Aleksander Vinter, AKA Savant, Debuts New Blanco Persona With ‘Bajo’ EP [LISTEN]

Aleksander Vinter, aka Savant, has debuted his new Blanco persona with the six-track Bajo EP, which finds the Norwegian-born complextro wizard of dubstep embracing a more global sound, infusing Latin-American rhythms and Caribbean beats with the pacing of dancefloor-ready electronic music. You can download Bajo via the artist's Beatport or iTunes; you can also listen to the entire EP via his YouTube below.

The artist's Bandcamp page for the new EP explains that Vinter created the Blanco fusion project back in 2011 "alongside his Savant project as a counterpart with juxtaposed styles. Blanco serves to find and illuminate the legacy of rhythm, percussion and dance." The project's goal is to "break borders and bend boundaries with a beat," or more specifically, to break down "the walls between Latin, African, Arabic, European and Asian music in search for common ground and musical diplomacy."

While Savant is not known as a collaborator, Blanco solicits support from a diverse roster of artists on four out of six of the EP's tracks. A press release for the new EP explains, "To get a fresh perspective on the various styles he wanted to incorporate, Aleksander enlisted the help of several vocalists who are deeply entrenched in music scenes from around the world." The song "Carpe Diem" features Jamaican reggae artist Turbulence. The track "Camarilla" features Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Dyland. "Bailamos" features dancehall artist Eben Jr. who has roots in both Sierra Leone and LIberia. "Polvo" features verses from Norwegian rapper SVNR.

Before dropping the full EP, Vinter shared "Bailamos," which features an indeniably reggaeton rhythm. The artist explained his newfound interest in that sound to Thump, saying, "I heard 'Gasolina' by Daddy Yankee on TV as a teen and it stuck with me as a catchy, sexy, and dancey tune. The girl singing, Glory, is someone I really want to work with. The style needs an update perhaps, but the rhythm in the beat gets me everytime."

Vinter is known for producing thousands of songs each year. Under his Savant moniker he released about a dozen extremely diverse albums over just the past few years. His last 3 LPs Protos, Zion and Invasion dropped over a span of just six months this past year. What is wild is that he's kept up that production rate for so long and yet he's still somehow managed to tour, get into various other creative projects like video game production and presumably eat, sleep and whatnot while simultaneously working on multiple musical projects. Speaking of which, he also tweeted this past week that he has a new drum'n'bass project in the works.