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Re:Constructing Fatali: BNE's rising protege Reported by HarderFaster / Submitted 13-02-08 18:16 How many 20-year-old artists get offered triple album deals in this day and age? With dance music becoming more of a precarious game than ever and most labels having to be cautious to say the least, such deals are usually the stuff of pipe dreams. However, that’s exactly what happened to Eitan Carmi — more commonly known as Fatali — who was first discovered by London-based psy trance pioneers Alchemy Records while still in his teens, before being signed to Israeli uberlabel BNE. More recently he’s released his third album, the epic ‘Dawn’, as well as the critically acclaimed remix project ‘Re:Construct’, which was awarded Mixmag's Compilation of the Month in their November issue. With both albums being top of our play list recently, HarderFaster decided it was time to find out more about one of today’s most innovative musicians... For those who don’t know you, let’s start with some background. You were born in the holy city of Nazareth in 1984, Orwell’s fateful year. Growing up were you always interested in music, or did something happen to get you converted to a musical path? I was always interested in music and at 3–4 I started to play the keyboard and piano. Then when I was 10–11 I saw drums and bought a computer and started electronic music. Before that, when I was very young, I started to get converted to a musical world. When I found the electronic world it was something very different and new to me. But I was always attracted to music… Were your parents musical? No, I’m the only one in the family. My Mum was from Morocco and my Dad from Rumania and that’s a very different mix of cultures, and that’s in my music in some ways. I think this mixture has made me a different person and as a result I was exposed to a lot of music — especially Moroccan music — when I was young. Then I started to develop an electronic sound… What happened when you were 13 to get you into electronic music? I was walking with my sister in Eilat near the border with Egypt. We were walking near the beach and I heard in some music in a shop. I remember since then I got really really attracted to it. It’s almost ten years ago and I remember that day! After I heard that sound I fell in love! That was it! Since then I started learning the culture of music, producing and then DJing. I went to my first party when I was 14 and by then I was producing my own stuff. By the age of 16 I took it to the next level. I was already resident in a club in Israel! In some weird way everything has come in its own time. While I was resident in that club I started to build a home studio, which helped me to produce in my own style and make the sounds I wanted to express. Luckily I started at a very young age, so by age of 17 when I was still in school studying I got an offer from Alchemy in London to do my own album. They asked if I wanted to come to the UK for a month, master my whole album and get some bookings along the way. That was the moment that everything changed. I gave up school and they booked my tickets three days later and I went straight to London. I ended up staying for four months and didn’t want to come back. I got a call from a promoter in Amsterdam and travelled to Brazil. One day I got a call from Avi Yosef, A&R of BNE, the label of Infected Mushroom and lots of big big artists. Even after my first album, this was still a dream. I was just a baby signing an artist contract and I went for it! I’ve since done much more than I expected… since then I’ve released two albums and one remix album. What music influenced you growing up? Lots of different stuff but with the same elements. At the beginning I listened to lots of Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode — electronic sounds that are now coming into psy trance. I’ve always been into the newer sounds of technology — Scandinavian music, like Son Kite and Ticon. They’re quite different from the Israeli artists! Most Israeli artists are into full on! For me, that’s what shaped the sound of Fatali. That music gave me what I was looking for. It really touched me from the beginning, then I started to hear Simon Posford’s different stuff! I can definitely say the psy trance artists who’ve had the biggest influence on me are Son Kite and Cosma. Cosma really influenced me. His first album was on BNE and his second was due out on HOMmega. He died in a motorcycle accident just before that album was released. He was 5–6 years older than me and we were in touch just before he died. Cosma That’s terrible! He was the first big artist I appreciated the most, not just because he died but because his music really affected me. It still affects my music every day. Today after three albums and remix projects and 12 singles you can definitely recognise the Fatali sound if you’ve heard it before once or twice. I’m really happy now, as it took some time for people to get used to some more melodic stuff and some more minimalist stuff. Both sides — dancefloor material and spacey sounds — I try and combine the two elements. That gave me my style, and that’s recognisable. You’ve experimented with the impulse tracker and got into some serious production work while still just a teenager. Were you a nerd? Or did you do other things growing up as well as music? No!! Actually 99% was music and maybe 1% sleeping — from the beginning since I discovered electronic music, computers and everything you can do with it. I went to school and came back home to work on the production from last night. It was like that for a few years. I believed if you can do something then it can happen. I had to be realistic but it was possible. I had a goal. I never thought it would happen at such an early age — three albums, all the touring — everything before 23! But I was not sitting waiting for it to happen. I made it happen. A lot of people can learn from that! It’s faith. I had good people around me, supporting me. I was honest with myself and my style. Many people know to