[FbL.rec018] Derek Piotr - AGORA Regathered

After the remix album released at FeedbackLoop Derek Piotr has now AGORA Regathered available at bitsquare records. This is our recommendation today.

After releasing my solo record AGORA earlier this year, on which AGF assisted in production, I decided to release a remix album, titled AGORA Regathered. Regathered features input from Scanner, Blevin Blectum, and Steinbrüchel among many others. over half a year was spent curating this material and the final collection of remixes was carefully cherry picked. I see these tracks as not simply remixes but essential extensions of the original ideas.

AGORA Regathered was a chance for me to expand on the initial concept of the AGORA record by gathering together diverse re-presentations of my work. I carefully chose mixers from widely different demographics, both notable and obscure, but all of whom are dear to my heart. this echoes the concept of the ancient agora, by uniting people from various backgrounds into a single moment.

As is reflected in the final outcome, their approaches varied, but after placing calls for several versions of each track on AGORA from a vast range of artists I deeply respect, I patiently selected the remixes that I felt best exemplified a natural extension of my original tracks. the result is a collection which takes my compositions to their core and magnifies their essence. this was an exciting and rewarding record to curate; I send endless thanks to everyone involved and especially to my listeners.

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Available music in the web is a marvelous world to uncover, and ever since I came across the concept of Netlabels I was immediately stunned by the amount of music to discover. But shortly after I was overwhelmed by the fast paced releases and hard to find pearls (at least the ones that lasted more than 2 or 3 careful auditions). There are netlabels and record labels for all genres and you can find out there everything, but my intentions regarding the foundation of a label are based on two critical issues: listeners pleasure and tribute to the artist.

I want to release music that lasts one year, ten years, a lifetime, and that gives its listeners always a good reason to get back to it and also to promote as much as possible the artists that produce that music. I’m interested in the sensations that music transmits, its richness and its versatility.