Music / Mo’ Horizons
Mo’ Horizons — producers Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark Foh Wetzler — blend a subtle mix of influences into a sound that takes in everything from soul, to funk and triphop. We interviewed Ralf Droesemeyer recently: Last FM says that you guys combine ‘nujazz, soul, afro, Latin, funk, downbeat, dub, triphop and bigbeat with great skill’. That’s a lot of different sounds to get your heads around. Where do you find time to sleep? ‘Right man! Sleeping is very important to re-organize all the impressions we have stored in our minds during our lifetime. What would music be without a dream? So we take the chance to close our eyes whenever the angels are calling us — in the aeroplane, the tour bus, on the beach, and sometime you’ll also find us in a nice big bed’. Many people listen to Mo’ Horizons for inspiration, but who do you turn to when you need a creative kick along? ‘It’s a great honor to bring inspirations to the people. Music evolution is a game of give and take, and we have been inspired by so many musicians during our years of enjoying music. I think there is nothing really new in this world. Everything comes from something and has already been somehow. We just do a new mixture in times of globalisation. And we try to make it sounding fresh as possible’. It seems that a lot of modern electro strips the soul out of music. You guys work with a different approach in mind. What does soul mean to you and how can it translate into a musical form? ‘Soul is to say something you feel with a open heart and try to be as truthful as possible. First of all you need to really feel and understand the soul of the past to translate it into the present-form. Soulful addiction and experience help to find the right words of music, but it can’t be written to a recipe’.
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