Levish - Funky Thoughts (2011)

Levish - Funky Thoughts by levent.feizi

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Levent Feizi aka Levish is a Romanian dj and music producer based in Berlin. His musical background starts around 1984 - 1985 when, as he likes to tell, he got acquainted with his parents' numerous collection of audio tapes. Highschool radio station dj during mid 90's, some guitar playing, a bit piano, Ray Cokes, Beavis & Butthead, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Depeche Mode or The Chemical Brothers. After this, fast speed internet connections became available and opened his way to jazz, world music or the non-mainstream area of electronic music and hiphop. He got his hands on digital players and mixers by accident and only in 2007, after producing some triphop beats around year 2000, during his time spent in Bucharest. His major chance was The Fish Bar & Art Gallery from Constanta, his hometown, where he managed to share his favorite tunes in an ideal context: painting and photo exhibitions, art movie projections and literary debates.
Since his mixes approach the most various styles and genres, Levish considers himself an appropriate dj for the late night radio shows. However, in Constanta, Brasov and Bucharest he shared the desk with Tom Wilson, Emap, Fresh The Funkster, Zakaos, Charlie Dundeen, Fanas or Gemini Bros. The open air parties seem to be highly preferred by Levish, because he didn't hesitate to play some progressive psychedelic world music tunes in the spectacular region of Gurile Dobrogei or in the fascinating abandoned Hotel d'Angleterre from Constanta where funk music was an option and also in Embassy Club (Bucharest), where he mixed for more than 6 hours during a fashion and handmade event named My Grandma's Backyard 8. The multicultural Watumi Festival & Fringe from Brasov was special for Levish. Along with Zakaos, he opened live acts for Suie Paparude, Blazzaj, Bucharest AV, The Pixels, Aria Urbana or The Amsterdams in an alternative club/dance neo-electro left-field jazz-house manner. During the Plai World Music Festival after-party which was held in Control Club in Bucharest he mixed drum n bass, jungle and progressive tunes, using traditional sounds from all over the world. Starting 2009, Levish was a resident dj at Ramayana Cafe and for more than 50 weekly shows he illustrated the musical scene of Bucharest in an educative and eclectic fashion.
Levish is currently working on projects involving production.

(www.myspace.com/levish)

Release date: Jul 4, 2011

Rain

Oh, Rain, you fat miserable piece of shit, what’d they have on you? 2 to 3 weeks off, or what? You were being afraid I’d enjoy too much Sun, huh? I should shoot you in the face right now! 20 fucking tons of your drops on my head plus the injured leg and elbow. Yeah, I fell off my bike because of you, while speeding home, I was soaked like a jelly-fuckin’-fish, right? And some guy inside the grocery says to me “Das ist normal”, as I was fucking bleeding. And you didn’t stop, you kept unloading your cold shit over my head ‘till I got home. I scared some people on the way, they saw me bleeding through clothes, yeah? What the fuck, you’re thirsty now? Why don’t you just poop some of your drops over us, again?! Big and heavy drops, like yesterday! You already started I see. Sure, it’s good, you like that soda? You better fucking enjoy it ‘cause this is the last good experience of your life. Then, we'll get along...

Old Cold

For a second it stopped raining. Four of them showed up. I wish the remaining two join me. They talk. Probably they’re old friends. Through my shades they just turned 20. If they get closer they may be old. The dark haired one smokes and checks me out, according to my shades. The blond one rolls a cigarette. It’s fucking cold and I don’t plan to go to them, it won’t get any warmer. It’s June, 12 degrees outside. According to reality.

Suedia

Răzvan exersează cu voce tare limba suedeză. Un iubitor de aur din ţară întinde coarda şi Universul îmi confirmă diagnosticul de nanism psihic pus, înainte să plec, celor ca el. Gândesc şi văd atât de multe încât nu am timp să scriu despre toate. Ar însemna să mă transform în scriitor sau în fotograf, dar acum e mai bine să asculţi Suedia din Berlinul înconjurător. Mâine vei asculta Mali. E muzică, toţi zâmbesc, chiar şi cei din spate. Intrarea liberă.