Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Felipe Latorre. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Felipe, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
My recreation of Above & Beyond’s set in Mute, Mar del Plata, Argentina, from January 2020.
Yes, it’s no original work. It would’ve made sense to name one of my tracks, but this set really changed the direction of my life.
Above & Beyond is a music group lots of Trance devoted fans adore, because of the depth of their lyrics, their connection with the audience, and the overall feeling of being found and belonging. I, as an A&B fan myself, decided to travel to Argentina to see them play, first in 2019, and then the next year.
That 2020 set was super special. A ton of factors come into play: the venue was an outdoor one on the beach and we danced our feet out in the sand all night; they played amazing music, far from their ordinary repertoire and digging quite deep into their pre-2010 classics; the classics bit, which was around 45 minutes of their total 3:30h set, was loved by the audience and A&B as well, who literally cried of emotion with us track by track; last, but not least, it would be the last party for many of the attendees before the world changed forever and we lived well over a year confined to our homes, unavailable to hug strangers (one of the things we do most at A&Bs).
Not only did I meet amazing new people from that show: today they are my very best friends.
Fast forward a couple of months into the year, locked away, only relying on Whatsapp, Instagram, and the occasional Zoom meeting to talk with my friends, one of them suggested I recreate the legendary set. And so I did. I tried my best to match the original experience as closely as possible, with the same speed and pitch of every song, and including real crowd reactions to those tracks, from videos I’d recorded throughout the night.
Everyone loved it. Turns out that set marked many of us, not only me, and so when I premiered the recreation, people from all over Argentina tuned in to listen, and many cried during the set. It was so beautiful to see so many being emotional over my humble piece of work.
From that day, I’ve felt loved in Argentina, a country I loved before I met its people, because I feel at home walking down its avenues. I met people in that country that turned into fans of my music and what I do, even having the opportunity to play live in a club for them. I guess it’s safe to say that set changed my whole experience in Argentina. Now I have at least two or three friends at any time when I’m there, to hang out, chat, walk, whatever. And I have a country that values and loves the music I put my heart and soul into. And for that, I’m forever thankful. That set truly changed my life.
Felipe, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am a DJ and music producer from the Electronic genre, spanning many subgenres but the core ones would be Progressive Trance, Classic Trance, and Organic House. Even though fame-wise I’m an up-and-coming musician, I’ve been doing this for around 13 years now.
I got introduced to Electronic Music when I was like, 10 years old, and got hooked straight away. Two years later, after listening to a ton of music coming mainly from deadmau5 and Skrillex, I started to feel all songs lacked something, perhaps a melody, perhaps a percussion hit, something little, but missing. That’s when I decided I wanted to make music myself.
If there are two things I’m most proud of myself and that I feel make me stand out from the pack would be, firstly, I put all of myself into making something original. I don’t like following formulas and others’ paths to success. I like to find my own trails and engineer innovative ways of being creative. And secondly, I’m quite the perfectionist. Some think that’s good, others think the opposite, but I personally feel super comfy with pushing me, my ears and my head to the furthest they can go. I want every bit of my songs to sound exactly as I envision them, and for that I work hard. In a world in which many rely on ghost production and/or other ways to do the least amount of work possible to achieve a good result, I put on tons of effort into my projects, making sure I feel satisfied and content to harvest great produce. I take pride in everything that bears my name, and for that, I ought to be my harshest critique.
Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?
That there is no right time. It is never too early to apply an advanced technique to your sound just because others say so, and it is never too late to start something new. I wish I learned early on that listening to others more than listening to yourself won’t get you anywhere. When you’re stuck, listening to yourself will help you get out of that situation. I wish I didn’t try and hide my sound and my style just to please others. Things have been so much better since I made that change.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
There’s the obvious romantic goal of making a living from doing what you love the most and makes you feel alive, I believe most musicians dream of. But also, many of the artists I look up to the most inspire me to be as great as they are, and perhaps, one of these days I’ll be at their level, even hanging out and befriending some. I truly wish to meet some of these amazing artists (and humans), and learn from them as partners and lads, more than me being a mere admirer.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eddythron/
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/EddyThronMusic
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flatorrecabello/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0rLZjFp1Iq2iMbEnJlW8tg
- Other: This beautiful set of mine that I recorded atop Buenos Aires: https://youtu.be/FIkRdDvZO5A And my linktree, just in case: https://linktr.ee/eddythron