Since
your first release in 2014, it seems that your style as F2C has become more
defined with each work, how do you yourself think about
your evolution and change as a musician?
MaurizioOur production is slowly changing as we are each
involved in many music directions and we are always discovering more music, not only electronic music.
UgoI guess we feel more and more confident with the
production processes, and our experience as DJs has given us a lot of input and inspiration to develop the
messages.
Have
you ever visited Japan to perform? You may not know much about it, but what is
your impression of the Japanese dance music and club scene?
MaurizioI have never visited Japan. Shame on me. But during the early 90’s, I
used to listen a lot of Japanese music: from pop, such
as Pizzicato 5, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Kahimi Karie, etc. to electronic—Haruomi
Hosono, Miharu Koshi, and YMO. I
also listened to also
a lot of experimental music from Japan like Dumb Type and
Ryoji Ikeda.
UgoI was in Tokyo more than 10 years ago, where I
met DJ DSKE. I was amazed by Tokyo and the parties over there. I miss the city
and the special atmosphere a lot.
If you were to host a party of your own choosing as
F2C, what sort of space, what line-up, and what sort of event would you like to
do?
MaurizioI would choose an unofficial but safe space. The
line-up would start
with artists playing live music—ambient, wave,
experimental—before a six
or eight hour long
DJ set by us.
UgoThe same as Maurizio said. I love parties that
start with long experimental listening sets— that’s what I mostly organize in Rome.
How do you view the current situation in which many
people have come to encounter and enjoy new music through music distribution
services such as Spotify and Bandcamp?
MaurizioAt our level, Spotify has certainly allowed some
listeners to discover our music but the commercial impact remains
minimal. Regarding Bandcamp, it remains a good way to produce music without having
to depend on a label. The independent
music industry is struggling to grow and we certainly need more effective
distribution.
I
believe that you have attended many parties and raves this summer, what was the
best episode of the summer?
MaurizioMy summer was disrupted by an urgent surgery and
I had to cancel many gigs. But I have such good
memories of our back-to-back
with Zaltan from Antinote; and I enjoyed a lot
our night at BBK Live Festival with Ivan Smagghe and Cosmo Vitelli playing slow
bpm all night long.
UgoBBK in Bilbao was fun and the Meakusma festival in Eupen was super.
What
are the future plans as F2C, and what are your own prospects?
MaurizioOur album We Slowly Riot was recently released on Antinote and we will keep
producing together for the next months. We had a gig at Meakusma on 3 September to close the festival season. In September, I will have done a little DJ tour in Brazil as Dj Athome. I’m looking forward to releasing more music in 2023.
UgoOur first album is coming out and we already have
ideas to produce new stuff. We have a new compilation Supreme Rallentato about to be released on Bandcamp. I’m
also releasing a lot of new productions with my
Pescheria studio and label too.