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INTERVIEW: ARVØW
- Chromatic Club
- 7 may
- 3 Min. de lectura
In Remnants, ARVØW doesn’t just share music—he shares a state of being. Written in self-imposed isolation on the frozen edges of Scandinavia, this six-track EP unfolds like a diary in sound, tracing moments of loss, reflection, and quiet resilience. Ambient yet emotionally grounded, it’s a work that pulses with stillness and speaks to the fragile strength found in solitude.
Can you tell us about your creative process while producing Remnants? Did it differ from how you approached your previous works like Subliminal?
The creative process for this project felt very stimuli based. Whenever I felt inspired when i was on this journey i took the laptop out and just got something down. Anything. Then I would come back to it, build and fill it out properly.
There’s a noticeable shift in sound on this EP, from ambient soundscapes to breakbeat-driven tracks. Was that shift intentional or something that emerged naturally?
Emerged naturally for sure. I very rarely plan what I'm going to produce. What comes will come and if it doesn't then maybe it will tomorrow.
What tools or instruments were central to the sound of Remnants? Were there any new techniques or gear you explored during the process?
I tried to keep it very simple, I took with me my laptop, a microphone and my field recorder. When I was staying in Malmö toward the end of my time in Sweden, I found a really edgy looking airbnb for super cheap. It was definitely someone's uni room or something. But it had a guitar! I asked the host if I could use it and from that night i played the guitar in 'Days Pass' and the small guitar touches heard in 'At First Sight'.
“Days Pass” and “18 Hours” are particularly rhythm-heavy. Can you walk us through the rhythmic construction of one of those tracks?
Yeah sure, i'll pick 18 hours. I wrote this track on the 18 hour train from Stockholm to Narvik, hence the name. The train journey was super beautiful but very very long to be sat in the same chair. I have been quite heavily inspired by trance elements in club music over the past years. I think they can be heard throughout this track heavily. Rhythmically I wanted it to feel homely and comforting hence the strong sidechain compression to give it that bounce.
You collaborated with Cotton Mouth and Evigt Mörker on the remixes. How did those collaborations come about, and what did they bring to the project?
Firstly i'm super grateful to both of these guys for doing the remixes. I've loved their music for some time now and it's a real honour to hear their work coming from one of my own ideas. The remixes came from me sending them both a DM on Instagram. I wanted to shoot my shot and see if it could be brought to reality and thankfully it was a success. Both of these guys brought a more experimental take to the project. They gave both of the original tracks a whole new perspective.
Do you see yourself continuing to explore this balance of ambient and breakbeat styles in future releases, or are you already evolving toward something new?
Honestly, I don't know. I have been writing some really hard club stuff, also some super soft ambient stuff, even a small project of guitar based stuff as well. As we speak now I have absolutely no idea which one my brain will lean towards releasing. All I know is the ambient core will always exist in a project I release, no matter how hard hitting it may be.
With the EP receiving support from outlets like DJ Mag Spain and radio stations like Radio 3, has that attention impacted your confidence or artistic direction?
I think it's always really nice to get recognition on my music. However, I don't think any media would make me change my direction. I feel like I have to just make whatever needs to come out. As long as I like it, thats all that matters to me.
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