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‘’I’m floating in my own abyss of chunky techno and liquid house.” – SHADED SHADED has a signature sound. It’s a weaving combination of driving, psychedelic vibes and funk inspired textures. His sound is undeniable in character, and whilst his production style is constantly evolving, he always stays true to his Southern California roots. To showcase this, he is now working to finalize a new two-hour live Audio Visual show tailored to his style and vision. “No-one is delivering a musical style like my own, and to be able to add the element of what I like visually can take the experience to a whole new level,” he says. And just wait until you hear some of the new music he has incoming: one new track in particular, is a killer collaboration with Cari Golden called ‘Layback Mayback’ set to make waves. “My new material is my best to date,” he says. “By that I mean I feel I have finally found my place, my sweet spot. I always knew my place, but now I am comfortable in it and don't give a fuck what other people think. I literally do not worry about pleasing anyone with my music, now. I use to sometimes worry that people might think that some of the music was leaning too far away from my signature SHADED sound, but now I just don’t care. I don't think. Evolving is my favourite part about making music.” Skyler says pushing bounderies is all he cares about, and Ali ‘Dubfire’ Shirazinia has been his mentor and a key inspiration “since I came up in this industry. He has believed in me since we first meet, which I am forever grateful for. Another source of inspiration was Tiga, because he always marched to the beat of this own drum, which excited me. Papa Sven as well, as his Cocoon sound of the 3rd season disc with Richie Hawtin changed my life!” Some die-hard fans may know SHADED from the SHDWPLAY duo days – after a string of successful releases together on the aforementioned Dubfire’s SCI+TEC imprint, he ventured down the solo path which ultimately proved the right move, with releases like “Be My Binge”, ‘Dwell’ and ‘Crayzy’. It wasn’t long until Turbo’s head honcho Tiga picked up on SHADED’s fresh approach, and led to a total of 5 EP’s on Turbo which includes the label’s best-selling release and Mixmag’s ‘Tune of the Month’ for ‘She She’ to “Body Feels”, which was heavily supported by Loco Dice, The Martinez Brothers, Martin Buttrich and John Digweed. He’s also a key associate with Oliver Huntemann’s Senso imprint: in fact, he appeared on the imprint’s 5th bir

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