We chatted with Angelo Cares to get to know him personally and his music career. Angelo Cares is an emerging electronic artist, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist originating from Concepción, Chile. The talented musician is quickly making waves in the scene with his unparalleled sound and style across Europe and the United States. Through his emotion-filled melodic productions, Angelo Cares radiates raw emotion through soulful instrumentation. Inspired by his life experiences, Angelo Cares strives to push the envelope with his sound and bridge various elements from different genres to make a well-rounded, dynamic style. The South American artist seeks to connect intimately through his music with listeners around the world. Angelo Cares will have listeners engulfed in the world he creates with his eclectic, trance-inducing music.
‘Angelo Cares’ is an interesting name, how did you come with that?
My name is “Angelo” and “Cares” is my last name. It is the product of a series of confusions and bad transcriptions that start in Scotland and end in Chile, my native country. My ancestors came to the country in 1800. Their last name was originally “Kerr”, but after going through several English and Spanish speaking countries, it ended up written as “Cares”. In Spanish, my surname does not have a meaning, but it is interesting that in English it has the meaning of “attention” or “caring about the other”. I think my music has something of that. While I respect electronic music that is only used for dancing, my music is intended to connect people with themselves through sounds that induce trance and, with it, a moment of intimacy where dancing is part of a ritual
We just love your latest EP, ‘Modern Mantras’’ What was your inspiration for this release?
“Modern Mantras” is an invitation to connect with ourselves through rhythm, melody, and movement. My main inspiration in creating the EP are moments of life. Not only the most important moments but also the everyday moments that can be transformed into instances to reconnect. During the creation of Modern Mantras, I asked myself “What kind of music could make the take-off of an airplane starting a trip become a magical moment for a passenger?”, “How could an awakening of any given day be transformed into a soundtrack? “. For me, the answer is that each moment is music in itself and that it is enough to pay attention to make that “intangible” music something real
Covid19 has really impacted the world as we know it and we doubt things will ever be the same. How has the pandemic affected you as producers and performing artists? Would you say it has given you guys the opportunity to focus on production and getting new music out there?
While I have been a musician since I was a child and have produced electronic and pop for bands and soloists, my career in independent production, under my own name, is really recent. I started in 2018 the production of my own first tracks, which remained unfinished for some time. During the pandemic, I initially dedicated to reading, painting, and inspiring myself by listening to references in progressive house and deep house. That mental exercise and the confinement allowed the ideas that were missing to finish the first tracks to emerge. From then on, the pandemic for me has been an opportunity to advance in production and, above all, to learn and find inspiration. I’m sure many artists are using these complex moments as creative energy. I hope that once we as a society overcome this challenge, the reunion between those of us who give our hearts through art and our audience will be magical and powerful.
Please tease us with some information on any upcoming projects you are
currently working on or have planned? What do you have lined up for your fans
for the rest of 2020?
I am currently working on my second EP, which I hope to be able to share during the first months of 2021. In the meantime I have planned to release at least two singles and we are preparing a new video clip, which will be available at the end of November. I am also working on the production of my live set which I would love to share with the public if the committed dates for 2021 are confirmed. I hope we can overcome the pandemic soon so that we can enjoy live music again.
What inspired you to produce, sing, and even write your own music?
Mainly the experiences of my life. At 34 years of age I have lived with intensity. I have fought, suffered, missed and loved intensely. In 2015 I lost my brother, who was my reference and one of my best friends. I also suffered the end of a life project, but life gave me happiness again through the birth of my daughter María Gracia, one of my greatest sources of strength, and I was able to rediscover love when I met Loreto, my girlfriend and a fundamental pillar in my career. My parents Custodio and Margot and my nephews Emilia and Bruno are also part of my vital support. In every moment of sadness or joy, I have found peace in looking inside myself in the company of music, especially electronic music, which in its repetitive but deep cadence, has become a mantra. That’s where the name of my last EP comes from.
What gig or festival have you performed at that you would describe as your most memorable and why?
I have always wanted to see my music as an intimate expression that I only dare to share in spaces of trust. That is why I have moved in a very low-key environment, in clubs and spaces where I have shared with a couple of hundred people. This year I felt prepared to open my music in a massive way but fate said something different and the pandemic drastically changed the scene for us. I hope that 2021 will be the year in which I meet the thousands of listeners who only know me through streaming platforms and who I am eager to meet in person.
How do you get a track started? Would you mind telling us a bit about your
production process? How long does it take you to complete a track on average and do you ever get writer’s / producer’s block?
