Marco Donnarumma — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:22:05 +0000

Finally out the latest remix i made under the side moniker ‘Kuoyah’. It’s a future garage version of a downtempo-dubstep experimental tune produced by the almighty Forensics.

The EP includes 4 remixes by Kuoyah, Wrexile, Grooky and Lexxus. An interesting release exploring different nuances of dub and garage… out now on the fertile ‘Eight:FX Records’.

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Eight:FX Records present….

FORENSICS – Reinventions EP [AR038]

01 : Endless (Wrexile remix)
02 : Headful of cloud (Kuoyah remix)
03 : Midnight sky (Grooki remix)
04 : Shelter (Tommy Lexxus remix)

“I’ll give them a spin on my new 1xtra show” – MRK1

http://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/reinventions_ep
http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1475987-02.htm

Due to be available from Amazon, iTunes, Boomkat, Beatport, DJDownload, Addictech, Trackitdown ETC soon too.
Forensics blog: http://forensicdubstep.blogspot.com/

Kuoyah rmx on FRJ004 Out now!

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:23:42 +0000

New release out now for my side musical project Kuoyàh.

I’ve been remixing a wonderful track of Point B titled ‘Someone Else’s Past’ which is featured on the forth vinyl of the british dubstep/garage/2step label ‘Frijsfo Beats’.

The release feature three stunning tracks by Point B, located among speed garage, idm and 2step.
Grab it now from Chemical Records, Boomkat and your favourite records shop!

Press Review

“After his excellent remix for Sully’s “Phonebox” EP last summer, Frijsfo Beats is delighted to provide a home for Point B’s latest and best experiments on the fringes of dubstep and UK garage. Point B previously enjoyed a swell of grass-roots appreciation for his material on leading UK electro label SCSI-AV – a sharp, intricately produced dancefloor twelve and an extremely thoughtful full-length. 2007′s EP for Stormfield’s Combat Recordings fused his techniques and sound palette with the rhythmic genius of two-step, an idea expanded and developed to its full potential on his first full Frijsfo release.

Opening track “Detritus” is built around an unbreakable backbone of kicks, woodblocks and dense sub-bass growls. Tweaked techno stabs sustain the pressure until Point B drops a mean (but tastefully executed) snippet of Distance-style bass guitar and an atmospheric post-Skream melody.

“No Smokes” is a tense meeting between two-stepping beat patterns and stiff electro-funk, illustrating Point B’s distinctiveness. Graceful soundtrack synths smooth things over somewhat, only to get re-jigged for mashed-up dancefloors by fragments of a caustic acid line.

“Isocity Meter” boasts an even brisker, more invigorating arrangement, dominated by huge, metallic bass tones that sound as if they’re being collided and yanked apart by an elastic sense of rhythm.

Finally, Italian Frijsfo discovery Kuoyàh contributes an unbelievable remix of “Someone Else’s Past”. His trademark loose, unevenly oscillating beat constructions are fascinating in their own right, but take away nothing from the rolling, dark two-step vibe. Any DJ who feels a connection to dubstep’s more creative eras should be playing this.”

Kuoyàh 1st UK Release OUT Now!

Marco Donnarumma — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:58:15 +0000

Via: Dubstep Forum & Frijsfo Beats

Out now!
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=176280
First Official UK release for my side musical project Kuoyàh. Enjoy and spread the voice!

I expect not many people have heard of this guy but I assure you he is one to watch if you’re into fresh 2step beats and skipping dubby techno vibes This ones more a dubstep thing. Hope you like it. Warlock played ‘Double Face’ on the Rag and Bone show last week… Have a listen to the clips or download them and see…
Dj Oslek (Frijsfo Beats UK)

SFO001 – Kuoyàh: Chase the Comedown EP

Release Date : February/March 2009
Label : Frijsfo Beats
Format : Mp3 / FLAC
Artist : Kuoyàh
Cat# : SFO001
Genre : Dubstep / Garage / Electronica

1. Dark Muse http://www.frijsfo.com/mp3/SFO001darkmuseclip.mp3

2. Double Face (Shit!) http://www.frijsfo.com/mp3/SFO001doublefaceclip.mp3

3. Pressure http://www.frijsfo.com/mp3/SFO001pressureclip.mp3

Audiovisual live Bristol

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:22:45 +0000

First official gig with my new musical project Kuoyàh & visual Artist Deftoo (PL). Audiovisual liveset 2step/dubstep/electronica.
FrijsfoBeats upcoming release launch party!

