Hugo Massien, a London producer, DJ, and synthesizer engineer, has joined the Dirtybird White Label roster with the release of his new EP, ‘Fast Forward.’
The 5th release on the series following recent EPs including Nikki Nair’s ‘More Is Different’, to Ivy Lab’s ‘Press Play’, the Dirtybird White Label continues to venture into more left of center/underground sounds. Launched in 2021, the label’s new arm set out with a simple mission: to defy current sound expectations and continue its ethos as a formidable tastemaker, now with a new release from deep tech producer Hugo Massien.
Hugo delivers four gems across a variety of genres across the four-track EP, much like previous releases on the White Label. From the melodic break of “Fast Forward” to the dream state mood of “Dynamic Symmetry”, the lo-fi bass of “Quantum Mechanics”, and sublime “Astral State”, the EP shows versatility and the undeniable talent across his productions.
The ‘Fast Forward’ EP marks Hugo’s debut on Dirtybird, which happened organically through label boss Claude VonStroke following the producer’s sound throughout the pandemic, particularly his stellar debut album Metamorphosis. Hugo is a synthesizer engineer at Novation, having a deep and impressive knowledge of their products and incorporating them into the EP, which comes as no surprise.
Hugo quickly gained a legion of fans who adored his bass-heavy breaks, which drew on influences from his early rave days, when dubstep reigned supreme in the UK’s nightclubs. By 2018, he had released a string of successful EPs on labels such as XL Recordings, Keysound, 17 Steps, Unknown to the Unknown, and E-Beamz (home to DJ Seinfeld, DJ Boring, & more). Hugo’s tracks are a fixture in the sets of highly respected tastemakers including Roman Flugel, TEED, and Ben UFO to name a few.
The new EP, ‘Fast Forward,’ has been released on March 4th as part of Dirtybird’s White Label Series, as well as the signature white vinyl with the original Dirtybird logo that Claude VonStroke drew by hand many decades ago.