In my creative process, the first thing is always to imagine the moment for which I am composing. That moment is expressed in a chord progression and a simple beat. Then comes the lead voice which is generally expressed in synthesized bronzes. Once the core of the new track is composed, I begin to imagine the spaces that I want to convey and the emotions with which they connect in order to give life to the moments and their intensities. Sometimes I consider the drums to best transport the listener into that space, other times I rely on the layers of pads or more synthetic sounds, sometimes it is just an unexpected silence with a reverb that provides a wide atmosphere. The bass is very important in my productions, regardless of whether or not it has so much sonic presence. I usually build simple bass lines but always trying to give a solid base and more depth to the kick. The duration of the process is highly variable. There are times when a new track is presented so clearly that I am able to materialize it in a day or two. At other times the melodies and beats are hidden and take months to reveal themselves. Finally I work on the details, those sounds that maybe appear only once in the track but that keep the attention and surprise the listener in a conscious or subconscious way. Blocking is something you learn to deal with. I usually get over it by stopping production and going back to my sources of inspiration or starting something new and giving the other track time to appear clearer in my mind. What is normally quite stable is the mastering time of a track, which I usually give a week or two.Although I enjoy many musical styles, electronic music and mainly deep and progressive house have a special effect on me. Perhaps it is the simplicity of the melodic lines, the repetitive hit of the kick or the deep vibration of the bass. Something in electronic music transports me to spaces where I feel happy and comfortable. Maybe that’s what prompted me to believe that I also had the ability to create those mysterious sounds that had so much meaning to me. My main references are in classical music: the melodic lines of Franz Schubert, the sound moments of Strauss and Handel, or the atmospheres of Chopin. In today’s setting, I admire the work of Hernan Cattaneo, Ben Böhmer, Modd, Lane8, and Yotto.In my creative process, the first thing is always to imagine the moment for which I am composing. That moment is expressed in a chord progression and a simple beat. Then comes the lead voice which is generally expressed in synthesized bronzes. Once the core of the new track is composed, I begin to imagine the spaces that I want to convey and the emotions with which they connect in order to give life to the moments and their intensities. Sometimes I consider the drums to best transport the listener into that space, other times I rely on the layers of pads or more synthetic sounds, sometimes it is just an unexpected silence with a reverb that provides a wide atmosphere. The bass is very important in my productions, regardless of whether or not it has so much sonic presence. I usually build simple bass lines but always trying to give a solid base and more depth to the kick. The duration of the process is highly variable. There are times when a new track is presented so clearly that I am able to materialize it in a day or two. At other times the melodies and beats are hidden and take months to reveal themselves. Finally I work on the details, those sounds that maybe appear only once in the track but that keep the attention and surprise the listener in a conscious or subconscious way. Blocking is something you learn to deal with. I usually get over it by stopping production and going back to my sources of inspiration or starting something new and giving the other track time to appear clearer in my mind. What is normally quite stable is the mastering time of a track, which I usually give a week or two.
How did you get into Deep Progressive House music? Describe your desire for
this genre and what influenced you to produce this kind of music?
In my creative process, the first thing is always to imagine the moment for which I am composing. That moment is expressed in a chord progression and a simple beat. Then comes the lead voice which is generally expressed in synthesized bronzes. Once the core of the new track is composed, I begin to imagine the spaces that I want to convey and the emotions with which they connect in order to give life to the moments and their intensities. Sometimes I consider the drums to best transport the listener into that space, other times I rely on the layers of pads or more synthetic sounds, sometimes it is just an unexpected silence with a reverb that provides a wide atmosphere. The bass is very important in my productions, regardless of whether or not it has so much sonic presence. I usually build simple bass lines but always trying to give a solid base and more depth to the kick. The duration of the process is highly variable. There are times when a new track is presented so clearly that I am able to materialize it in a day or two. At other times the melodies and beats are hidden and take months to reveal themselves. Finally, I work on the details, those sounds that maybe appear only once in the track but that keep the attention and surprise the listener in a conscious or subconscious way. Blocking is something you learn to deal with. I usually get over it by stopping production and going back to my sources of inspiration or starting something new and giving the other track time to appear clearer in my mind. What is normally quite stable is the mastering time of a track, which I usually give a week or two.
Would you mind sharing any words of wisdom or advice with all up-coming
producers and artists that are trying to break into the mainstream EDM scene
today? What was the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Put aside fear and dare to show your work. Learn tirelessly. Fill yourself with virtuous references. Learn to use the tools. Take the time to get to know and understand the music industry. Open the borders of the music you listen to because in each style there are important lessons to be learned. Be supportive and kind with those who start the journey. Share and be close to listeners and followers because an artist is the engine of his career but the public is the fuel that keep that engine running.
This is a question we love asking. Please tell us something about you that your
fans don’t know. Surprise us
I am a software engineer and owner of a technology company. In 2015, with my team, we designed and developed a system that allows monitoring of the International Space Station, for which we were awarded by NASA.
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