MASSIVAN - What Should I Say (Feat. Olson)

MASSIVAN
„Wide“ (Pmusica)

There is a certain kind of music that can make you feel like looking at a wide seaside horizon at sunset, completely being in the „here & now“, forgetting about time and space in general. At least for that special spilt second... then, only then, that moment is definitely not just a clichee.

Listening to „Wide“, this feeling is sure to get you way more than just once. The eclectic and truly mature sounds of Massivan unite quite a lot of worlds into something that is bigger than the mere sum of its individual parts. And while other people constantly try hard to give their music that certain extra feeling, this guy just lets it flow by simply being himself. Now some of those „others“ even keep reaching for that bit of a balearic vibe also,- Massivan leans back and smiles... as his journey led him to the beautiful island of Formentera quite some time ago already... now being a proud island resident, a regular BLUE BAR resident DJ and a happy family father as well – completely loving it, of course. And yes, you can definitely tell by listening to his tunes.

The man they call Massivan, „real“ name Ivan Pezzini, was actually born the son of an italian violinist in Switzerland back in 1971. After enjoying a classical music education, playing the violin for 8 years as a kid and then later studying drums at the American Institue of Music (Vienna), he took a left turn careerwise in the early 90s and got deep into audio engineering and deejaying. And as „change“ had always definitely been a very familiar term in his life, Ivan decided to take on the challenge and went for the change.

As a co-founder of a label called Modest Records, our blessed swiss italian protagonist then decided to literally become a progressive house activist, releasing (and charting) various influential singles under the „Josef’s Ruhe“ moniker (with full support from various genre dj dons like John Digweed, Timo Maas, Steve Lawler and Sasha). Those, in combination with a residency at Zürich’s legendary Labyrinth club, made Massivan catch a brief glimpse of dj jet setting and around-the-world-party lifestyle. By 2002, Ivan had scored a nice record deal as 50% of CALMSTREET, but due to the label going bust right after establishing CALMSTEEET’s longplayer „Third Wave“ on a global scale, he had to come up with a new masterplan altogether.

It was then when Massivan decided to move to Formentera, letting the pretty spiritual island vibes take control of his creativity (and personality of course)... full on. With his debut solo album „Daylife“ – a sort of jazzed up chill house affair - and the follow up, the heavily club music influenced „Massenwahn“ (released in 2006), as the results of his personal, spiritual and creative growth. A prestigeous Buddha Bar compilation entry came as no surprise by that time...

The intriguing downtempo vibes on „Wide“ now, melted in with smart injections of jazz and some „in-the-know“ world beat moments, sum up perfectly how Massivan feels these days. Supported by first call musicians like belgian guitar and bass virtuoso Nicolas Fiszman, Miguel „Fisherman“ Bosch (Sax), spanish guitar player Juan Morilla, Phillipe Decock on piano and singers Bea Luna and Olson, it was mainly the opportunity to produce music with his 70 year old father Mirco - a long time violinist for the Zurich opera – that made Massivan feel that things are coming in full circle finally. The rare sonic space where the soul of a dj becomes one with classical strings.

„To me, all music is one,“ Massivan states – and smiles. „Being able to use that sort of a wide horizon, that’s the best and most fun part of the whole game to me. ‚Wide’ is as close as possible to where I always wanted to be....“ . Listening closely to these sounds of Massivan, you might most probably want to be right there, too. And guess what: in fact, you are!