Traumhouse’s “Sperare” is out today on Magnetic Magazine Recordings, and we couldn’t be prouder to be welcoming this talented artist to our family.
The German producer has put together a hopeful organic house track with phenomenal bass work, string instrumentation, and overall crystal-clear production. Traumhouse, an alum of All Day I Dream and Amulanga, truly outdid himself here, and we’re honored to be able to share this track with the world.
A major part of Traumhouse’s inspiration comes from his past experiences, and we had the opportunity to chat with him a bit about him. The result of this conversation is an eye-opening look into the man behind the artist, as well as what’s gone into his music as of late, and how he’s able to seamlessly insert his lived experience and feelings into his tracks.
It’s an incredible interview from an incredible artist. Make sure to support him by grabbing your copy of “Sperare” here, and then come back to hear about the man behind the music.
How does your background influence your music?
My personal background absolutely influences my music. It depends on how I feel while I am writing music. In the last 4 years I have had many sad experiences in my life, so I did not feel able to work on music. My father died, my mother died, my cat drowned; I started taking anti-depressive medicine to not fall into a deep hole. At the start of this year I cancelled this medicine and fell into the most deep sadness. I wanted to handle everything “sober” from this year on. I was so sad that I couldn’t go to my job.
It was 3-4 weeks of absolute mental breakdown, but somehow, I was so motivated to make music. So, I put this sad and weird emotional chaos in my music, and the Mundus Dolor EP was born. It was released at the end of July on Amulanga. “Mundus Dolor” and “Beatus Insanus” are the tracks I made in this emotional chaos’s peak phase.
Then finally, after some weeks, I started to calm down. When I was chilled again, I made the track “Libertas” which is also on the Mundus Dolor EP. If you listen to this tracks, you can hear what I was into a bit. But, after some weeks, my life was getting normal again. My opinion is, it does not have to be a “Feel-good” vibe in every track. Sometimes it’s cool to find a more mystical or a dark vibe.
Are there any deeper meanings in your music?
My music is simply my life. The ups and downs. Music is my way to handle emotions or hard situations. It’s not always possible to do a track out of every hard situation, but sometimes it’s like there’s a fire burning in me, that I must put this situation into music.
But, there are days where I am feeling good and just want to do music without any background of my life.
What are your biggest influences?
I would say, the biggest musical influences on me was the 80s New Wave music. I was born in 1979, so when I turned on my radio as a child, there was my world. I recorded tape after tape. Mostly Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Genesis and so much more. I have a deep connection to this music. Sometimes I think I was born with a broken heart and 80s music was understanding this. This was the feeling I had while listening to this music as a child. It was like the singers sang in that way how I felt.
What was your musical awakening?
That time I had piano lessons as a child. My teacher wanted to teach me rock music on piano, but that wasn’t my cup of tea. I discovered that I could build my own songs out of my emotions. Years later, I got a copy of the Software “Fasttracker 2”. In this time there was only DOS; no Windows. Fasttracker 2 was my first DAW and quickly I was able to create tracks for me and my friends.
Ben Lepper is a music producer and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts.
