Interviewed for Playground

Thanks a lot, Playground.

There’s something in the water on the US west coast. The last twenty odd years of music, both popular and underground, will attest to that – from grunge to g-funk, turntablism to hyphy. The San Francisco Bay Area is a particular hotspot and in the last decade it’s been the incubator for a fascinating strand of electronic music. Influenced by the golden era of IDM as much as by the UK’s own hardcore mutations, producers in the bay have perfected their own blend of these influences powered by a devotion to sound system bass aesthetics and a hip hop ethos that references the genre’s sample science, its early philosophy of doing with what you have and a tendency for sweaty club friendly bangers.



