Tell us who you are and what you do?
My name is Pawcut and i am a music lover, record collector and beat maker from Germany.
I make sample-based beats from scratch to mixdown and i also engineer vocal tracks.
How did you come up with your name?
When i was still dj-ing like 8-10 years back we had a party and i needed a name for the flyer. I just returned from the USA and had a little college team flag hanging above my turntables. It showed a bear standing upright and the way his paws looked was like he was cutting records! kutztown university baby :) The name Pawcut was born .I am quite happy with it, besides me, google only shows up with dog grooming saloons. :)
Tell us about your studio set-up/space
As you can see it in the picture, i work in our 'former' living room.
The center pieces of my set up are a quad core pc, my Yamaha hs 80s monitors, Ni's maschine , ni' s komplete audio6 soundcard, Ableton live 8, a cheap oxygen8 midi keyboard and a Numark ttx turntable.
Dunno, i started and once i was in the loop a lil i couldn't stop anymore.
There are special moments in music production that are really addictive. That snap moment when a misty idea becomes a concrete vision. Everything becomes sharp and clear in your mind. You know you have what you were looking for and the rest is a road you just have to keep on walking down.That great moment when a sample works a special way with the drumbreak that lights up your mind. Priceless moments i couldnt live without.
It may sound played out, but i'm trying to do my own thing, sure there are influences like RZA, Doom, Dilla, Madlib, Shadow or Pete Rock .
The way it feels making it. I am a grumpy old guy. Music is my way to talk to the outside and express my feelings without having to feel pathetic. It gives me the feeling to own something that you cant buy.
I would define it as a long autodidact trial and error. The way i just started walking. Progression never stops!
Honestly, i don't even think about stuff like the music industry and where it goes!
A lot of John Coltrane, lots of old french and Italian soundtrack composers like Francois de Roubaix, obscure progressive and psych rock .... i listen to Sean P a lot when it comes to rapping.
Hmmm , if we are talking bout achievement in terms of success and numbers, it is the response my debut has had. It has been far beyond my expectations. It has been downloaded over 1.500 times in the first 3 weeks already! I am really humbled about that.
It dropped on the 8th October on the 'Dusted Wax Kingdom' net label. Very cool people btw. It is a 7 track ep with a selection of tracks i made over the past 2 years that i felt captured the Pawcut vibe. The whole album is sample and drum break based, except for two bass spots. There's not a single drum or software sound from factory libraries on it. Also i never use fake vinyl crackles and this particular project doesnt even use timestretch. Beyond that i'll rather let the music do the talking.
Big is a big word :) I think i will release another instrumental ep in spring/summer or something. I have three concepts in mind. I'm not sure which one i will go for yet. Space, Classic Jazz, or suspense soundtrack shit!
Sean P, Ghostface Killa , Jean Grea, or Bilal.
Any last words?
Big bow to all the composers and musicians i had the honour sampling, they are the essence of my work. Big thanks to all the people that download and listen to my stuff, and big thanks to Conflict for the oppurtunity.
Pawcut
