From the witch house track, ