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Busy P is an inspiration to anyone who ever dreamt of getting tangled up in the quirky web of the music industry. Being a successful producer can be hard work. Running a serious record label can take up all your time. Managing artists can be a nightmare. Doing all of these things at the same time, dealing with some of the biggest acts in electronic music and carrying it all off with aplomb, well that can only be Busy P.
There are certain people with a penchant for knowing what's hot. Pedro Winter is one such man. In the mid-nineties he took on management of a duo with little exposure outside of the French house scene. Daft Punk would go on to become one of the most influential dance acts of all time. And Pedro would go on to head up Ed Banger Records, releasing such artists as Justice, SebastiAn, Breakbot and Mr Oizo.
The Red Bull Music Academy has been uniting artists whose mindsets and studio set-ups are even more varied than the countries they represent, for more than ten years now. And the story doesn't end when the musicians fly home. Plenty of ongoing collaborations or musical tangents have been kick-started at the Academy, and it has become a year-round platform for artists all across globe: both online and via local activities. This blog is where you get a regular heads-up on the tunes and views of those many talented beat makers, vocalists and musicians who have all, at one time, been a part of the Red Bull Music Academy.