Cloud Management – The Monday Is OK Mixtape

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Love Song’s Thomas Korf and Sebastian Kokus and the prolific Ulf Schütte aka Cloud Management bring forth a ray of sunlight through the February clouds.

Rough digi-dub and bass-heavy pulsations. What began as a small release blossomed into a full blown LP VA, with the trio delving into dub music, collaborating with artists like Peaking Lights’ Aaron Coyes, No UFO’s, Seekers International, and Coco Em.

The genesis of “V.A.” traces back to a December 2022 concert in Hamburg, where Cloud Management joined forces with Coyes for an impromptu jam session. This collaboration sparked a series of creative exchanges, leading to further collabs with artists like Konrad Jandavs and Emma Mbeki Nzioka. VA is a “testament to their perpetual state of transformation and innovation.”

With a brief reprieve of sunshine peeking from behind the clouds it’s time to get into pastures new, let’s step into the clouds and go…interview below:

Ransom Note · Cloud Management – The Monday Is OK Mixtape

Please introduce yourself…
Who are you:
Cloud Management

Where are you:
Ojén, Spain and Hamburg Germany

What are you:
Almost a band

Tell us about the Monday mixtape you’ve put together for us.

If it were to be drawn what would it look like?

If it were a food what would it be?

A Sourdough Bowl

with Fanta Mango on the side

What would be the ideal setting to listen to the mix?

On the couch, skipping work

What should we be wearing?

Sweatpants

Where was it recorded?
Somewhere between Germany and Spain

How do you feel about Mondays in general, excited…or?

Rather a necessity…

Who would you say are your biggest influences and what are you hoping to achieve with your music?

We are influenced by everything that surrounds us. And try to create a mood which keeps the listener and ourselves entertained

What were your original aspirations as musicians and how do you think you’re shaping up?
At least we really succeed with keeping ourselves entertained 😉

Some self help questions for a Monday:

Am I excited to dive into the challenges that i have lined up for the week?

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Am I looking forward to engaging with the people i am meeting or working with?

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Am I going to my dream job?

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Am I being compensated fairly for the value i bring to my job?

Do I feel energised, rested, and confident?

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If you were trapped on a desert island with one other person, who would you choose? How long would it be before you eat them?

Marshmallow Man…would probably wait 5 minutes or so…

Your doctor says you need more exercise….what do you take up for exercise?
Hiking

If you could travel in time…where in time would you go? Why?
To the dinosaurs, because dinosaurs are cool

What was the first electronic record you heard and how did it make you feel?
Technotronic – Pump up the jam. Felt pretty pumped afterwards.

How does your brain work when making music? How does it work when you aren’t?
Does it have to work?

What were the first and last records you bought?
Torfrock – Dat matscht so schön
Dj Ramon Sucesso – Sexta dos Crias

What are you obsessed with at the moment?

Hanging with my home grown cauliflower on the terrace

What’s your answer to everything? Yes

Anything else we need to discuss.

Yes, the tracklist
Museum of No Art – Orchideengarten Ruse
Sun Aras – Ma Holo
Jon Iverson meets Prins Emanuel, Golden Ivy & Inre Kretsen Grupp – Drum Steel
Gerry Franke – Malet
Zion Train – Free Heart
Alpha & Omega – Pure And Clean
Feel Free Hifi – Subway Lights AN
African Head Charge – In a trap
Yu Su – Futuro
Lord Tang – clip clop
Nicolas Gaunin – (6)
O$VMV$M – Diablo
Jon Hassell – Fearless
Répéter – Ghostly Regenerator
Om Unit Meets Seekers International – Krnch
KuNa – dub from planet Ku
HLM38 – Dammerung
Round Five – Na Fe Throw (Version)
King Tubby & The Prophets – Dub Vengence
Miguel A. Ruiz – Papua
Jah Stitch – Watch Your Step Youthman
Scientist – Wins World Cup 3
Little John & Popsie – Ram Jam