1. Growing Up
My mother used to teach piano at primary schools around Mackay where I grew up. I used to tag along and play the claves. My parents were always very supportive, they bought me a Pearl drum kit when I started high school. I have no idea how they put up with me practicing everyday for hours on end!
2. Inspirations
I love American punk music, bands like Social Distortion and H20. I find it inspiring when musicians forge their own sound within a scene and stick to their guns. I first heard Social Distortion Live At The Roxy in a bar after a gig when a drunken US marine high jacked the stereo. Mike Ness has this crazy voice and attitude that just hooks you in.
3. Your Crew
Sydney has a good crew of bass DJs and producers right now. Guys like Nemo, Hydraulix and Oski are all doing fantastic things and we’ve all been collaborating for a while now.
4. The Music You Make And Play
I like to look for bits I can steal from all styles of music and stick them together with my sound. At the moment I’m really getting into twerk and trap and also experimenting with Jersey and B-more club sounds. I have a tune coming out soon with good friends The Surecut Kids which is a nice blend of all these influences which will be coming out on Klub Kids early October.
5. Music, Right Here, Right Now
I think Australian dance music is in a really good place right now. There are guys and girls killing it in all different styles and I think the rest of the world is really starting to take notice. Guys like Peking Duk, Alison Wonderland, Motez, Anna Lunoe are all doing very different sounds but are absolutely smashing it! I think labels like Vicious Bitch and Klub Kids are really help push music with a bit of edge too.
