Dawn Creek

John Hayes
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Dawn Creek

After growing up with the piano as his primary instrument, producer and multi-instrumentalist John Hayes eventually abandoned classical studies in college and started immersing himself in the intricacies of score work, as well as the limitless opportunities of electronic music production. Armed with GarageBand and a Beat Thang sampler, he spent his time in higher education honing his craft and making beats for other artists at school. When Hayes was 23, a close friend passed away—an experience of grief that pushed him to pursue music with even more purpose than before. “That feeling that it could all be gone is why I make music. Why would I not do exactly what I want to do with my time? We’re only around for so long.” Inspired by Nils Frahm’s hybridic neo-classical electronic approach, Hayes has since amassed an impressive and expansive body of work, both under his own name and as Twinsleep with frequent collaborator Maxy Dutcher. Speaking about "Poly" from his Dawn Creek EP, Hayes shares, "Something that I really like to work with in the studio is the emotion that I'm feeling right then and there. When I'm bored in the studio or feeling uninspired, quite often what I like to do is create some kind of challenge for myself. I had recently gotten an Arturia Polybrute and had been playing around with it quite extensively, but not really making or certainly not finishing any music with it. It was a beast in all the best ways, but for some reason I was having a hard time getting any music to come out of me. For such a complex instrument, capable of making almost any sound, I decided to give myself a challenge and take things in a different direction. How simple of a track can I make, using just this one instrument. You can definitely hear a lot of my Nils Frahm influence on this track, specifically his more electronic music. His ability to create a sense of space and restraint in his music is something that will forever be inspiring to me. This track was an exercise in trying to tap into some of that restraint, space and subtlety."

Dawn Creek

John Hayes · 1714665600000

After growing up with the piano as his primary instrument, producer and multi-instrumentalist John Hayes eventually abandoned classical studies in college and started immersing himself in the intricacies of score work, as well as the limitless opportunities of electronic music production. Armed with GarageBand and a Beat Thang sampler, he spent his time in higher education honing his craft and making beats for other artists at school. When Hayes was 23, a close friend passed away—an experience of grief that pushed him to pursue music with even more purpose than before. “That feeling that it could all be gone is why I make music. Why would I not do exactly what I want to do with my time? We’re only around for so long.” Inspired by Nils Frahm’s hybridic neo-classical electronic approach, Hayes has since amassed an impressive and expansive body of work, both under his own name and as Twinsleep with frequent collaborator Maxy Dutcher. Speaking about "Poly" from his Dawn Creek EP, Hayes shares, "Something that I really like to work with in the studio is the emotion that I'm feeling right then and there. When I'm bored in the studio or feeling uninspired, quite often what I like to do is create some kind of challenge for myself. I had recently gotten an Arturia Polybrute and had been playing around with it quite extensively, but not really making or certainly not finishing any music with it. It was a beast in all the best ways, but for some reason I was having a hard time getting any music to come out of me. For such a complex instrument, capable of making almost any sound, I decided to give myself a challenge and take things in a different direction. How simple of a track can I make, using just this one instrument. You can definitely hear a lot of my Nils Frahm influence on this track, specifically his more electronic music. His ability to create a sense of space and restraint in his music is something that will forever be inspiring to me. This track was an exercise in trying to tap into some of that restraint, space and subtlety."

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1714665600000 3 Songs、12 min 47 sec Nettwerk Music Group

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