Der NTS Radio-DJ Francesco Fusaro a.k.a. Froz bringt in den nächsten Tagen ein neues digitales Release heraus, dessen acht Tracks ganz der Geschichte und den immer noch durch die heutige Musik spukenden Geistern der Ravekultur gewidmet sind. In “Rave Flashbacks” verarbeitet Froz verschiedene stilistische Einflüsse, die sich wie im Falle von Noise oder Glitch bisher kaum in seiner Musik fanden. Das Album ist digital über die Bandcampseite des Künstlers erhältlich.
Im Begleittext heißt es: “The creative process behind the album is straightforward. Froz explains, “I plundered old, battered techno trance records to create the album and manipulated them using the humble-but-iconic sampler, Bastlr’s Microgranny.” The album was produced during a dark period of isolation in Froz’s hometown. Reflecting on the origin, Froz recalls, “I remember being at my mum’s place for my Christmas holidays some years ago. I was browsing through my record collection to kill time and stumbled upon this terrible batch of techno trance records I don’t remember ever buying. Skipping through them, I found some quieter moments that compelled me to quickly digitise them before I knew what to do with them. When I finally got back home to London, I transferred those clips to my Microgranny, and that’s when the fun part really began for me.” Despite its conception, Froz’s approach to the subject matter of rave culture is indeed tongue-in-cheek. He finds ‘chinstrokey’ takes on the same theme often dull and uninspiring. While Froz has never experienced a rave like Kirby or Senni, his upbringing on UK electronic music has given him “rave flashbacks” that are counterfeit, mediated from someone else’s recorded memories. This approach aligns with artists like Burial, who also utilises sampled ghosts from a rave afterlife. With a runtime of just a quarter of an hour, Rave Flashbacks offers a short yet immersive experience—a fleeting dream or a haunting nightmare—just before waking up to another dreadful day of work”.