HOUSE OF NUMBERS
Tilman
Hailing from Mainz, Germany, Tilman is an established DJ, producer, and label owner, who embodies a variety of sounds and styles throughout his work. He loves playing around with samples, synths and drum machines, and you can sense the pure joy he gets from making and sharing music in the excellent records he continues to deliver.
Tilman takes care of Fine, an imprint he co-runs with fellow German artist Johannes Albert which boasts an impressive discography of dancefloor weapons, ranging from disco to pumping house energy. Together they have issued many of their own EPs on the label, including Tilman’s superb debut album “Tales And Reactions”. Most recently Tilman launched his own label: Pleasant Systems, a new imprint designed to shine a light on vintage inspired house sounds from both himself and friends.
As well as releasing music on his own imprints, he has put out a host of contemporary deep house and modern disco tracks with Faces, Let’s Play House and Quality Vibe to name a few. A notable release to check is his debut EP “One For The Trouble” for Bristol-based Shall Not Fade, which was released last year.
Tilman makes a pit stop at LAGASTA and enters its series of mini-interviews “House of Numbers”, counting down all his favourite things.
Let’s go!
ONE song you were whistling lately…
TWO guilty pleasures…
– Pain au chocolat
– Videogames
THREE TV series you love…
1. The Wire
2. Sopranos
3. True Detective
FOUR places you want to visit again…
FIVE lessons that life has taught you…
– Try out and don’t give up
– Trust in Karma
– Take care about the Earth
SIX words to describe yourself…
SEVEN things you love in Mainz…
EIGHT things you love from the ’80s…
– The Cars
NINE minutes before the end of the world. How would you spend them…
TEN years later, how do you imagine yourself…
Hopefully still happy and healthy.
TWELVE inches version of a track you adore…
THIRTEEN-year-old Tilman is dreaming of…
Tilman inaugurates his new imprint Pleasant Systems with his four-track EP “Adventures”.
The record featuring collaborations with Brooklyn’s Will Buck and Munich-based duo Rhode & Brown. On “What’s Mine Is Mine”, Tilman teams up with Will Buck to deliver a track which lays down an amalgamation of airy synth pads, choppy bass stabs, bright piano lines and enchanting flute like melodies atop a swinging drum groove. The track “Velvet Park” opens the flip side, this time joining forces with Rhode & Brown, embracing a classic sound with raw crunchy drums, delayed piano chords, bumpy bass stabs, cinematic strings and brass hooks throughout.
Pick up your copy here.