Studio Insights: Tim Green New Artistic Freedom
Despite almost instant success with quirky tech house classics such as Revox and Mr Dry, and touring the globe with DJ residencies at world-renowned clubs including WOMB, Fabric and Watergate, London-based producer Tim Green has always harboured plans to create new bodies of work based on his love for film soundtrack and electronic/alternative pop.
In 2018, both ambitions were realised with his hypnotic concept album Her Future Ghost and the radio-friendly collaborative project Invisible Minds. However, Green’s ‘rebranding’ doesn’t end there with the soon to be released ambient/club crossover EP Vacation to Life, released on Lee Burridge’s ambitious All Day I Dream label.
Beat / In recent years, your productions have clearly broadened beyond the scope of house and techno. What’s been the impetus behind that?
Tim/ It’s been a conscious decision and a slow process. My debut release in 2004 was one of the first techno tracks I’d ever written, then I got signed so I got thrown in at the deep end and immersed myself in this new dancefloor-oriented music. But over the years I’ve realised that what speaks to me more is a story within music. I wanted to add emotion and an artistic stamp, and that’s an interesting thing to put into club music because most people just want to hear banging tracks rather than emotion that isn’t always needed or accepted. I’m trying to put more musicality into the sounds that I produce while still making them danceable.
Beat / Trance music encompasses a form of heightened emotion, but in a very formulaic way. I guess that’s not what you’re aiming for?
Tim/ You’re right that trance music gets away with more emotion, but it’s quite cheesy. It’s different to techno, which is very dark, dry and in your face. There’s not much room for emotion there because the music doesn’t need it. Of course, all writers and producers have emotion, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to make good music, but the angle I’m taking is more inclined towards musicality and stuff that’s a little more orchestrated.
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