1.Growing Up
Growing up I came from a musical family; my mum would sing, sister played the flute, brother played the guitar and I played the saxophone and for a short period played the drums as well. This definitely helped when later on I started DJing and writing my own music.
2.Inspirations
MJ was a huge influence when I was younger. I remember having Thriller on repeat for a very long time. I was also a big new jack swing fan, so everything that Teddy Riley was involved with as well as groups like Jodeci and SWV. The golden era of ’90s hip hop was great – Pete Rock, DJ Premier, et cetera; Timbaland and The Neptunes later on as well. I got into electronic music through the likes of Derrick Carter, Daft Punk and Armand Van Helden. More recently I find myself listening to the likes of Disclosure, Calvin Harris, The Weeknd, Galantis and Kaytranada, to name a few.
3.Your Crew
My new single has just been released through Onelove records. It’s a collaboration with Zurez and Sydney band Dream Delay. We heard a few of Dream Delay’s songs through their SoundCloud and thought they would be great to work work with, so we reached out to them and together wrote ‘Let Go’.
4.The Music You Make And Play
Currently in my playlist are: Glover & Zurez – ‘Let Go’ (feat. Dream Delay); Galantis – ‘No Money’ (Dillon Francis remix); Odd Mob – ‘Into You’; Flume – ‘Never Be Like You’ (Tom Budin bootleg); and Martin Solveig – ‘Do It Right’.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
There is so much good music coming out of Australia – artists like RÜFÜS, What So Not, Peking Duk, Tommy Trash, Flume, Golden Features et cetera. It’s super inspiring to see how well their music is being received globally.
Parallel Universes: Avatar ‘Escape To Pandora’, with Glover, Andy Murphy and Jesabel, takes place at The Argyle,as part of Vivid Sydney 2016, Friday May 27 – Sunday May 29.
