{"id":4954,"date":"2019-08-31T20:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T18:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psymedia.co.za\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2024-01-13T06:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T04:25:14","slug":"ritmo-from-iono-music-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psymedia.co.za\/ritmo-from-iono-music-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritmo (ISR) – Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ritmo is the solo project of Dubi Dagan. Once a metalhead, Dubi explored electronic genres, becoming fascinated with the sound of artists such as Depeche Mode, Jean Michel Jarre and The Prodigy. He then came across psytrance, and after long influential travels, Dubi returned to Israel and picked up two titles \u2013 office manager\/PR of Bionic Records, and resident DJ at Luna Club in Haifa.<\/p>\n
In 2006 Dubi moved to Tel-Aviv and became a sound engineer at DubiDub Studios. During this time the sound of Ritmo evolved, and in 2008 his first compilation Grand Slam and debut album Disharmonic Silence came out on Iono Music. Ever since then, Ritmo has been topping charts and playing to huge dance floors around the world.<\/p>\n
Psymedia: Hey Dubi! Hope all is good your side. To get things started, tell me how you got into the psytrance world and what is the meaning behind the name Ritmo?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ritmo: Hi Psymedia! I’m doing great, thanks! Well, I go way back to 1994, where I first started to go to psychedelic trance parties in Israel<\/a>. It was a real magical time. Then, in 1998, I started to travel quite a lot to places such as Japan, USA and India where I spent some time going to parties as well.<\/p>\n In 2001 I made my first steps as a resident DJ, at the Luna Club in the city of Haifa for approximately 3 years. I think it was all the experiences I absorbed along the years, in all those exotic locations combined with the expertise I developed as a DJ, that made me want to make my own music.<\/p>\n Ritmo means rhythm in Spanish or Portuguese and it represents what I find to be one of the most important features in a track.<\/p>\n Psymedia: Israel is known for its strong diversity and has no shortage of psychedelic music. What was it about Japan, the U.S.A and India that influenced you so strongly early on in your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ritmo: As a whole I would say I was extremely influenced by the Israeli scene, which was slightly more underground than these days, but kicking in all the right places. As for Japan and India<\/a> these are non-Western regimes which I was fascinated about, it was a totally different experience than anything I have known before, culture and music wise. Naturally it had an effect on me, hard to pinpoint exactly what but I always love to meet new cultures!<\/p>\n Psymedia: You play festivals around the globe in faraway locations. Are these kind of trips something you just get used to over time?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ritmo: What a wonderful question! Ok, so the past few years have been totally hectic and crazy, I do get to go to many places around the world, and being on a plane is not that easy when it is so frequent. However, I just love what I do, the satisfaction I get from the smiling people, and the energy I absorb from the wonderful people across the world functions as a charger that keeps me going. So it was quite easy to get used to this unusual life style when you feel such a fulfillment.<\/p>\n