Check out:

Point B – http://www.spannered.org/radio/1563/

Sully – http://www.myspace.com/matasyn

Kuoyah – http://www.myspace.com/kuoyah

Deftoo – http://www.myspace.com/theghostsyoudrawonmyback

FRIJSFO BEATS (UK) – http://www.frijsfo.com

SAD goes UK – Kuoyah debut

Marco Donnarumma — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:09:32 +0000

Since February 2008 I’ve been working on a new musical project called ‘Kuoyàh‘, exploring dubstep/2step/garage sonorities. For those who know me this could sounds a strange news, but it came almost naturally. Some months ago I was a bit stuck with music productions, and i started composing some tracks without thinking much about what i was doing, only trying to express myself freely, forgetting my personal clichè (for a while..).

The result was unexpectedly interesting and i decided to try to send some demos over UK and Germany without focusing only on dubstep professionals.
In the end after some months I got in touch with Dj Oslek (owner of the upcoming, futuristic Frijsfo Beats label UK – Dub, Garage, 2step) who showed interest for my music and since then i decided to give a name – Kuoyàh as above – to this new side of my work.

The project went forward and now i am really glad to announce Kuoyàh debut on Frijsfo Beats. It will be a 3 tracks Ep called ‘Chase the Comedown‘. It will be the first of many digital only releases from the label and it explores – in a definetely S.A.D way – Dubstep/Electronica and hybrid styles.
The buzz around my work went totally out of my expectations and many artists from the dubstep scene supported my work with airtime in their radio shows (such as SUB.FM award winning dubstep radio).
So thanks to Bunzer0, Noyeahno&Warlock (of the great Rag&Bone label), Insectmind, Whistla and Forensics.

From the press release:

“As Kuoyàh, Marco shows us the fruits of his production work that has been influenced heavily by dubstep, garage, dub, and obviously his diverse musical background. This EP comprises some of Kuoyàh’s jittery, warped, cold dubstep beats, which quickly morph into hybrid style…
Fans of PointB, Pinch, Lewis Hunter, Ital Tek, Innasekt, Combat Recordings, Vex’d, Milanese should be interested to hear these tracks.”

The EP should come out in March/April and distributed on Boomkat / Bleep.
You can hear clips of the EP on Kuoyàh’s Myspace Profile:

http://www.myspace.com/kuoyah

or full tracks – low quality – on SoundCloud:

http://soundcloud.com/kuoyah

feel free to drop me a line if you enjoy the tunes. I would be curious of the opinion of my friends out there.

Keep an eye on Kuoyàh, because there are other forthcoming vinyl releases in the next months and an upcoming UK gig in Bristol at The Croft.
In March there will be the launch party of the 4th release from Frijsfo Beats and me and Deftoo – polish visual artist – will play a 1hour audiovisual set (first public performance).

’Dark Muse’ appears in Dj Oslek’s (UK) chart

Marco Donnarumma — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:19:47 +0000

Another nice news..

my dubplate ‘Dark Muse’ (dubstep, idm, industrial) is included in the chart of Dj Oslek (UK), close to Sully ‘Phonebox’ (PointB remix), Sully ‘Sleazy’, ScanOne ‘Skip’ and Phaele ‘Euboea’. More info here

If you’re interested in my dubplate, just write me an email here and i’ll be glad to send it.

Dave Oslek is the founder of Frijsfo Beat fresh upcoming dubstep label from Bristol.
You’ll find among their first releases some great works.
And i would suggest you to wait for the forthcoming release of Sully.