Love Over Entropy

“A lot of my tracks will be truly live-only. It’s good to have some scarcity in these days of one-click availability.” Introducing Love Over Entropy.

Who are you?

Hello, my name is… Love Over Entropy. I make electronic music. I tend to overthink simple questions. And simple answers always fall short. I’ll try. I’ll fail. I don’t mind. My name is Love Over Entropy and 2015 looks promising.

What do you sound like?

According to everynoise.com, which lists all 1,264 genres that make up modern music, the Deep Euro House genre fits me best. Deep? Yes. Euro? Yes. House? I would say Techno. But unfortunately Deep Euro Techno is not a genre.

Why should we listen to you?

You shouldn’t. Yet. Some people have already discovered my music and seem to really like what I do, but I need a couple more records to find my way. After that you should listen to me. But then you will not be able to say that you already listened to Love Over Entropy before it was cool.

What have you released so far? What else have you got coming out in the near future?

My first release as Love Over Entropy was in November 2013 on Something Happening Somewhere. The long overdue follow up, featuring a Dixon edit, is out this month, also on Something Happening Somewhere. After that, I have two more releases planned: one on Lossless before the summer and another on Something Happening Somewhere in November/December.

What song sums you up? Why?

‘4’33”’ by John Cage. It’s a piece from 1952 that instructs a performer to not play his or her instrument for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. There’s also an orchestral version of it on YouTube which is quite good. Often you’ll hear this piece is about silence, but it’s not. It’s about listening. Listening is infinitely more important than speaking. And infinitely more difficult.

What or who is your biggest influence and why?

The track that really got me into electronic music is ‘The Art of Stalking’ by Suburban Knight. Which as I just found out, is actually called ‘The Worlds’. It just sounded so otherworldly when I first heard it in 1991. It was the gateway to all the other great Detroit techno, which made a lasting impression on me. Not only musically but also through the ideas behind it.

Where can we hear your music?

You can buy it on vinyl or digitally, or check my SoundCloud page. But probably the best way is to visit one of my live performances. I make way more music than I can release, so quite a lot of tracks can only be heard live. Right now I upload most of my sets to SoundCloud, but sooner or later I’ll stop doing that. So then a lot of tracks will be truly live-only. I think it’s good to have some scarcity in these days of one-click availability.

Where will you be in five years’ time?

I will read this interview and wonder what the hell was I thinking. I will also be distracted by releasing records on nice labels, having regular international bookings and being a respected producer. The only thing that matters though, is that I will have five years more experience as a craftsman.

Tell us an interesting fact about yourself.

I have built this strange machine that allows me to distort time. It’s far from perfect, but sometimes it works really well. I take it with me whenever I play live. So come visit me when I play live, it might work its magic on you.

The Tonii EP is out on April 13th on Something Happening Somewhere. Find Love Over Entropy on Facebook and SoundCloud.