MARCO: We are Marco and Borut,
from Gorizia. After a teenage spent listening to good rap,
we decided to join our abilities to create something from
our common love for music. With a bizarre equipment based
on an Akai 2800, a pretty old Cubase version and headphones
as a microphone, we started producing some funky-clunky
beats.
3) Influences: Daft Punk / Metro
Area and the current electro scene... talk about:
BORUT: As usual as any good
rapper around, we were influenced by the great classics
such as George Clinton, Atcq, Nas, Gangstarr, NWA. Growin'
up we discovered fresh and innovative sounds from people
like Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Playgroup, Chicken Lips,
Metro Area.
But we must mention also an underground gotha of old incredible
producers that strongly influenced our work: names like
Arthur Russell, Larry Levan, Bill Laswell or Leroy Burgess
for example.
4) Italy and your town:
MARCO: Choices in life and
musical taste are not matter of where do you live, in Italy
rather than in UK.
The factor that changes the situation more than the inspiration
is the response and the importance given from nation to
nation to club culture.
5) Machines or Computer programming?
BORUT: Machines & Softwares:
akai 2800, headphones as a mic (we’re not naive,
we’re poor!), Reason 2.5, Korg Poly 800, Korg MS2000R,
M-Audio Ozone.
6) Loops, 80 and italo groove:
MARCO: our music starts from
a very maniacal search for a good sample, which could bring
the song to life.
We mix up all our samples and articulated loops to reach
the result of a final sound with many different influences.
We think that’s why our songs strongly recall that
musical melting pot of the early ‘80s New York scene.
7) Why the white car in your cover
CD?
BORUT: When everybody’s
talking about the ‘80s, we know there are ghosts
of the worst stereotypes of the ‘90s that are coming
too. You can’t run from the return of the ‘90s:
it’s growing subtler and subtler. Miami Bass Beware!!
8) Your Live set experience:
MARCO: our dj set is a journey
from yesterday to tomorrow within all our personal classics.
I’m the one on a mission to put on decks electro
funk and old hip hop nuggets, while Borut is in charge
to deliver the new electro scene mixed up with frency beats
and house classics, pumping up the SL1200’s pitch.
9) Who sing?! Talk about your "message":
BORUT: The one at the mic
is Marco and he sings about his love for chocolate vinyls
and neverending friendship. There are also a lot of props
so loved by rappers (file under: bling bling). On our record
we host “Il Ragazzo del Phuturo” which came
from the future to told us about his clumsiness with girls,
a trademark in his digital life.
. 10) Future and coming music project:
MARCO: a second chapter of
the Scuola Furano saga in 2006, some side projects and
a bunch a remixes still “work in progress”.
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Scuola Furano playlist 04.2005:
1. Marco Passarani - Sullen look [Peacefrog]
2. Dj Hell - Let no man jack (Busy P Stotter remix) [International
Deejay Gigolò]
3. Portobella - Viva la difference! (Playgroup vocal mix)
[Eye industries]
4. The Youngsters - Dirty life [FCom]
5. Johnny Dangerous - King of Clubs [King street sounds]
6. Superfunk - Come back (supamix) [Fiat Lux]
7. Fat Phaze - It's magic [Missdemeanours music]
8. Kiko & Stephane D - Jack the box [International
Deejay Gigolò]
9. Basement Jaxx - Oh my gosh (Bugz in the attic remix)
[XL]
10. Manar - Inbalance [Jewel]
11. Jori Hulkkonen - Dark Matters [FCom]
12. Human League - All I ever wanted (Alter Ego remix)
[Klang]