How did you first discover your musical talent? When I was a kid I loved to play the piano at my friend’s house, sadly my family didn’t have one. Instead, I created a tiny cardboard sketch of a keyboard to pretend I was still playing. I don’t know if that’s talent but I was certainly driven.
Where do you find inspiration? My best songs tend to come about when I’m not distracted. I instinctively get this feeling when something is going to work, and I follow the sound I hear in my head until it exists in my headphones.
How did it feel to have your EP At Dawn receive so much love? I was stunned. I made these songs as demos in my studio. Hosaia and I threw them together over the course of a couple of months, so it was a big surprise when it blew up. When I saw the response it really pushed me to think harder about what my next release would be.
What is the story behind ‘The Surface’? ‘The Surface’ was born from a fear I have of living a digitised social life. I have this bleak image in my mind of a dystopian world, where people’s online lives become more important than their real ones.
What is your favourite live performance memory?Tycho, 2015 in Melbourne. I love how much weight Tycho places on all aspects: the music, visuals and sound were all executed on a truly spectacular level. Goals.
