Buffalo Tide (aka Chris Oliver) is a producer and musician
who straddles two continents, having a base in North America (Vancouver) and
Europe (Brighton).
As well as the Buffalo Tide project Oliver is
also the co-founder of the music collective BLBX.
His latest EP, Arabia, is out now. So how to describe the
latest work:
'Arabia' was intended as night
music, it was written at night, and for the most part, to be listened to at
night. On this record I also sampled my voice a lot to add the human element of
sleeplessness. I like a lot of space in my music to allow it to breathe better.
Not loads of clutter. It's electronic music at the core.
Such a nice, dance and electronic vibe here: the lead track, Divine Tide, for example, starts off
with a fairly standard beat before injecting an eccentric 80’s synth style
overtone from a minute and a half onwards. Great stuff.
Fans should check out Geneva another of his tracks which is
on Soundcloud.
Arabia, Geneva, bit of a geography theme developing here, so
Buffalo Tide – man of two worlds – are you city or country?
Hard one, I love
the country side at home where I grew up, and I especially love the countryside
a lot in Asia where I've spent time travelling, I'm definitely a wildlife man
at heart. But, I live in Vancouver, and there's certainly something that's quite
evocative and understated about walking through an empty city at night/early
morning. The lights here are ridiculously beautiful.
I’ve never been to Vancouver, but it’s on my list, and the
chance to walk empty streets like something out of28 Days Later is an added
plus.
Here’s more on BLBX. Enjoy.
