Hi there. Who am I talking to and what do you do with 30/70?
Ziggy – OG salmon slapper.
What’s on offer for your month long residency at the Toff?
This residency is the ultimate culmination of the extended 30/70 collective, showcasing some of Melbourne’s finest wordsmiths improvising with the house band laying down the soul salmon slap. Also featuring producers from the collective pushing through to the wee hours – we got raw and improvised live electronic sets.
Tell us about some of the side-projects that you’re showcasing. Are the artists involved doing something starkly different from their main projects?
The side projects are a means of showcasing different shades of the 30/70 sound. That is the brother Leroy James with his new jazz renegades diggin’ on the free jazz/jungle boogaloo vibe. The sister Tiaryn Griggs be diggin’ on the nu soul tip. A Brother Scratch dig deep on the jazz/improv tip originating as a tribute to the Dilla beat catalogue Another Batch. The sister Allysha Joy is always speaking the real from the underground.
30/70 describes itself as a hip hop family. How have you gone about drawing people into the fold?
30/70 always has been about expanding the community, starting as a trio and working up to a nine piece band. Also the fact that we live together, hustle together, love together, cry together – there’s a spiritual connection that goes way deeper than just the music. The focus has always been empowering and inspiring humans to realize their own creative potential.
