Opening with ‘find yourself’ the track sees wev exploring the dynamic of human connection. The vocals are hypnotizing and alluring while the backing breathes both nostalgic and futuristic sounds. ‘hsl’ draws inspiration from the city and was written as wev enjoyed an unobstructed view of Manhattan. You can practically feel the variety of hues wash over you as the track progresses. Flexing his musicianship and taking the track to new heights comes a captivating saxophone break played by wev himself. The project closes on an emotive note with ‘close 2 me’ featuring Adeline Um. It’s finding love after a spell of hurt. It’s locking eyes at a darkened club and feeling an awakening emotion that you’d almost given up on. It’ll pull at your heart strings while making you move your feet and get lost in the sound. It’s the perfect conclusion; leaving you longing for more.

Stream www below and take a trip deeper into wev’s world on his website. Be sure to click, drag, and move around the page for some fun surprises.

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You recently moved to New York. How’s the city been treating you? Has the move had any impact on your output or inspiration?

I love it here— in a lot of ways I felt like I was already from Brooklyn, so it was a very natural transition. There was definitely an adjustment period that I wasn’t fully aware was going on in the background, but I love the energy here. I feel there’s a lot more raw material for me to work with and find inspiration in. My musical output has definitely gone up a lot.

What’s your favorite thing about NY?

The people. I’ve witnessed more humanity here in a few months than in years spent in California. Everyone is in the shit together and there’s a certain comraderie to it.

Your sound has been going through an evolution over the past year. Moving from a hard-hitting trap and bass sounds, to a more groovy house aesthetic. Can you speak to what prompted the change in direction?

The outset of my music pursuit was greatly influenced by the music I was surrounded with at the time. There were certain people and environments that really steered my sound, but after a while it became clear that my direction wasn’t reflecting who I was, and wasn’t an honest expression of my actual emotions and experience.

The heartbeat of the genre is very easy to connect with and dance to; if you can move a muscle, you can change a thought. House for me is a conduit for connecting with people…

What drew you to house music?

I was exposed to the genre in a very authentic way while I spent some time in London and Paris, and the more I started to explore the sound it really resonated with me. The heartbeat of the genre is very easy to connect with and dance to; if you can move a muscle, you can change a thought. House for me is a conduit for connecting with people— I can relay the musical palette and ideas in a way that people can still understand and be moved by.

The evolution in sound also coincided with a rebrand. Who is world wide wev?

worldwidewev is me! But it’s also you. The project is an honest representation of my thoughts, feelings, aspirations, taste, and experience. It is my world— always a work in progress, and doesn’t stop at music.

It’s my first cohesive collection of songs, and I set out to encompass some of the foundational elements that exist in my music going forward. It is a taste of the character and color of my emotional state over the last year.

Tell us about the upcoming EP. Where are you taking listeners with this one?

To me, this EP is a trajectory. It’s my first cohesive collection of songs, and I set out to encompass some of the foundational elements that exist in my music going forward. It is a taste of the character and color of my emotional state over the last year, and represents the new direction in terms of genre. I want to take listeners into my world.

The EP is also accompanied with an interactive visual element. How did you go about building and creating this? What elements of the music are most prevalent within the visual experience?

One of my primary goals as an artist is to innovate on the existing platforms we have and create a unique, immersive experience for others. With the emergence of VR/AR I saw an opportunity to bring a new kind of experience to people using technology they already have. I didn’t have budget to pay someone so I spent a few weeks learning javascript and experimenting. My goal was to create a moment where a viewer was suddenly very grounded in the present, and focused intently on orienting themselves and navigating an environment in a new way– browsing a website by orienting their whole body. The inspiration for this came from the experience of playing a Nintendo 64 game for the first time. It was a new 3D environment to explore, coming from the 2D world of Gameboy color. My music is primarily inspired by visual concepts, stemming from early computer graphics and old video games. Graphically the web experience is made up of primitives, and ‘the grid’ which has been a recurrent inspiration of mine.

Every instrument has its own limitations, and I find it easier to work within those limitations more creatively than when I have virtually unlimited options and capabilities in a software only environment.

I know you’ve getting into producing a lot more on your TR-09 and leveraging analog synths. What impact has this had on your creative process and music as a whole?

Working with analog and hardware in general has let ideas come to me more naturally. Every instrument has its own limitations, and I find it easier to work within those limitations more creatively than when I have virtually unlimited options and capabilities in a software only environment. Also, every synth or machine has its own distinct character, and working with the hardware directly lets me bring that character into my music more directly.

Setting goals seems to be an important part of your life, are there any goals for 2019 that you’d like share with us?

The theme for my year is to connect with as many people as I can and give them a good experience. Some goals that comprise that theme would be playing shows and touring, which is definitely an emphasis. I want to make a show in London and Japan happen somehow.

What is your mix the soundtrack to?

My mix is the soundtrack to a night drive through 1982 Tron in an all white Lamborghini Countach.

Tracklist

ambiwlans – chahinez
wev – ID
secondcity & tyler rowe – i enter
palace – dreamscape
alok & shameless – who gives
patrik skoog – drake equation
wev – fake id flip (unreleased)
friend within – people working
no moon – swimming w/ john
heathered pearls – interior architecture software
wev – ID
mall grab – i’ve always liked grime
expect us – welcome to the basement
anthony parasole – point god
sg lewis & aluna george – hurting (wev flip) (unreleased)

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The remix builds upon the powerful vocals and words of the original allowing it to be instantly recognizable but still so fresh. wev provides deep insight into the remix saying, “The track has a nice cadence to it, it feels like it’s always moving forward. I wanted preserve that feel in my bassline, and strip down the rest of the elements to create a new soundstage. The artwork reflects this— my version is the scene at night. Just by changing the colors and tonality of the art it creates a completely different mood and environment. Doing more with less has definitely been a focus of mine lately.”

Switching the scene to a night time vibe allows ‘Leaving’ to take on a deeper direction. The darkness is surrounding but the moonlight still burns bright. There’s glimmers of hope in the melancholy alongside an undeniable grove. It may be a story of one-sided love but it’s also about embracing hardship and pressing on to become stronger. It’s the cold winter nights watching snowfall, knowing that the summer will be extra sweet. Wade through the feels below.

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