St. Paul-based musician, Derek Virta, is former member
of Graveface “house band” Dreamend, tourmate of Black Moth Super Rainbow.
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Derek Virta of BVRTH
as photographed by Margeaux Claude
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[STREAM | MP3]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/BVRTH-YouWalkAlone
“You Walk
Alone” is the third single taken from
the debut self-titled album by BVRTH,
out now. Featuring vocals by The Nurse
(Sarah Koteles), she is also the co-writer,
co-producer, and engineer behind the track.
BVRTH’s Derek Virta
says, “This collaboration is years in the making. Sarah and I lived in Chicago and were introduced when I was touring
with Dreamend. She was into dance music, something I didn't
know anything about, but she made me a mix tape that I loved, and we stayed in
touch. All of the layering and patterns, are created from scratch, and at the
time I wrote this, I was feeling a Battles
/ Adult vibe.”
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BVRTH – In The
Press
“Dynamic and entrancing.” — MXDWN
“A soundscape similar to early AIR or even a less deranged version of Black Moth Super Rainbow. It’s quite beautiful.” — Treble
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About –
BVRTH
While living in Italy in his late 20’s, Derek Virta of BVRTH wasn’t playing or listening to any music, he was just riding
his bike all over Tuscany. By the time he moved back to Chicago six months
later, he was an amateur bike racer, later winning three Minnesota (he is now
based in St. Paul) state championships.
Virta refers to BVRTH
music as “psych sludge,” which is not a total misnomer, but is likely overly
influenced by Virta’s history
playing in Graveface Records “house
band” Dreamend and touring with Black Moth Super Rainbow. In actuality,
Virta’s music takes that rich goo of
a sound and bathes it in precise production values that make it not just rich,
but wealthy.
Virta also counts Aphex
Twin, Grails, Air, Stereolab, Suicide, and Low as influences on BVRTH.
The music on Virta’s
self-titled debut BVRTH album (out
today) is immediately impressive, especially for a guy who only jumped back
into writing and recording in late 2018, handling all of the guitar, bass,
drums, keyboards, and programming himself.
Growing up, Virta
discovered Fugazi, Bad Brains, and Unwound in high school, and also found himself getting into jazz at
the same time. His love of hip-hop can be heard on BVRTH, too, especially on the single, “Warden,” inspired
by Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, and Digital Underground.
“I was pretty much a sponge,” he says.
Everything Virta
soaked up gets wrung out on the eight-track BVRTH album, contributing to the instantly familiar, but intensely
layered, quality of these tracks. BVRTH is the self-titled debut album
by BVRTH aka Derek Virta, out via the musician’s Virtageaux Records label today.
Virta is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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BVRTH
ST
Out Now
(Virtageaux Records)
Streaming Link:
Track Listing:
01. Oblivian (STREAM | MP3)
02. Warden (STREAM
| MP3)
03. You Walk Alone (feat. The Nurse) (STREAM | MP3)
04. Stonesend
05. Iljo
06. Geauxst
07. BRBDB
08. Eye Gouger
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BVRTH - Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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