1.Growing Up
Elle: I always remember waking up on a Saturday morning to find my dad laying on the lounge blasting Pink Floyd in the living room. I grew up in a household that was full of old-school music.
Adin: My folks were never musos but they loved music and had great taste. I always sang around the house for fun and so did my parents: they both have good voices.
2.Inspirations
Elle: My favourite band is The Beatles. Obviously. Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Brian Wilson and Michael Jackson are my favourite musicians. They write genius melodies.
Adin: The Beatles for sure. I love Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Doors, and I really love Electric Light Orchestra. The first time I listened to an album was when my dad got the Beatles’ 1 album. I was ten years old. I was home alone, and I blasted that album as high as it could go, sat back and listened.
3.Your Band
Elle: We started going out five years ago and have been playing music together ever since. We began a ’60s style pop band called The Electric Vogues with Allyson Montenegro before we really got into electronic music.
4.The Music You Make
Elle: Our music is a mesh of ’80s pop/sythwave mixed with elements of ’60s music. Current artists we really love are Electric Youth, Timecop1983, Empire Of The Sun and Lana Del Rey, just to name a few. We record at home in our studio with a collection of our combined gear.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
Elle: We love going out, finding a random venue with live music and checking it out. Artists we’ve met lately have been so nice, welcoming, and encouraging. We actually went to an amazing gig last month: Froyo at the Gallery Bar in the Oxford Art Factory. They killed it! It was one of the best gigs we’ve been to in ages. It was really inspiring: it lit a fire under us to really get on our A-game when it comes to doing shows next year.
Vast Hillhave released‘Calling Out’ and ‘Apollo’ independently.
