TRAKS MAGAZINE #13

interview
Rai
Lorenzo Raimondi, aka Rai, despite
having landed in electronics and
shoegaze does not forget the grunge
roots and gets out Aveva ragione
Cobain.
Given that Cobain was right, on
what, in particular?
Cobain was right about many things...
In the song that gives the title
to the lp, however, two are specified
in particular: weapons and
chemistry. If you know a little the
story of Kurt Cobain it is superfluous
to explain what I mean. It
is a cynical and even provocative
affirmation, born the day when
I wondered how Cobain would
have reacted if he had lived in a
society like the present one, in which
everything he has always hated
is often taken to the extreme. The
title should not be interpreted as a
sentence, but rather as a food for
thought... What then is a bit the
role that I would have all my songs.
When did you realize it was time
to do become a soloist?
The positive thing about playing
in a group is that we often enrich
each other. Everyone brings with
them their tastes, their experience
and musical sensitivity. When
you create the right alchemy, the
result can be truly surprising. On
the other hand, however, we often
have to compromise and sometimes
we end up wondering what
the result could have been if
everything had been done in our
own way. Perhaps now, as far as
I’m concerned, the time has come
to take away this curiosity. Taking
care of every aspect of my project
is ten times more challenging. But
just as gratifying, when you see
your ideas take shape in the way
they are imagined.
Do you recognize yourself in
the definition “retro pop +
electronic”?
Yes, the sound of Cobain was right
born of years of music that I
lived in. Thanks also to my work I
came in contact with many bands
and this gave me the opportunity
to compare myself with many
different realities. My ratings have
changed over time and I have evolved.
Some have slipped away making
little noise and without leaving
too visible traces, while others have
remained etched in my cultural
baggage that I always carry with
me. Here, they are all these sounds
that make up the record, held together
by an amalgam of synth and
electronic rhythmic straight and
not very glossy.
Why did you open
your own music studio,
the Micro Silent
Studio?
At some point in my life I felt the
need to have a place of my own
in which to take shelter, gather
ideas and fix them in space and
time. From here the Micro Silent
Studio was born, a studio of homemade
music production in which
I create, mix and experiment.
Micro because it is located in the
corner of a small room, where all
my equipment is arranged in such
a way as to optimize the overall
dimensions. Silent because I often
work there at night and find myself
in a condominium, I happen
to do most of the headphones.
That’s how my record took shape!
In addition to having also mixed
someone for other bands and musicians,
at the moment I’m working
in the Milan area of ​audio
production for Sofar Sounds, international
format of secret concerts.
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