appreciate good music and its development. Something that wouldn’t happen here was a real fan base and an album that made a mark. From there everything was possible. You then went on to learn various software programmes. What did you start out with? Did you have a teacher or were you self taught? No! Because I lived in the north of Israel, there are not so many DJs or parties or whatever. I was totally in the north so it was very hard to get places, especially when you’re not mobile and don’t have a car. With electronic music you can just be in the middle of music with a computer and make a whole production. We’re trying to make a nice video to show all the stuff behind the studio work; to really show our studio from stage 1 to 100% ready. The fourth album will be the most difficult to make from the others. Everything I’ve learned from the past will be pushed into the next one, because it’s going to be the biggest project in size. Everything from everything, not just one style. What software do you like to use in the studio? Cubase and a Sequence Korg 2000 synth. A few months ago I was finally in the studio with full equipment. Before that I did shitty recording on lots of singles. I use many live sounds, instruments, trying to push the limit and check out what I can do to it. In the producing studio, I can record anything — almost! At the end, you must challenge and try different things to really feel like you’re doing music, not just a few tracks and a few loops. I think that’s the reason some psy trance is being recognised in places. I never believed this could happen with psy trance. Has it always been very underground? Yes! Even when I first started, it was still on the edge. It was totally different — the way promoters were dealing with artists and labels... Now we have sponsors! There’s big psy events in Mexico and Japan with sponsors like Heineken and Red Bull. We’re talking about another scene in electronic music! Why the name ‘Fatali’? Does it have a special meaning in Hebrew? Fate— like destiny. ‘Li’ in Hebrew is ‘mine’, so it means ‘my destiny’. My sister takes credit, she came up with it. We wanted something and came up with it when I was 14. She said, you need a good name and stick with it. It’s the only name I’ve had! Your music ranges from deep prog to full on psy trance. How would you describe the Fatali sound? I’d say it’s happy music for happy people — for sure! Uplifting, deep, progressive trance, that’s what makes the Fatali sound. You’ve been producing professionally for five years. How do you find inspiration in the studio? Mostly after loving, trying to chill out at home. Once in a while I take a vacation. I don’t force myself to write music because it must come from the heart. Then you can go into the studio. Even if it takes a month. Every track I take full credit for the quality standard. When you hear the first album you can hear the ideas but the sound is very low. In the second album — I’m getting there but I haven’t got it. In the third album, you can hear the ideas and the general production is equal. I’ve made a pact that’s very important to me — to make it the best I can. At the end of the day, people pay money, be it for a party or an album! You can’t disappoint people. I want to make them happy. I have to work harder to be the best I can. At the end of the day people are paying and you have to appreciate that! What, in your opinion, makes a great track? First of all, it has to be emotive — an idea you can recognise. Some chord or vocal that makes it special, that give it some thing unique. Second, great production. Even if it’s a different style, you can appreciate the production. You need the right time to give a track. If you’re given time, you can always make it better. If you rush to finish it, you can tell. If you give it time, you can give it more ideas and the final result it better. If you rush, it’ll sound like your previous track or idea. Give it the full time it needs and you can make it a special track. In the last couple of years you’ve performed your music live all over the world. What’s been your favourite gig so far? I can definitely say the Solar Eclipse in 2006 in Turkey — an experience I’ll remember for the rest of my life. I was only there for two days as I had to fly to Mexico, but they were two of the happiest days of my life. The SOS Festival in Japan, in 2006 and 2007 in Nagano, where the Winter Olympics was in 1998. It’s 6–7 hours outside of Tokyo. It was summer and it was amazing, as it’s in the mountains near a lake. It’s high in the mountains and has the most amazing production. They’ve got a huge budget and the whole festival shows it — it’s a proper festival. The main stage has the most amazing, colourful production — everything! The atmosphere! There’s lots of prog and full on but only quality. They know exactly what you like! This year was bigger — 6000 people, an amazing experience! These two festivals have been the most influential festivals for me so far. But now of course there’s so many festivals… And the worst? I can say a pretty weird thing in July at the Tshitraka Festival, a prog festival where Son Kite was also playing. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence but we’ve played together over ten times, it’s something. One month afterwards I flew to Hamberg to Otsafa Festival. I thought it would be just as nice. But it was the opposite, it was really weird. It was not so well organised let’s just say — I don’t know if it was their first party but I didn’t like it! Is there anywhere you haven’t played that you’d like to? Definitely China! It’s just opening up.... Yes, I’d love to explore! I’ve played Korea, Japan and India but never China. From what I’ve heard they’re getting really warmed up there for the electronic scene. Eskimo asked me if I’d played in Ibiza. I think my sound would work there! My music is very melodic so I think it would work very well there. When I played in Barcelona I really wanted to go but didn’t. I just want to go and check it out and see what’s up. What have been the highlights of your career so