Billain (born Adis Kutkut) is a Bosnian drum and bass producer, DJ and sound designer from Sarajevo. He is mostly known for his distinctive style within the neurofunk genre and his collaborations with Frenkie and Edo Maajka.
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| Birth name | Adis Kutkut |
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| Born | August 1, 1983[1] |
| Origin | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | www |
Career
editBillain was influenced as a pre-teen by the Bosnian War. During the four-year-long Siege of Sarajevo he began to draw and later discovered graffiti and created his first hip hop productions.[2][3]
In search of new possibilities to express his feelings originating in the siege, at first Billain taught himself how to produce techno music and later neurofunk. Before he released his first music, Billain joined the drum and bass collective Kontra which organised many drum and bass events in Sarajevo with Djs like Matrix & Optical, Teebee, Stakka & Skynet and Konflict. His music has been played on BBC Radio 1 and has been featured on UKF Music.[4]
In 2014, Billain, alongside composer Sloven Anzulović, created and composed the sound design and music for the re-opening ceremony of the 1992 destroyed and now rebuilt National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5]
In 2018, Kutkut designed sounds for the movies Pacific Rim Uprising and Hunter Killer and created the soundtrack of the horror game Scorn.[6][7]
Billain also releases shortfilms about technological singularity and artificial intelligence.[8] With his side project Aethek, he drifts towards the genre of Noise music, only focusing on sound design instead of melody and rhythm.
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Nomad's Revenge (2019, Renraku Global Media)
- Lands Unbreached (2022, Renraku Global Media)
EPs
edit- Broken Universe EP (2010, Citrus Recordings), with Future Signal
- Kontra EP (2011, Citrus Recordings)
- #DNA EP (2014, Fmjam Records), with Frenkie
- Colossus EP (2014, Bad Taste Recordings)
- Binary Volume 3 (2014, Critical Music)
- Colonize EP (2015, Eatbrain)
- 1991 VG (2017, Renraku Global Media) as Aethek
- Different Eyes (2023, Vision Recordings)
Singles
edit- Rhyno / Intrusion (2008, Breed 12 Inches), Rhyno by Receptor
- Glome / The Solution (2010, Fatality Recordings), The Solution by High Maintenance
- Coded (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), on Blood Money LP Part 1
- Phalando / Away we go (2011, Close 2 Death Recordings), Away we go by Para
- Pranksters / Li (2011, Citrus Recordings), Pranksters by Dabs
- Probes / Horus 8 (2011, Syndrome Audio)
- Soulmatter (2011, Rise Audio), on Rise Audio EP
- Total Darkness / Fiber Twist (2012, Rise Audio)
- God Ribs (2012, Rise Audio), on RA004 EP
- Batbots / Manifold (2012, Bad Taste Recordings)
- Blockfield / Boogie (2013, Bad Taste Recordings)
- Supertensor / Equilateral (2013, Mindtech Recordings), Equilateral by Allied
- Wizard (2014, Bad Taste Recordings), with Teddy Killerz on Machine Room Level Two
- Device Nine (2014, Rise Audio), on RA010 EP
- Safety Hatch (2015, Underslung Audio)
- Metal Jaws (2016, Bad Taste Recordings), on MethLab, Vol. 2
- Specialist (2016, Inspected Records), on Glados EP
- Vertebrae (2016, MethLab Recordings), on Monoleth 001 EP as Aethek
Remixes
edit- Krakpot (Billain Remix) (2012, Close 2 Death Recordings), original by Optiv
- Half Life (Billain Remix) (2013, Civil Music), original by Reso, released on Tangram Remixed
- Paradox (Billain Remix) (2014, Vandal Records), original by Opsen & Primal Therapy
- Ambers Love Was Like A Marble (Billain Remix) (2014, Med School Music), original by Rawtekk, released on Sprouted and Reformed
- Tetsuo's Redemption (Billain Remix) (2014, Owsla), original by KOAN Sound & Asa
- Mantra (Billain Remix) (2016, Mindtech LTD), original by AKOV
- Rethink (Billain Remix) (2016, Othercide Records), original by Current Value
Productions
edit- Odličan CD (2005, Menart Records), album by Frenkie; production of Outro
- Stig'o ćumur (2006, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by Edo Maajka; production of Sretno dijete, Za Mirzu, Blažena tišina and Severina/Fm Jam
- Štrajk mozga (2012, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by Edo Maajka; production of Panika, Facebook, Imaš li ti šta para, RaTaTa / Moj Dj and Gube Se
- Prodike (2014, JabbaTon Records), by Fil Tilen and P Money
- Igra riječi (2014, Fmjam Records), album by Kontra; production of Velepodaja
- Reexperience (2015, Fmjam Records, Menart Records), album by Frenkie; production of Film, S.C.A., Izgubljeni snovi, Mali od Ede and Gdje god su moji
Shortmovies
edit- Assembly (2014)
- Fugitive (2022)
Sound Design
edit- Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), additional synth programming
- Hunter Killer (2018), additional synth programming
- Scorn (2018), soundtrack and additional sound design
References
edit- ^ "40 rotations around the sun". Billain via Twitter. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Mirko Schwanitz (2005-06-07). "Die Hip-Hopper von Sarajevo (Archiv) - Kriegskinder prägen die Kultur der Stadt". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Deutschlandradio. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ Mirko Schwanitz (2006-04-02). "Manuskript: Techno in Sarajevo - Neues Leben in der Hauptstadt Bosniens". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Deutschlandradio. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original (RTF; 0,2MB) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ "Billain-Artist Biography". Drum and Bass Arena. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ "Vijećnica nam se vratila iz pepela". Radio Sarajevo (in Bosnian). 2014-05-09. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ "Bh. producent Billain autor muzike filmova Hunter Killer i Pacific Rim Uprising" (in Croatian). Klix.ba. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Interview: Ljubomir Peklar on horror game Scorn". PC Gamer. PC PowerPlay. 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ^ "Billain - Assembly". Red Bull Music. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
External links
edit- Official website
- Billain discography at Discogs
- Billain at IMDb