The Global Beat

Portman’s history is interesting. In the late 90s,when he ended up with a bunch of tracks,he was confident that the sounds would make him “famous”. But a trip to different record companies dampened his spirits. Not willing to give up,he went back to his bedroom studio and mixed another set of tracks. And in 2006,when he met Chris Reece,label owner of Unreleased Digital,he hit bull’s eye. A contract was signed and in early 2007,his first EP ‘Backside / Evolution’ was released. There’s been no looking back ever since. “And thus my advice to young music makers – Make your own experience. I think modern technology now offers more flexibility to do good work,” he says.

The typical Portman works include ‘I Never Sleep / Essence’,’Twisted Memories – Poems in C-Minor’,’Sumatra’,’Open Your Mind’. “And my new EP – Port 6 – will be released here in India,” he says adding,“Whatever part of the world,the electronic music crowd remains almost the same.” And what clicks with his listeners is his way of working. “My creative process depends on my mood when I’m in the studio. I don’t think too much about how I want something to sound or where my inspiration comes from. It’s just the music that I like at that moment,” he quips.