“The main thing I strive for in my music is a strong beat that people can dance to in a club – along with a dirty vibe so that people can feel that they can rage out to it when they listen! I have my own ways of writing, my own process and ideas that come up along the way, and I feel this reflects uniquely in the way my tracks turn out. I’m inspired by the usual head honchos in the scene such as Knife Party, Noisia, Sub Focus and such, although I try and listen to and vibe off of music that is outside of the electronic dance music spectrum and is totally different – such as Yoko Kanno and Harry Gregson Williams.”
Studio wise, the lad has, as he said, just finished a swag of remixes for the colleagues he mentioned earlier – and his main focus right now is his next EP. “For that next one, my main aim is to differentiate my music from everybody else. I’ve been experimenting with different rhythms and sounds as well as branching off into other bass music genres a bit more. I really feel like I don’t want to release anything until I’m 100 per cent happy with it, so I’m kind of taking my time with it.”
Ever the perfectionist, the lad is doing what he loves and is enjoying sharing the spoils. “I really love what I do and I love showing off what I do to my friends, because being a producer and DJ is an awesome way to live. I have plans in the future for side projects as well as branching off into the business side of music doing things like managing and agency work, along with making xKore as big as could possibly be, in a natural way. I really do hope to be involved in the music industry as long as possible!”
Naturally too, he admits he appreciates music from all genres and not just necessarily dubstep or drum and bass. “I’ve not always been one to stick to a single genre and I really don’t feel any pressure to,” he chimes. “I started out in house and trance some years ago because it was basically all I knew and because it was what I was into at the time. Since then, my tastes have changed; dubstep started to become a thing and so I decided to try it out. Dubstep turned out pretty well for me, although I’m always moving around the bass music genres at the moment, doing electro, moombahcore, drumstep, drum and bass and other types of music. I honestly make whatever I want on days and if it’s of substantial quality I will release it. I feel no pressure if it’s dubstep of not.”
In turn, he admits that musically he really likes to go all over the place. As far as he is concerned a good set consists of tunes people recognise, new tunes that people will recognise in the future – and then a few massive tracks from smaller artists as well as the odd curveball track that will make everyone shout. “I like to move around all genres in my sets,” he admits. ”There has been a lot of trap being added to my set recently with its rise in popularity and I feel as if trap is a good way to break up and turn around the set for a short while, as well as getting the girls involved in some dirty dancing! I also like to show support to other up and coming artists in the scene for the same reason I felt good about being supported by other bigger artists. It’s a good feeling to make a difference for someone I think.”
Finally, Matt is excited about the chance to get back to Australia again and can’t wait to experience the people again, while taking in the sights and tearing things up at the odd event. “This is my second trip to Australia, the first one being in February 2012. This time I’m hitting up Perth, Melbourne and Sydney and chilling in Adelaide for a bit. Being the second time over, what makes it awesome is seeing all the people I met the first time and going for round two on the partying and chilling!”
BY RK
