How does it feel releasing such a club-orientated record in the current state of the world, with no tours or parties?
I have my equipment here and I’m literally listening to even harder music than I was listening to before quarantine! So quarantine didn’t really change my perspective, I think I already knew what I wanted to make before. You bring together all sorts of genres from house, techno and DnB to garage and pop – was that influenced by missing the club this year?Īnyone who knows me will know that from the minute I wake up, I’m listening to gabber and fast music – I don’t listen to anything chill at all! I obviously miss the club so much but here in my apartment, I live like I’m in a club. “On the forefront the music industry is changing, but it needs to change behind the scenes too” It’s definitely still really playful and fun though and, lyrically, I probably would’ve done this project earlier. Because I’ve been DJing so much, when I think about making music now, I think about the intro and how it’ll blend well when someone’s mixing it, technical stuff like that. Now that you’ve been able to release an album, does it sound like something you would’ve made in those earlier days? Putting out an album independently costs money! I wasn’t in the place financially or emotionally to put out music independently, but now I am.
I knew that I didn’t want to work for anyone or be controlled only now am I able to self-release a record and produce my own videos. I put out EPs but I was just kind of figuring my shit out.
Gal-dem: You started making tunes when you were a teenager, why did you decide that now was the time to put out your first full-length record?Ĭhippy Nonstop: When I first started, I didn’t know what I was doing.