Pit Spector (b. 1983, France)
Mindoor, 2020

Mindoor

2020

Mindoor is the first album by Pierre Deniel aka Pit Spector. This album was produced in collaboration with 9 leading artists from the electronic music scene. This project for Logistic records is a continuation of the work provided by Pit for many years and which has already given birth to a series of several Maxis Ep initiated on his own label "Prospector". On this first album Pit Spector surrounded himself with producers of geniuses such as: Dandy Jack, San Proper, Tin Man, The Mole, Cuthead, Ben Vedren, Ernesto Ferreyra, Dave Aju and Ark. These collaborations have enabled the learning and exchange of many production techniques leading to an album rich in color, eclectic not limited to any particular style. With Mindoor, Pit offers a unique journey into the vast landscapes of electronic music, sometimes sweet, groove, sexy - sometimes raw and funky. Each track has been precisely mixed by Pit Spector to create a homogeneous aspect despite different production techniques used for each track.

Pit Spector

Born in 1983, Les Lilas, France
Lives and works in Paris, France

Member of the live trio Antislash since its foundation in 2006, Pierre Deniel aka Pit Spector is an essential figure of the Parisian nightlife, currently metamorphosing into one of Europe’s hottest up-and-coming underground players. Having released on the Minibar label founded by Cabanne, plus Antislash EPs on Salon and Circus Company, Pit Spector’s standout style is a variation on micro-house, tinged with intriguing instrumental and vocal samples. After his first solo album in 2010 and the creation of the recording studio “Studio 52” with his Antislash accomplices, he partnered with his brother Ark in 2013 for a series of EPs released on the likes of Versatile, Hold Youth, Thema and Karat. Noticed by the taste-makers at some of Europe’s most influential clubs, Pit has played at Paris institutions Rex Club and Batofar, as well the 2014 edition of the highly celebrated Weather Festival. Perfectly fitting the mood of Berlin he has been invited to the legendary Bar25, Club der Visionaere, Tresor, Chalet, Katerholzig… to the DJs dream, Panorama Bar. In 2014, Pit launched his residency party Prospector at Paris’ La Machine du Moulin Rouge, each time inviting the guest artist to join him in the studio beforehand to work on a track. Other than a damn good party, the result is Pit’s new label of the same name, launching September 2014. Expect top quality collabs with San Proper, Ben Vedren and Narcotic Syntax. Also launched this year with his Zerozerobar posse was label Rose et Rosée, for which Pit provided the excellent opening EP.

Damien Poulain

Born in 1975, Angers, France
Lives and works in London, UK and Paris, France

Damien Poulain studied visual communication at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design, Orléans, France (1993), then postgraduate at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany in 1999. Interested in Minimalism, he went onto studying alongside the master AG Fronzoni in Italy, where he met the architect Claudio Silvestrin. This experience lead him to follow his own path in visual communication searching new ways of expressing ideas, beyond graphic design and went in 2001 to work at Fabrica, Benetton Research Center in Treviso, Italy. In 2002, Poulain established himself in London as a graphic designer and publisher.

Poulain funded the publishing house Oodee books in 2011, with his inauguration project POV Female, he gave the voice to 25 female photographers throughout the world (London, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Bogota, and Beirut) giving exposure to previously unpublished, self-initiated projects in limited-edition monographs of 100. This project on female photography has been widely relayed in newspapers such as The New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian amongst others. He also collaborates with artists such as Pieter Hugo, Viviane Sassen, Roger Ballen, and Ren Hang.

Since 2015 he is drawn back to his own artistic productions and did so while responding to various invitations. Exploring design and architecture, Damien Poulain’s work develops in transversality influenced by Shintoist, tribal, and heraldic symbols. In his practice, he uses materials such as textile, spray paint, sculpture, and architectural volumes to develop a work targeting the meaning of community and the tools of its beliefs. His work invests and promotes positive feelings in building communities and wishes through his projects to bring people together. At the same time, he intends to raise questions about contemporary popular culture’s practices, in collaborative approaches between the artist and local artisans and resources.

Visit his website www.damienpoulain.com
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