“We’ve known each other for over 10 years,” acknowledges Tim. “We were DJs in Sydney for about that long as well, under various monikers and things. We were doing some project based stuff and getting amazing responses from fans and other producers and labels. The feedback we got encouraged us to dive into a new project and thus Act Yo Age was born.”
Likewise, the duo had a simple modus operandi back then, just as it remains now. “We’re about putting the cheekiness back into music,” Tim explains. “We want to give the audience a chance to get that feeling as well. Sometimes our live shows have gratuitous nudity and other fun stuff, but it’s what we love doing and crowds seem to respond to it really well. People never leave one of our shows without being completely hyped up, sweaty and begging for more!”
And their music – like everything that is popular nowadays – embraces any genre and any style that fits. “For us, making sure our music contains an accurate cross section of music is important. It’s all the music we love. We’ve come through hip hop and house and electro and jungle and we pick the best elements of those sounds and incorporate that into our sound. It’s a signature clatter for us so it has to include a ghetto house bouncy kind of vibe. Not that we’re particularly ghetto, but we probably incorporate those elements. Techno, rave, it’s all there.”
Looking forward, the boys are planning an artist album that they are sure will be something of an indulgence. “We’ve also got other stuff we’re working on at the same time as well, but the whole thing with Act Yo Age is that we wanted to keep everything at arms length. It’s all about having a clean slate, so we have never done anything with any kind of preconceived idea.”
“Other than that we’re always working on different things; trying to change the world while dancing nude in the toilets. Don’t print that.” Too late! “Look, we’ve always said that we don’t want to blow minds, we just want to blow bass bins! We’re on the Crookers and Boy 8 Bit vibe. That’s why our show features more than just a DJ set. We use something like five or six turntables, an EFX unit, a synthesiser, you know. The main element for us is bringing the fun back to a show – and a bit of euphoria!” Just what the doctor ordered.
