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Two Soul Fusion
With Josh Milan, Louie Vega unlocks another dimension. Two Soul Fusion is where the live band energy of Elements Of Life collides with the freedom of the studio, creating records that feel alive the moment they’re born.
“Two Soul Fusion, when Josh and I hit the studio it’s like the live band side comes to play. We make the records as if the Elements Of Life band are performing it when making the Dreamer album. If we are producing an artist or writing for them, Josh and I can do it all in one ses- sion sometimes, especially since Josh is a multi-instrumentalist. He also is a seasoned songwriter, and sings lead, kind of a one man band, he does it all. My influences bring out something di- fferent in him than when he is producing himself. I think he also learned some di- fferent ways in the way I produce music, make records, and vice versa. We have lots of fun making records together and we are both producers of many years as Kenny and I are too.”
FUTURE COLLABORATIONS
For Vega, collaboration is about more than talent. It’s about connection, hun- ger, and the ability to push each other into uncharted space.
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“I look for those things, hunger, herita- ge, contribution to project, and all the artists above do just that. But most of all we need to flow together, and have a special bond in studio as I’ve had with Kenny, Anané, and Josh. There has to be a connection in order for me to work with someone, and all the above are a dream to work with.”
That bond has already taken shape with Msaki, the South African sin- ger-songwriter.
“I believe all the above can explode into a whole new chapter. Msaki is a great songwriter, singer, artist from South Africa and together we co-wrote, lyrics by Msaki and music by Louie Vega and Axel Tosca, a beautiful and heartfelt afro house song. It is an emotional song entitled Mercy Of Time which we’ve tested worldwide, finally mixed and mastered and ready to go out into the world. In the studio she just knew right away what feels good on the music we came up with. When she came into the studio I had four tracks we came up with and she picked this one and wro- te Mercy Of Time. It complimented the music perfectly.”
The Martinez Brothers, meanwhile, feel like family.
“When we worked on Let It Go we knew we were onto something, co-written with Marc Bassy. Every time we went into the studio we came up with many tracks so there is more coming from us. Last we talked about doing an EP with the material we have. I like things to happen naturally and I’m in no rush, when it happens, it happens. But there is heat up in the drives. They are family.”
With Joseph Capriati, the link is both musical and cultural.
“We collaborated on a track called Spirit Brothers capturing our worlds in one. In September we are in the studio in Ibiza, so we have surprises coming. With our
connection. He’s from Naples and I’ve been going to Naples for many years and our music is a part of the Naples club culture hitting several genera- tions. He was a young boy many years ago checking us out at the huge beach parties by Angels of Love and look years later we are in the studio together.”
history with Naples, there’s the
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