Exclusive Mix and Interview: Bine

Image via Bine

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Image via Bine

Image via Bine

If you’ve been paying close attention to the Soundcloud stratosphere over the past year or so, you might’ve heard Bine already. His colorful and vibrant production begs for attention, standing out in a relatively crowded scene with ease. There are few producers making music quite as bright and lively as Bine. Approaching his beats without taking a maximalist route, the young producer makes great of use of few elements. His music lies somewhere between the hip-hop bombast of Hudson Mohawke and the thunderous yet mournful beats of Yung Gud, but the sound he creates is totally his own.

With 2015 looking to be a big year for Bine, it’s an exciting time to be a fan of forward-thinking production. Check out the exclusive mix Bine made for Pigeons & Planes alongside a short interview below, and expect to hear much more from him soon.


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Where are you from?

I’m an 18-year-old male from Northern California with a sweet tooth. I like window shopping and romantic comedies.

When did you first get into producing?

I started producing around 2012 when I got into older Memphis mixtapes from like Triple 6, Blackout, Tommy Wright, DJ Sound. I hadn’t really listened to beats until then.

What aspirations do you have for your music right about now?

At the moment I want to finish another album, find some new sounds, and make catchier songs. Playing more shows would be cool, too.

I’ve been noticing that a lot of these artists and producers on Soundcloud are ridiculously young, do you think it’s because of the ease of access to programs nowadays?

Definitely. It’s nice to see camaraderie and creative accomplishments made through something that could’ve just been another music streaming service.

Do you see yourself producing for more artists in the future?

Working with Night Lovell was really liberating because his beats slay and I think him being such a good producer makes his beat choices stand out and complement his vocals. What totally floors me is that I’d send him something out of my element like “Haha listen to this stupid beat I just made,” and he’d send it back sounding insane with a couple verses and a hook. He’s prolific but discerning, and I really respect that level of quality control.

Working with more singers would be sick too because they bring completely a different melodic element to the music that I feel can’t be achieved instrumentally. I usually try to tailor a beat to someone’s style or vibe as I interpret it or a theme if they have one in mind—there’s always a reference point.

Do you want to take things to another level and make it bigger this time with a few outside collaborators? Or do you see your albums as an opportunity to show off your production?

In the spirit of the last two albums I’m keeping it collaboration-free because I consider making an album a really personal endeavor and feel that it’d be a disservice to someone if I worked with them on a project that I do primarily for myself. I’m fortunate just to know some people who make such good music, let alone be able to work with them.

What programs and equipment do you use to create your music? And when you bring your music your music to a live setting, do you have any specific ideas in mind?

I use FL Studio and really all I have to manipulate tracks live is a MIDI controller, but I want to start using Ableton for that kind of stuff. I think the visual component of the live sets as it stands is okay: There are videos of shopping mall tours that are projected, but I’ll bring out fog machines, strobe lights, glowsticks in due time.

Could you tell me a little bit about the songs you included in the mix?

Half of them are solo tracks, one of which is around four years old, and the other half consists of tracks with Night Lovell, DJ Dialup, and Glocque as Tish Vair. Tish should have an album out sometime this year.

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