[@HOME] with Luis Fernando by Joseph Wensell
Coming out the Brazilian and Berlin music scenes, Luis Fernando, known as ^L_ is a personality worth learning more about. Early on as a teenager, Fernando started making music, drawing on the sounds from bands like My Bloody Valentine and Nine Inch Nails. The exposure to those two bands would prove to be the inspiration for his first Shoegaze-leaning excursions in to the music world. Like most musically inclined people, the more music Fernando was exposed to, regardless of genre, the more eclectic his tastes and visions for his own compositions would evolve. Over the years, this has proven to be the case as Luis would go on to work in the digital music realm, scoring and producing soundtracks for films, as well as experimenting with the sounds of Techno, Acid, Noise and the abstract. A very interesting trait about Fernando is the fact that he is not one to shy away from social injustices, religion or philosophy. Fernando simply transfers his “disdain” for these topics to the music he creates, which easily and effectively communicates his feelings. This bold approach to communicating controversial subjects through his music caught the attention of reputable global media outlets like Thump and Vice, among others, to do editorial and interview features and reviews of his music giving him wide spread exposure in major hubs for cutting-edge electronic music including Berlin and New York City. Over the last fews years, I've been following Luis, mostly on his Facebook page, learning about who this guy really is. I've always found his Facebook posts intriguing and almost always share the same tastes in literature, art and all kinds of music. As such, it seemed only natural to invite Luis as our first personality to talk about home life discussing a wide range of subjects from books, movies, and music to foods, booze, vices and more.
70 | Beatselector Magazine | September/October 2019
