Mount Kimbie: Giving Voice to Crooks & Lovers
We spoke to Mount Kimbie’s Dom on everything from the long gone glory days of dubstep to their disapproval of the term ‘organic’ to describe their sophomore.
Gigamesh: Cooler Than You
Gigamesh revealed he’s not one to be pigeonholed as just a ‘remix guy’ or ‘that DJ’, his affinity for sci-fi, thoughts on being a producer versus a DJ, and inadvertently slipped in his dislike of the dubstep scene in his hometown.
Death Grips: Government Plates
Death Grips’ seemingly unrelenting quest to provoke might just make them the most important music act in the independent scene.
Sampha: Duality
Ever since Sampha’s smoky, restrained falsetto registered on SBTRKT’s debut LP, he marked a quieter presage of the r’n’b renaissance that came post-Frank Ocean and The Weeknd.
WordsManifest: Does Reality Bore You?
We thought who better to rant about the reality of the people in magazines vis-à-vis the people in the streets than our former resident grumpy geriatric.
Asahi Malaysia Pres. JUICE Curates: ‘We’re Rocking Down the House’ by Axel Groove
Out with Buddy Love and in with Axel Groove.
Chase & Status: Brand New Machine
We caught up with Status, aka Will Kennard, from the dynamic duo to talk shop and standard fare chit-chat.
Designer Drugs: R-Rated
JUICE snuck in backstage during a particularly rowdy party for a lengthy non-PG13 convo with Designer Drugs that spanned everything from the quintessential party drug and their label woes.
VIDEO: CEO’s ‘WHOREHOUSE’
The synths are sharp and playful, the vocals fluctuate in pitch to infantile level, and the chorus reeks of innocence – why the hell is this called ‘WHOREHOUSE’, again?