STRATEGIC ARTIST ADVOCACY SINCE 1997
More new music from the upcoming debut album by BVRTH, a new project from former Dreamend member, Derek Virta (out April 19th.) The “glitchy” track called “Warden” was inspired by Virta's first love: Hip-Hop. RIYL: Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, Digital Underground, Guru's Jazzmatazz. Hear it now at MXDWN.
"A soundscape similar to early AIR or even a less deranged version of Black Moth Super Rainbow. It’s quite beautiful." Treble Zine introduces BVRTH. Listen to "Oblivian" now. S/T debut album out April 19th.
While living in Italy in his late 20’s, Derek Virta of BVRTH wasn’t playing or listening to any music, he was just riding his bike all over Tuscany. By the time he moved back to Chicago six months later, he was an amateur bike racer, later winning three Minnesota (he is now based in St. Paul) state championships.
Virta refers to BVRTH music as “psych sludge,” which is not a total misnomer, but is likely overly influenced by Virta’s history playing in Graveface Records “house band” Dreamend and touring with Black Moth Super Rainbow. In actuality, Virta’s music takes that rich goo of a sound and bathes it in precise production values that make it not just rich, but wealthy.
Virta also counts Aphex Twin, Grails, Air, Stereolab, Suicide, and Low as influences on BVRTH.
BVRTH is out via the artist’s Virtageaux Records label on April 19th .