1.Growing Up
I actually don’t have any musical background and neither does most of my family. It wasn’t until about 2006-2008 when I really discovered electronic music through Ministry Of Sound/One Love/Bang Gang compilations where I fell in love with it all and started to go deeper into it through the internet. I’ve always had a yearning to find new music and uncover stuff and show it to people, and that’s basically what I get to do with Sidechains and our FBi Radio show.
2.Inspirations
Producers like Crystal Castles, Rustie, The Knife, Yung Lean and Purity Ring are all big inspirations musically, but as a designer I’m also inspired by a lot of different things aesthetically and conceptually. Video games are a big source of inspo for myself.
3.Your Crew
Our main crew consists of myself, Sortagoth, FlexMami and Grasps_. I work as a freelance graphic designer and FlexMami is a digital comms manager during the day. Sortagoth and Grasps_ are both currently studying. We’ve all been connected to music one way or another over the years through clubbing, DJing, producing or the internet, which led all of us to each other!
4.The Music You Make And Play
Sidechains is a pretty diverse and eclectic sound. We’ve released pop, grime, trap, jersey and even an EP from a Sad Boys producer, but for our DJ sets, expect to hear a mixture of bubbly and industrial club music. You’ll probably hear a remix of Teriyaki Boyz – ‘Tokyo Drift’ at least once.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
Australian music has been really strong in the last couple of years, and thanks to platforms like SoundCloud a lot of producers have been brought out into the spotlight. There’s so much cool and interesting stuff that gets born out of club culture, so as long as people continue to go out and support/discover the up-and-coming talent that start in small clubs, it’ll continue to keep Australian music on the radar. Personally, seeing UV Boi’s live show this year made me really happy. Seeing his development from a bedroom producer into a full live act with vocal work was amazing.
Sidechains perform atHudson Ballroom’s 1st Birthday, along with Jessie Tank, Levins, John Wineberg, Shantan Wantan Ichiban and more. it all happens at Hudson Ballroom on Saturday December 17.
