![]() Verstraeten streamlined and beefed up the sound of Violent Disco together with producer Nicolas Rombouts, whom he admired since his time in Dez Mona. But that’s what I love: to step into new worlds ingenuously and explore’. A director or a painter, lost in the world of music. ‘I’m a visual artist at heart, who almost feels like a tourist among other musicians. ‘There’s chaos in everything I do’, he says. A colourful collage, something that doesn’t go from A to B in a straight line, musically or lyrically. There’s even some Moby in there, somewhere, much to the chagrin of my girlfriend!’.Īs depicted in the music video for first single Gone Gone Gone, Verstraeten wanted the music to be a trip. I had a bit of a triphop moment, and I took the beats and Portishead-like strings from there. ‘I watched every mafia movie on Netflix, that’s where the soul influences come from. Just plenty of everything, and a bit messy’.įor his take on a party album, Verstraeten picked up influences left and right. Not me, that’s for sure! So I decided go for something abundant instead of constrained. So who would be waiting for a collection of intimate, quiet, sit-at-home songs, when all the lockdowns are over? No one. ‘A party where everyone is wearing headphones, and basically in his own bubble. ![]() ‘When bars closed and night life came to a standstill because of corona, it made me think of the silent disco concept’, explains Jan. It’s an album of bold melodies and arrangements, big sounds, and lean, in your face swagger. My whole existence at that point just felt very small’. ‘It was made on a small budget, in a small room, on a small laptop. So I wanted the complete opposite of that’.īack in 2019, when Verstraeten’s debut ep was released, the six songs on Cheap Dreams were created as a counterweight for the punk scene he was coming from. ‘Because of the pandemic the whole damn world started to go quiet. And then it turned out a whole different kind of beast’, says Jan Verstraeten, of his new album Violent Disco. It helps to work with a mergers and acquisition firm to get the best deal possible.‘It started out as a continuation of my previous ep. Large tech companies can stay competitive by acquiring smaller firms that specialize in specific areas. "You will soon come to see the utter seriousness of Samsung's intentions," he said. He added that Samsung's market reach makes it the best fit for this kind of partnership. In a post on Medium, Viv co-founder and CEO Dag Kittlaus wrote that the company wants to see AI move beyond simple apps to encompass more devices and be able to handle hundreds of more tasks. ![]() Neither Samsung nor Viv have disclosed the specific details of the deal. The company is in need of new products to retain customers and attract new ones. This is particularly notable in light of the spontaneous combustion problems affecting the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which is now being recalled worldwide. Samsung, which makes phones that typically use Google's Android software, is now looking to create its own artificial intelligence service.Īccording to the Wall Street Journal, this is the fourth time in two years that the South Korean electronics company has purchased an American technology firm, suggesting that it is making a serious push to compete with the many features available on high-end smartphones, such as the iPhone or Google's new Pixel line. So far, their competitors have lagged behind, but that may be changing. OctoSamsung Buys Lab Founded By Siri Creatorsīoth Apple and Google have made big strides in consumer artificial intelligence with their Siri and Google Now services, respectively.
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