The veteran of Ukrainian drum'n'bass scene, musician with a rich background - Leftie, presented his mini album on 2064年 Recordings. It's a special occasion, since he is very reverent about his music and quite rarely puts it out. This release combines lots of ideas and styles and every single track is a chapter with its own story and meaning taken from his personal audio diary.

The journey starts with wonderful ambient tune - ‘Rejection’, which submerges the listener into right atmosphere from the very first notes and emphasizes the mood with sounds of a summer rainfall. Tedium explores the tricky question of boredom - can you write a tune that transmits this feeling, but is not boring itself?

‘DTP’ - the most experimental work of the release - was generated exclusively from a recording made in a car after a small traffic accident. Every sound, one way or another, was designed from interior hum and emergency lights clicking, which once again proves that there are no limits in creation.

The title track of the release — ‘Caveman On A Date’ — explores the feelings of an introvert dealing with an outside world. Tribal aesthetics, spontaneity of events and changes in groove intensity mix into a peculiar audio cocktail of emotions, not bereft of self irony.

‘Two Angry Developers Fixing A Problem While I Play With My Synth’ tells one of thousands office stories, which happened to all of us. What makes this particular story special is that its foundation was performed live on a synth right at the office. ‘

Comets’ and ‘Cassiopeia’ are all about Leftie's love for outer space. The latter also actively uses the sounds of cosmic events and bodies provided by NASA.

The journey finishes in awe of the beauty of the universe and creates a cyclic feeling linking back to the start of the release, so you'll definitely want to take this trip again!


LEFTIE

Alex Shatalov a.k.a. Leftie is a veteran of the Ukrainian breakbeat scene. Alex grew fond of hip-hop and drum'n'bass music in his teenage years and started producing own music in 1999.

After getting in touch with a local party scene Leftie also became a DJ known for his special selection and love for the cultural roots. At that time Alex also signed some of his tracks to local labels and became an active member of the Ukrainian electronic music community. Years of involvement resulted in him joining 22:22 Studio where now he teaches production and works on his music.

Leftie is a frequent guest of local parties and radio shows and though he is mostly known for his drum'n'bass exploits, there are absolutely no genre restrictions to what he does in the studio. Alex strives to imbue his music with depth and cinematic feeling to paint a picture or tell a story, whatever stylistic form it might take.