Né en France et vivant à Londres, A. Rivière alias Doubtingthomas a débuté sa carrière musicale en 1998 suite à son obsession d’enfance pour les perçus et leur coté rythmique. La production de downtempo et d’autres sons électroniques l’ont conduit à une progression rapide dans l’enregistrement en direct le soundscaping qui l’attira loin de la France et à Londres en 2000. C’est là qu’il a étudié l’ingénierie du son à la prestigieuse SAE continuant ainsi sa passion grandissante pour la liberté d’expression.
Ses soirées régulières au Tbar, au Unit 7, à The End et de nombreuses scènes de renom lui ont permis de rencontrer et travailler aux côtés de Doudou Malicious et son label Multivitamins Records, ainsi que le label Igloo Records de Dilo (Buenos Aires) et EssentialReload de Cesare vs Disorder (UK) et Two Circles basé à San Francisco (USA). Au travers de ses nombreuses sorties, nous avons pu voir et entendre le son de DoubtingThomas évoluer. »
Des années entières passées à collectionner des disques, jouant et collaborant à Londres et à travers l’Europe l’ont aidé à trouver son propre son, original et défini, influences qu’il retranscrit avec originalité dans ses sets.
Séquences dans le son, la réaction de l’esprit et du corps ainsi que l’interaction d’images à travers la musique…. ce sont les idées sous-jacentes de la musique de DoubtingThomas.
French born, London based A. Riviere aka Doubtingthomas first started his musical journey in 1998 after a childhood obsession with drums and their rhythmatic allure. Producing down tempo and electronic sounds led to a rapid progression into live recordings and soundscaping which lured him away from France and into London in 2000. Here he studied Sound Engineering at the acclaimed SAE continuing his ever growing passion for freedom of expression.
London and its underground electronic music scene rapidly became Riviere’s main focus and he began composing for independent films and collaborating on projects with London’s up and coming underground artists whilst defining his concept as DoubtingThomas and his sound on the scene.
Regular nights at Tbar, Unit 7, The end and numerous renowned venues led to meeting and working alongside Doudou Malicious’s ‘Multivitamins Records‘, Buenos Aire’s Dilo’s infamous ‘Igloo Records‘ as well as Cesare vs Disorder’s brainchild ‘EssentialReload‘ and San Francisco based ‘Two Circles‘ . Through his numerous releases we have seen and heard Doubting Thomas’s intriguing productions in motion.
Years of record collecting, playing and collaborating in London and around Europe have seen him find his own original and defined sound, influences of which we undoubtedly see stream their way throughout his production and sets today. His down tempo, minimal house and quirky techno always look for the patterns and structure of the inner sound. Sequences within the sound, reaction of the mind and body as well as the interaction of images across the music…. these are the ideas behind Doubtingthomas’s music.
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