Munich's Bostro Pesopeo is easily one of my favourite producers over the past 3 years. Bostro, or Florian Peter to family and friends, has been slowly building an impressive catalog of remixes and originals that fall somewhere in between house and indie, but do to his musical eduction and overall respect for quality sound his immaculate productions land on the on the classier and even cosmic side of both genres. While its hard to verbalize his exact style, his tracks are consistently special in a similar way; intelligent, crisp, unique, forward leaning might be some words to get us going. His rare releases often surface on and fit nicely into Munich's Permanent Vacation, a label which started in 2006 and quickly became one of the kingpins in the left-leaning house explorations. However, in 2009 under the name Ueberschalle, he released an EP entitled Dolore on Roccodisco Recordings which tended to be a bit more techy than his Bostro releases, but still contained a Bostro feel. Curious about Bostro's future music plans and general thoughts on and approach to music, I made contact and threw some questions at him. Check them below.
Zodiac Free Arts Club - Ein Lied Für Popol Vuh ( Bostro Pesopeo Remix ) by Bostro Pesopeo
Bostro Pesopeo - 0000 by Bostro Pesopeo
1. Who are you going to be remixing in the near future and when can we expect the releases?
I've just done a remix for a band also from Munich called 'High Voltage Humans'. Not sure where it's gonna be released though.
2. Have you got plans for another original EP or even LP? If so, can you describe the style?
Yes I'm currently working together with Pional on an EP. He contributed some great vocals and additions and overall it's gonna be a little more poppy I guess..
3. When making your original stuff do you feel at all constrained by the pressure to make dance music? That is, would you like to make non-dance music but don't because its more difficult to make money in it?
I find it more difficult to make dance music than non-dance music, but I like the idea of people also moving to the music. I don't really make money in it anyway so that doesn't matter.
4. About how much of your time is devoted to remixing versus your original compositions? (is it 50/50 or what?)
I usually only work on one project at a time and with original compositions you don't have any deadlines whereas with remixes you do. So I guess I spend more time on original compositions simply because I have as much time as I need.
5. Which do you like more, remixing or producing your own stuff? Why?
I find it easier to get started with remixes than to start your own productions from scratch, especially if I'm remixing a song with vocals. I really enjoy trying new chords with the vocals... but in the end my original productions are still more important to me.
6. Do you have a live show or do you just DJ? If you do preform live or will in the future, what would your live act entail? (controllers? instruments? musicians?)
Right now I only DJ, but I'm really thinking about doing live show. Would be cool not just to do a laptop show (I don't even have one) but i haven't taken the time yet to find a proper set up.
7. What are your thoughts on downloading music illegally?
As long as labels still have to spend money on the music for mastering, distribution or whatever, not paying for the music doesn't really seem right to me, so I don't do it. But I'd rather have people listening to (my) music they illegally downloaded than not listening to (my) music at all...
8. Any tips on upcoming artists to watch out for?
Pional!!!!
9. When and where are you playing next? Any Berlin dates?
I'll be playing some parties in Munich, no Berlin dates so far.
Check out all Bostro's tracks on his soundcloud page, but for now here are some of my favorites.
I've just done a remix for a band also from Munich called 'High Voltage Humans'. Not sure where it's gonna be released though.
2. Have you got plans for another original EP or even LP? If so, can you describe the style?
Yes I'm currently working together with Pional on an EP. He contributed some great vocals and additions and overall it's gonna be a little more poppy I guess..
3. When making your original stuff do you feel at all constrained by the pressure to make dance music? That is, would you like to make non-dance music but don't because its more difficult to make money in it?
I find it more difficult to make dance music than non-dance music, but I like the idea of people also moving to the music. I don't really make money in it anyway so that doesn't matter.
4. About how much of your time is devoted to remixing versus your original compositions? (is it 50/50 or what?)
I usually only work on one project at a time and with original compositions you don't have any deadlines whereas with remixes you do. So I guess I spend more time on original compositions simply because I have as much time as I need.
5. Which do you like more, remixing or producing your own stuff? Why?
I find it easier to get started with remixes than to start your own productions from scratch, especially if I'm remixing a song with vocals. I really enjoy trying new chords with the vocals... but in the end my original productions are still more important to me.
6. Do you have a live show or do you just DJ? If you do preform live or will in the future, what would your live act entail? (controllers? instruments? musicians?)
Right now I only DJ, but I'm really thinking about doing live show. Would be cool not just to do a laptop show (I don't even have one) but i haven't taken the time yet to find a proper set up.
7. What are your thoughts on downloading music illegally?
As long as labels still have to spend money on the music for mastering, distribution or whatever, not paying for the music doesn't really seem right to me, so I don't do it. But I'd rather have people listening to (my) music they illegally downloaded than not listening to (my) music at all...
8. Any tips on upcoming artists to watch out for?
Pional!!!!
9. When and where are you playing next? Any Berlin dates?
I'll be playing some parties in Munich, no Berlin dates so far.
Check out all Bostro's tracks on his soundcloud page, but for now here are some of my favorites.
Appaloosa - The Day We Fell In Love (Bostro Pesopeo Remix) by Bostro Pesopeo
Midnight Magic - Beam Me Up (Bostro Pesopeo Remix) by Bostro Pesopeo
Worst Friends - Pillows of Wind (Bostro Pesopeo Remix) by Bostro Pesopeo
Bostro Pesopeo - Basic by Bostro Pesopeo
Bostro Pesopeo - Reprise by Bostro Pesopeo
Rodion - Hold On Rodion (Bostro Pesopeo Rewarding Remix) (excerpt) by Gomma
