1.Growing Up
My parents absolutely loved music and playing it loud. While Mum would do the housework, she’d be listening to artists such as Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Al Stewart, Fleetwood Mac et cetera. Who knew doing housework was so much fun? I even have a photo from when I was about seven months old – headphones on, dummy in mouth and Dad’s Kraftwerk records in the background. Classic!
2.Inspirations
I have pretty varied taste in music, from the classics I grew up on, to rock and punk as a teenager, then later on to dance. There was never one particular artist I always think of or channel for inspiration, however I was huge on going to concerts and getting the rush of seeing a band/artist play live in front of their fans.
3.Your Crew
DJing was something I fell in to; practising for hours each day in a closed club during the week, just because I loved it. At that time, fresh into the club scene, I really looked up to and followed the original Onelove Melbourne guys (Dirty South, John Course, Grant Smillie et cetera), who later became my good mates and funnily, my agent. At the moment I work closely on music with Chris Arnott. He’s excellent at what he does and damn good fun to work with. I now work with the crew at Electric Circus nightclub in Adelaide, helping with artist bookings, marketing, promotions… I’m loving it!
4.The Music You Make And Play
I’m a house girl. My last few releases have been more hands-in-the-air, piano house, summer kind of vibes – a tad more uplifting than my moody single ‘Hold On’. Depending on the crowd will depend on which way I push my live sets – if I go a little deeper, or towards the more bass house direction, or bigger again. My track selection tends to happen on the spot. I’m big on sussing the energy in the room and building my sets as I go.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
I am really enjoying the music scene at the moment. House has been back for a while and I’m incredibly happy about that! Sydney has been fighting against the lockouts but in saying that, some incredible parties have continued to pop up week in, week out. Since I’ve been working for Electric Circus in Adelaide, I’ve been so impressed with how responsive their market is to new music. The scene is in a good place right now musically – or for my taste at least.
Minx playsParallel Universes: Marvel atThe Argyle, running until Saturday June 18.
