Featured Artist 160
Batoune & The Brewers
Baptiste
Batoune & The Brewers has earned something close to legendary status on Audiotool in a surprisingly short time. That may be partly due to the original and catchy name — but more importantly, it's thanks to the infectious, pop-tinged fusion of funky house and electro. With an obvious soft spot for synths, beards, cats, and of course, beer, he brings a signature vibe to every release. His tracks are consistently danceable, professionally produced with clean mixing, and radiate a distinctly positive energy. We're looking forward to more!
Interview
I am an old French (45 years), I live in a very beautiful region, Provence. I have been on Audiotool for about 3 years.
- About Batoune & The Brewers
- I am an old French (45 years), I live in a very beautiful region, Provence, I have been on Audiotool for about 3 years. Passionate about music since my childhood, self-taught guitarist and pianist, I navigate between electro and funk, I have been rocked by the French touch since the cradle, I have always wanted to compose my own songs. My favorite pizza is the 3 cheese pizza (Mozzarella, Blue d'Auvergne and goat cheese).
- Describe the style of music you produce
- My compositions are very diverse, oscillating between electro, funk and rock. I have above all the same funk, it is beyond a musical style an art of living, funk is improvisation, rhythm. In everyday life, we must try to be one of these guitar riffs that gives groove and energy to what we do.
- What is your musical background and when did you start making music?
- I'm an old dinosaur who grew up listening to Neil Young and Pink Floyd. I then grew up listening to Keziah Jones and the Red-Hot Chili Peppers and later devoured the works of The Blaze and Daft Punk. I try with the greatest humility to blend these sounds with more recent textures, adding a lot of my own feeling, based on the principle that music is above all a story of sensation and freedom.
- How long have you been using Audiotool, and how did you discover it?
- I've been using Audiotool for three years now. I discovered it by chance while browsing the internet. Since understanding the meaning of this hybrid social network, I've made it my own. It's become a second home, a new family that shares my passion and encourages, advises, and helps me in my personal development.
- What is your favorite Audiotool device and why?
- Definitely the Heisenberg, thanks in large part to naswalt's videos. I find this synthesizer so rich. It offers so many possibilities, especially for creating funk bass sounds.
- What is your favourite trick in AT/What technique do you always use?
- Modulating a sine wave with another shape — the possibilities are so great and so varied.
- Have you ever had a writer's block? If so, how did you deal with it and what do you recommend to your colleagues?
- I sleep very, very little. Composing is a bit like a grandmother's herbal tea getting herself ready to sleep. Often, when I finish a track, I realize that I have nothing left to offer, but after a few hours, the ideas come back. I have so many drafts that I'll never finish — that's kind of my problem. I have too many ideas that I have trouble following through on each one.
- What has helped you the most on Audiotool to improve and widen your musical horizon?
- The encounters, the wise advice. You have to know how to accept being average to become good and never stop listening to the advice of others. My wife is not a musician, but she has a sense of listening far superior to mine and her advice is always very valuable.
- What do you like most about Audiotool? Is there anything you would like to suggest?
- I really appreciate the weekly charts. It helps keep me connected to the community and discover new artists.
- Your message to the community:
- Believe in yourself, we are all artists, now be a gardener and cultivate your talent!