point “40:45”

point's first full length „40:45“ (CD & LP out on sound.kasten), is treat of deep baselines, wonky garage beats, twisted samples and good portion of dub. Every tune speaks for itself: "I want my audience to sit down, listen & devote themselves with my music." This week we sat down with point to talk about some of the tunes that are influential to him. You can listen to them on the next page and read what he has to say about each one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apuLs_ayKRM fugazi - shut the door: the whole thing here is in no particular order so i choose to start off with a piece of pure stage magic. besides infecting me with the d.i.y.-virus fugazi is one of those bands that still inspire me in every way.. this piece taken from their "instrument" documentary (shot by jem cohen) always gets the the goose bumps…. watching these people doing their thing on stage and creating this massive energy! so this is something i also try to achieve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-MLV3YL1k dj krush - decks athron (feat. tatsuki): here´s another one for the island! being a post punk kid i´ve been digging through all kinds of sounds until i finally made my way to "electronic music". dj krush was actually one of the first i discovered, and man, i tell you his beats kicked my ass so hard… so abstract, so deep, so soulful still nowadays this is one of my favorite tracks! simply amazing! the great master! hail krush! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-fdKU8T0S8&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Bzc2d_GbjIHXU_R6a1i8Ty we ™ - magnesium flares: well those where the days of illbient! asphodel put out tons of awesome records back then…. and i totally fell in love with this one! it was we ™´s debut full length, and i really kinda started worshipping those three insanely creative guys! rich panciere (loop) moved to vienna a few years ago and we actually got friends and did some sounds together…. so those tunes are now even more deep in my heart! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a1NhRbNJ_Y can - vitamin c: here´s another huge well of inspiration - the mantraesque grooves of krautrock! there´s so much good stuff to find i guess you gotta dig for yourself, but "can" surely is a good start! have fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMHhIL2zEw roots control - roots control: well this one´s a tough one… i totally wanted to feature a word sound record here, cause those guys have been the ultimate freak brothers!!! deep, dirty and simply jaw dropping they release tons of awesome and inspirational records, but i chose roots control cause the ill saint ski fernando jr. a.k.a spectre really sets a new level for dub sounds!!! this is just amazing! drown in a sea of bass! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOW7u74v-E trentemöller - the very last resort: most likely trentemöller is considered a minimal artist but check out his last resort album! always kills me when i listen to it on the road through my headphones! wandering through the dark streets of vienna… maybe drunk carrying my record case…. especially this tune! there´s so much bass and compression going on - i could listen to it over and over again! a masterpiece! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPM7xb5_vGk sofa surfers - 21st century army: here´s two in one! one of my biggest influence and inspiration, the local heroes sofa surfers team up with odatee!! they play audiovisual live sets with real instruments… so that was kinda a eye opener for me hyptnic grooves meet politics and artistic perfection… it was all possible i thought… so i started doing my own thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSn91dM__lQ martyn - these words: i guess people call it future bass or whatever… anyway martyn totally wins in my point of view! there´s the garage beats, there´s the basslines, there´s this neat sweetness, and if you crank it up you can dance to it all night! what more do you want! i wanna hear it again and again and again…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_SBPZ_pdv4 underworld - king of snake: so what about the rave spirit? some might like them some might don´t but this live performance of underworld´s classic "king of snake" totally captures it! listening to the pumping beats and the watching the guys being really deep into the sound really is beautiful and kind of makes me wanna pop pills every time i witness it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDhX8cpjtI jaques green - baby i don´t know what you want: smurfs on acid… i dunno…. all i know is that i fell in love with this track…. there´s stuff you simply can´t explain! but it really got a "favorite weapon" in my record bag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6vVP91C3Iw the cure - lets go to bed: so finally here´s the last one, and this one´s really from the heart…. uh… yeah… the cure… it´s all good!