“On Fire was a track I made on a late winter’s night in a basement in Copenhagen/ I started making the break synths because I wanted to make a big melodic track and that’s where I ran it through a modulator by accident and all of a sudden I had this cool wobbly idea. The…
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Quote Club: Conan Gray releases confident and complex new single ‘The King’
“‘The King’ is a song I wrote about this massive crush I had on someone who just wouldn’t admit they liked me back. In my case, this person would always call me up late at night, talk about me constantly to their friends, and even show up at my house unannounced. So, I wrote this song…
Quote Club: Australian electronic producer Mlapa releases ‘Colourgasm’, his first single of the year
Australian electronic producer Mlapa has released ‘Colourgasm’, his first single of the year. It’s a psychedelic take on synth based electronica with beautifully crafted sounds and searing melodies. “When I wrote this song, I imagined colours just exploding everywhere on a canvas, and felt that the title ‘Colourgasm’ was the best way to describe the feeling I…
Quote Club: Brooklyn based four piece Future Punx drop ‘F Boys’, a note on Toxic Masculinity
Brooklyn based four piece Future Punx drop ‘F Boys’, a note on toxic masculinity. It is a frenetic sonic soundscape with energetic guitars and a heavy bass line. Upbeat percussion punctuates an enigmatically nonchalant vocal. You can grab the vinyl here. “I wrote this tune about the pathetic state of modern masculinity caused by the…
Quote Club: ‘Communication’ is the new smooth driving single from Aaron Taos
“‘Communication’ is about the importance of talking things out. I’m a pretty open person, so when there’s something not sitting right between me and someone (be it lover or friend) I’m quick to want to acknowledge the issue and attempt to fix it. My girlfriend at the time I wrote this song was someone whose first response…
Quote Club: EZI transforms Berlin’s ‘Take My Breath Away’ for Valentines Day
EZI celebrates Valentines Day by sharing her take on Berlin’s ‘Take My Breath Away’. The cover features EZI’s beautiful, smooth vocals within an all-encompassing auditory experience of complimentary tones, soft drum riffs and dynamic layering. “I created this song during my time writing in Berlin with a producer named Alexis Troy. I always wanted to…
Quote Club: Mark Diamond releases pop-infused, hypnotic new track ‘Road’
“‘Road’ was one that just needed to come out. The day before it was written, we decided to call it an early night at the studio and left 11pm. I tried to go meet up with friends but was having a hard time switching back to “reality” after spending so much time in the studio….
On The Record: We chat to Dahlia Sleeps about their new EP ‘Love, Lost’, poetry and lyrical themes
You’ve just released your new EP ‘Love, Lost’. Can you tell us a bit more about the title, and what the overarching lyrical themes are about? Love, Lost is the title of one of the songs on the EP and it felt like a really fitting phrase for the whole body of work. There are…
Quote Club: MKJ releases ‘Don’t Flatter Yourself (Acoustic)’ in collaboration with The Beamish Boys
MKJ releases ‘Don’t Flatter Yourself (Acoustic)’ in collaboration with The Beamish Boys, a stripped version of their standout single. Electronic production is traded in for organic textures, with the vocal carrying the track effortlessly. “I co-write with other singer/songwriters who tell the story and I focus on production. I like to think that I am…
On The Record: Clinic Blonde speaks to us about their new single ‘Fabled’, living in Copenhagen and their sound
Hey! Could you tell our readers something about yourself that they might not find out otherwise? Hi! Uhm, we originally came together as a band in 2014 under the name King Mannequin. The music we wrote back then was quite different, drawing heavily upon the likes of Led Zeppelin. One day we were jamming some…
