Inspired in equal parts by the frenetic culture-jamming of 2010’s club music, and the highly curated psychedelia of Seattle’s all-night techno parties, Fleksor creates club-ready tracks with an ear for texture and syncopation. He is a long time contributor to the 320 RIP compilation series, with past releases on Main Course Records, Snø Recordings and Knightwerk among others.
Where does the title of the EP come from?
It’s a quote from Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky, around the climax of the movie. I had also noticed a theme of Jodorowsky references in previous Ommaya releases so it def influenced my choice of title track for the EP.
What was your favorite part of the production process?
I like the initial rush of creating the peak section of a track, especially when it works right out of the gate and everything else falls into place. I’ve learned that generally for me, I have to make the hook or drop first and the intro second. If I start with a cool intro I will often struggle to make a compelling peak section, vs if I start with a peak section even I phone in the intro at first the track is at least going somewhere on the first draft and isn’t just a loop. I like to start the intro not too long after though because then, if the initial rush of inspiration is still there the intro will help write a B part and at that point you pretty much have the track.
If I neglect the intro section too long that’s its own problem where I put so much effort into everything else but the first 16 - 32 bars are completely stock and uninteresting and the contrast is jarring.
Finishing tracks is a constant struggle and I feel like I can only really finish tracks in a certain kind of headspace. I can always make sounds though so frequently I’ll just sit down and record samples for later jamming on synths or playing with fx processing. Then when I am able to do arrangement it’s a lot easier to get going fast just editing parts together I recorded on a different day. I highly recommend this approach.
If you used only 4 words to describe your time in the Seattle dance music scene over the last 10+ years, what would they be?
Tightknit
Growing
Self-supporting
Underrated
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