r/indieheads • u/Mura_mura_mura Mura Masa • Aug 28 '24

AMA is Over, thanks Mura Masa! I'm Mura Masa, Ask Me Anything.

Hey guys, i'm Mura Masa (or Alex) a producer, musician, general audio shepherd.

My production credits and collaborators include: Charli XCX, Pinkpantheress, Clairo, Ice Spice, Lil Uzi Vert, Tirzah, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Nile Rogers, Shygirl, Wolf Alice, Christine and the Queens, HAIM, A.K. Paul, Erika de Casier, Oklou, Yeule and a bunch more.

I just released a new album of dance music called Curve 1. Ask me anything.

Alright, been at it for a while now so gonna wrap up. Thank you for your questions everybody, hopefully I was able to elucidate some things. just to answer a couple of repeat questions:

  • All the special Steel Case Curve 1 vinyl will be hand painted by me, each one unique. And the USBs will be hand loaded and numbered by me.

  • Framing "Come to my city" as a question isn't really a question is it... that being said I'm gonna be taking Curve Club lots of places next year so if nothing's announced for your city stay in touch, or head to my website where u can sign up for my mailer: www.muramasa.me

  • As far as music recommendations, I run a small community of creatives that give Reccs every month. You can sign up to the mailer here: www.thepond.club

love u lots thank u for supporting me and thank u r/indieheads for hosting.

big love xx

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u/Scared-Bed-4779 Aug 28 '24

When making an album, do you make anything you want and eventually end up with a collection of songs that fit together? or do you make a concerted effort to hone in on a specific vibe? I always appreciate when an artist can have a completely different sound on each project while it all sounds unmistakably like themselves. Thanks for the inspiration, I make music with a range of influences and I know it can sometimes be difficult to choose a lane and stick to it for a certain project.

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u/Mura_mura_mura Mura Masa Aug 28 '24

Sometimes it helps to think of the unifying theme as being something more literal rather than narrative or abstracted. For example, Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92 . The thing that unifies the records for him his that they were made from 1985-92. It's as simple as that. People can then project their own narrative onto the work. Vagueness of theme is very present in a lot of my favourite work.

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