far? The first time I played in London in 2000, for me that was a dream come true. When my second album — the first one on BNE — was released, it was frantic with press and booking requests! I’d been touring one and a half years. So my second album release was one of the happiest moments of my life. You could feel it from the media, when an unknown artist releases and album. You can feel it when the system is working together. It’s happening still today: the same system, the same people but we’re just going higher and higher! So much of the world’s best psy trance comes out of Israel. You do you think this is? I hear you guys have some awesome parties! First because psy trance in Israel means good music. Usually outside, people are going to parties and raves. In Israel you’re usually exposed before you join the army at 18 so you do it when you’re young. It’s a very very small country. If you’re in the centre you can get in contact with everyone. Maybe outside Israel it’s not so friendly. In Israel, you can meet everyone and there’s a feeling you can do it. You meet artists everywhere and you can meet the promoters by going to parties and many people are exposed to it at a very young age… Like you? Yes, like me! You’ve recently released your third album, ‘Dawn’, which is known as being very difficult for any musician. Was it? Yes! Because with this album I knew I had to make something new, not just the same album. I had to work hard original sounds. Every sound or beat or melody or kick — I didn’t want to disappoint. So I tried something new and people liked it. I didn’t just decide that I was going to lock myself in the studio, I did a lot of travelling. I tested every track in my live shows and tested the reactions, then made it better as I could see what worked on the dancefloor. I was sticking to new sounds and they’re my best yet! You’ve also released your remix album, ‘Re:Construct’ towards the end of 2007. What was the concept behind this album? And was it difficult to choose the tracks to go on it? First of all, I wanted to do remixes with the artists I like and different styles from every label I chose. The first track by Son Kite I first heard in 2004. Since I’ve heard the track ‘Let Us Be’ I said to myself that I’d remix that track for sure. The same with ‘Headed for Infinity’ by Oforia, which is from a very special album I used to play a lot. I just wanted to give it my own touch with my own sound. Protoculture is from South Africa and first, he’s a very good friend. Second, I’ve always liked his music — he’s one of the most talented artists around. We decided he’d remix my track and I’d remix his. The other six artists are remixing tracks from ‘Dawn’. Again, I chose the artists for different reactions, different sounds, different ideas. I’d definitely say every artist has a different colour, from the more proggy to Protoculture’s more full on sounds. Personally it’s my most colourful album yet because there’s very different production. You’ve got a wicked website (www.fatali.co.il and MySpace (myspace.com/eitanfatali). Do you think new technology is an advantage for an artist or a hindrance? Everything of public interest and promotion you can get can only help you, especially websites like MySpace. Today an artist has to have a MySpace together with a website. It’s a platform for every artist, for everyone. What advise do you have for those wanting to make it in the music scene? I think first not to risk getting into it for the wrong reasons. The reasons are supposed to be that you really like the music. You have to believe you can do something— not just for fame or money, although if that comes even better. Prepare yourself and be honest. Keep everything legal, not by hook but healthy. Be that record company only and make it the right way and look for you. Every artist can change with their own vision. Try and be honest and have faith in yourself, because if you don’t have faith in yourself, no-one else will. Work hard and never give up! Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down — it’s the art world! You have to keep working and trying to get new sounds and your next production. Is there anything else we haven’t talked about that you’d like to plug? Well I don’t know if it’s possible, but I’d like to get everyone who has never been into trance to try and give it say, just one hour of your day! Because that’s nothing! I’m sure you’ll find something and be surprised. I’m sure you’ll find something that will change your mind. Then find a great event every weekend all over the world. I hope that one day we can make a rave with all types of music — everything of everything! I’m looking forward to that day! In the meantime, you can check Fatali out at the following dates. And to any UK promoters reading this — please book him soon! 23/02/2008 Moscow, Russia — Positive Makers (DJ set) 22/03/2008 Los Angeles — Avalon Club (Live) 23/03/2008 Brasil — Wild Artists Tour ( Live & DJ sets) 11/04/2008 Conquest tour of Australia (Live & DJ sets) 07/06/2008 Strokhkirchen, Germany — Psychedelic Circus Festival (Live & DJ set) 08/06/2008 Strokhkirchen, Germany — Psychedelic Circus Festival (Live) 20/06/2008 Vienna, Austria — Spirit Base Festival (Live) 14/08/2008 Nagano, Japan — S.O.S Festival (Live) 15/08/2008 Nagano, Japan — S.O.S Festival (Live) Photos coutesy of BNE / Fatali. Not to be reproduced without permission. Share this :: : : : Follow HarderFaster :: Other Features By HarderFaster: HarderFaster Awards 2016 - The results are in! HarderFaster Awards 2014 - The results are in! Lashes, Dimples and the Brighton Music Conference HarderFaster Awards 2013 - The results are in! HarderFaster Awards 2012 - The results are in! The views and opinions expressed in this review are strictly those of the author only for which HarderFaster will not be held responsible or liable. Comments: From: Frank E on 14th Feb 2008 03:40.31 Good interview. Enjoyed the party in October, hope to make another BNE party soon but guess I'll have to pass on those dates above.

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