Australian DJ, Producer, Audio Engineer, and founding father of report label Sorta Kinda Music Damo Cox is a real sonic maven with an unapologetic captivation for all genres of music. At the moment residing on the sunny shores of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Damo delivers his tunes straight from the studio to festivals together with Splendour within the Grass in addition to golf equipment & bars from Cairns to Sydney.
His music speaks for itself and his newest EP ‘Wub Me’ is yet one more gem so as to add to his toolbelt. It’s a unbelievable musical rollercoaster that takes you on a wild journey by way of the world of home music.
The primary monitor, “Get With Me,” is pure dancefloor magic that gives rumbling bass grooves and seamless sampling that makes this one irresisable. “Deep Wubs,” follows and pans out to be the chilliness counterpart. It slows issues down, providing you with an opportunity to catch your breath and get misplaced in its mesmerizing melodies. One factor that Damo Cox but once more proves is his skill to create such completely different but cohesive tracks.
We had the possibility to talk with him about his music and this EP. Get pleasure from!
Are you able to share some insights into the inspiration behind the Wub Me EP?
I wrote each at a degree after I was going by way of a tricky time with my psychological well being. It was a little bit of a curler coaster! There can be some darkish days, and there can be some actually good days. I wished the EP to showcase the sunshine and darkish, so ‘Deep Wubs’ has these darker undertones and a deeper vibe, whereas ‘Get With Me’ is on the lighter aspect, particularly with the bouncy bass line.
Across the time I used to be engaged on “Get With Me” I got here throughout a video breaking down all of the completely different samples Liam Howlett utilized in The Prodigy’s album “Jilted Technology” which gave me some concepts to experiment with after I was engaged on the vocals for the monitor. I used to be listening to a good bit of Paul Karkbrenner which I really feel was a little bit of an inspiration behind the deeper vibes that got here out in “Deep Wubs” and the The XX’s monitor “The Intro” was what I used to mannequin the sound design for the synth plucks I used within the monitor.
How would you describe the general vibe and sound of the tracks on the “Wub Me” EP?
I feel the vibe of the EP displays what I used to be going by way of on the time, with the sunshine and darkish, I suppose you would say. “Get With Me” being the extra membership centered monitor, has a enjoyable, bouncy vibe to it. Whereas “Deep Wubs” has that darker, deeper vibe to it.
Had been there any particular objectives or intentions you had in thoughts with this launch?
I’ve been difficult myself to push my sound into completely different genres and actually let the concepts and creativity move after I’m producing. So this EP was actually about showcasing a few of the completely different sounds I’ve been creating.
How have you learnt when a launch is ‘performed’ and prepared for exporting, are there indicators you search for or sure emotions you get?
At any time when I speak to different producers, all of us say the identical factor, that it by no means actually feels “performed”! You possibly can drive your self mad by frequently making tweaks and altering completely different parts in a monitor. Being an audio engineer as nicely, I feel that makes it even worse at occasions as a result of the usual needs to be very excessive for me to be proud of it. Giving a monitor the dancefloor take a look at is normally one of the simplest ways to know whether it is performed or not, I feel. ‘Get With Me’, for instance, I truly hadn’t supposed to ever launch that monitor. However each time I drop it in a set, the folks on the dance flooring adore it! So I suppose that’s the final word means of realizing a monitor is prepared.
What was your inventive course of like for this launch? Was it easy and fast or maybe tougher than anticipated?
“Deep Wubs” creatively got here collectively fairly easily, and I truly held on to the monitor for some time pondering it wasn’t completed as a result of I felt it wanted a vocal to deliver all of it collectively, however in the long run I ended up bringing the synth ahead within the combine and making it the characteristic of the monitor.
“Get With Me” was undoubtedly an extended course of that by no means appeared to finish. I attempted and examined it out so many occasions, and dancefloors adore it, however for me, there was at all times one thing that felt off. Simply earlier than I performed on the Initiation NYE 2022/23 Pageant, I ended up transforming a few of the percussive parts within the monitor and testing them out in my set on the competition, and when it dropped, the vibe from the group was off the chain! So it solely took two years, however I used to be lastly proud of the monitor haha.
Do you like being within the studio versus on stage, otherwise you don’t have a desire?
These are two utterly completely different modes for me. I can disappear into the studio for days, completely immersed in a inventive headspace, barely making contact with humanity, however in a completely joyful place. Being on stage is nearly the polar reverse; it’s a shift in gears the place it’s all about reference to folks by way of music.
The energies are completely completely different, however you want that in life, proper? Plus, being on stage offers you the chance to really witness how these introverted hours within the studio have an effect on folks. It’s arms down one of the simplest ways to know whether or not you’ve hit the mark with what you’ve created. Charting and stuff is good, after all, however the final kick is seeing folks vibing with and responding positively to one thing you’ve created. That’s happiness proper there!
What are some business or cultural modifications that stand out from if you began the Damo Cox mission till now?
Since I began out, there have been so many modifications within the business. COVID was clearly one thing that flipped the business utterly on its head, which put a pressure on festivals, golf equipment, and venues in the previous few years, particularly right here in Australia. Regardless of the downsides, there’s been loads of positives although. I feel it has pressured lots of people to assume in another way about the best way they placed on their occasions and the completely different areas by which they’re held. Which is cool as a result of I feel there may be an superior underground scene constructing right here in Australia that might put us on the map and make Australia a top-notch music vacation spot over the following few years if it continues to develop on the charge that it’s.
One other factor that has modified over time I’ve been within the business is the speed at which music is consumed and the way rapidly types, sounds, and genres turn out to be the “present sound” one week and inside a couple of weeks it’s moved on to one thing else. The business has at all times cycled by way of completely different genres and sounds, however within the digital age of music and with how carefully everyone seems to be linked, it’s loopy how briskly it strikes now. In a means, it’s unhappy as a result of there may be some actually superb music that’s getting misplaced within the noise due to how briskly paced it’s, however it’s introducing an increasing number of folks to completely different sounds within the digital music realm.
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