Yet while his level of exhaustion is completely evident, he claims he can’t wait to get back to Australia, even after only a short stint at home base. And musically, he insists his fans can expect more of an eclectic mix of his latest material fused with the tunes he really enjoys jamming to. “I am working on my Australia set right now,” he adds with excitement. “It will be good after a summer on the Warped Tour and having to play 30 minute sets. I get to ‘stretch my legs’ a bit and play some longer sets.”
To be fair too, it’s somewhat of an injustice giving a man like Argon such a short stint on the mixer. Indeed, with a resume so extensive and impressive – especially given his age – he still can’t be drawn on a particular style or genre. And whether its metal or dub or electro or techno, he seems to have done it all.
“In the beginning, I just gradually got more and more into making music when I was in high school – and that sort of grew into what I do today. As my musical tastes have changed, my interest in electronic music grew and it became a sort of a natural progression.” No less, this so-called progression has seen him be a part of the metal scene – firstly as a vocalist for the death metal band Burning The Masses as well a co-founding Disfiguring the Goddess.
Fast forward to 2013 and he says he hasn’t been making any dubstep or electro lately at all. “I’ve been getting more into techno and house,” he professes. “In fact, the more I dig into electronic dance music in general, the clearer what type of music I should be making becomes. That said, I still make metal under the name Disfiguring The Goddess – that is a project I work on when the urge strikes me.”
“I’ve also just done a remix for Five Knives that you can hear on my Soundcloud. I also have a newer collaboration project called Small Face with DJ Two Stacks. There isn’t much public knowledge there, but we have a good amount of musical content with more to come. Also, I did The Clean EP which came out last spring. It’s a lot different to Red Headed Locc and the follow up, The Red EP. Otherwise, I have no plans for another release until I get to spend some time in the studio and experiment with some different sounds and what not. I will probably soon release a mix based on my summer on Warped Tour and the music I was playing out there as well.”
Otherwise – and who knows where he finds the time – the lad enjoys what he refers to as ‘doing basic stuff’. “I like to go on walks, play video games and drink coffee – basic stuff. Actually, I have a coffee shop near my house that I walk to every day when I am home. It’s like a ritual at this point.”
Finally then, he describes his palpable excitement for getting back to Australia. “I’m going to play a DJ set, so a setup of a mixer and a computer. I have a lot of fun on stage and enjoy seeing what the audience gets out of it. I’m also very excited to get out to that part of the country and the world once again. I really enjoy seeing how the crowds grow from one visit to the next in general. I hope the Australian tour is going to show a lot of that.”
BY REZO
