DYE

Under the guise of DyE we find Taki 183, an enigmatic debut Album from Juan de Guillebon; ʻ ʼ long time bass player to the demanding training of the Parisian electronic scene - Joakim & The Disco, Botox and Maestro. DyE has said of ʻTaki 183ʼ that it ʻis a personal and progressive urban designʼ already popular with artists as diverse as James Murphy, DJ Mehdi, Erol Alkan and James Holden. Sometimes dreamy electro-pop or excessive shoe gaze, and then often introverted dubstep and hallucinogenic nu-disco. Around about the year 2007, when the infamous Web 2.0 appeared -the period during the history of the Internet, where the user became, not just the content, but the star of the data world. DyE is fascinated by the infinity opportunity to be both anonymous and popular from any Place in the World. As a Call and Response to this ʻGolden periodʼ DyE created a little project called ʻOne Week, One Track!ʼ which saw him upload a new track to MySpace every week. Artists such as Zombie Zombie, Cosmo Vitelli and Feadz all waxed lyrical about this new artist, but DyE said nothing of his diabolical plan to be both anonymous and popular to anyone. The first release was the 12” ʻImperator,ʼ but again, no word from DyE. In reflection he comments that this period his music was “a total mystery to me. I was more attracted by blogging as an art of fact then speaking of my music.” So when the second single came ʻCristal dʼAcierʼ DyE assimilates that his mood was much more “wonky” and as such the release communicated itself with its ʻRemix from DJ Mehdi and a sleeve made of Gold and Cylco Glasses.ʼ Later DyE contributed the track ʻNikeʼ for the Tigersushi 10 Year Anniversary release which saw him in a “smells like teen spirit kind of mood” completing the blue print for ʻTaki 183ʼ just in time for a small sabbatical from the “Night Excess” which gave DyE of clarity to realise much of the album was complete; ʻVader,ʼ ʻTaki 183ʼ and ʻStar Vacʼ were all born during One Week, One Track,ʼ whist ʻNike,ʼ ʻCristal dʼAcierʼ and ʻDark Whiteʼ all featured as catalogue releases on Tigersushi. But this is not a compilation of tracks this is collection of tracks “to create my sci-fi universe: each track is the colour of a mood, made of a time, experience and loss.” The sentiment couldnʼt be more true, with ʻImmortals Onlyʼ mapping a period of loss to DyE and ʻMatthias & Charlotteʼ suggesting a milestone on a great journey to a happier place. Between these two key tracks is ʻHole In Ocean,ʼ which is a nightmare that DyE enjoys relishing in, possibly suggesting the inevitability that one day this body of work will be released, which brings us to date. Taki 183ʼ was recorded using analogue equipment such as Roland TR606, Moog Source and a Korg Ploy Six into Pro-Tools. DyE plans to take the album on the road and is already booked at Social Club, Pompideu Centre and Le Machine. Lovers of the album can expect to see DyE “pushing the limits of spectral delirium and Tightness.” After all, in his own words, he is “the man who speaks to the ears of robots.”