Marius Houschyar is a musical alchemist, blending vibrant emotions and sounds to create a sonic tapestry that is both introspective and timeless. Hailing from Istanbul, Turkey, he is an artist, producer, and music selector who has studied Fine Arts and has a passion for graphic design. He creates his music in his rooftop studio, using a satellite dish to produce metallic-sounding percussive loops and painting them with sonic atmospheres that are as diverse as the shades of blue in the sky. His last album “Mavi” is a highly improvised and introspective journey that takes listeners on a spiritual journey through jazz and modern electronic music, evoking a sense of transcendence and wonder, released on Macadam Mambo.
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Where are you from ?
MH
I grew up in Germany, but I left the country almost 7 years ago. My home is in Istanbul for now.
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Earliest musical memory?
MH
At home my mother would always play a lot of funk music. I grew up with Prince. When I asked my mother what was the first music I ever heard as a baby, she said Aretha Franklin.
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Why and when did you start making music?
MH
Since I was really young I have been obsessed with music. I used to create compilations on CDs for my family and later started Djing when I moved out from my mothers house. In Dresden my good friend Niklas, who lived above me, introduced me to electronic instruments. Afterwards, especially during the time I moved away from Germany, I started to explore, buy instruments and build up my own musical world in which I will be at home forever. This space is something where I can truly be myself, a tool to express my feelings, without thinking about the rest of the world while finally being part of it.
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How did you connect with Macadam Mambo ?
MH
I met Sacha the first time on Camp Cosmic in 2017. Through the community we got to know each other, stayed in touch and always kept sharing music since then.
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Peter Michael Hamel
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Silence
Roberto Music
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Tamatave
Alice Coltrane
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Radhe-Shyam
Robert Wyatt
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Alliance
Piotr Kurek
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Lacomb
Ugo Busoni
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Topazio
Wolfgang Haffner feat. Vincent Peirani
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El Gato
Ahmad Jamal
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Rossiter Road (Live at Montreal Jazz Festival)
Volkan Ergen Hoşnutluk Vadisi Orkestrası
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Jürg
Craven Faults
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Slack Sley & Temple
Between
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Katakomben
Aydin Esen
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Improvisation NYC (Excerpt)
Mert Topel + Alper Maral
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Volta
Frank Brettschneider
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Dunkler Raum
Franco Battiato
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Propiedad Prohibida
Cul de Sac
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Şevket Akıncı
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Ara Bölge
Jack + Eylül Deniz
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Harp Demo
Kilchhofer
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Kloen
Sunfear
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Live in Berlin (Excerpt)
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Some insight of the mix you recorded ?
MH
As you asked me to create a mix that exemplifies my influences, I dived into stuff which has accompanied me since quite a long time. Obviously I usually put the music that inspires me in my mixes, but here I tried to pick a wide variety of artists and pieces that have influenced me and my work a lot in recent years while trying not to play anything I have played before in radio shows.
The mix contains some of the grandparents of the music I appreciate, such as Alice Coltrane, Robert Wyatt, Ahmad Jamal, Aydın Esen, Peter Michael Hamel, as well as some more contemporary artists and friends which have been a inspiration to me such as Şevket Akıncı, Alper Maral, Piotr Kurek and Sunfear. Finally everything is glued together by a series of field recordings I collected in Mexico in the past months..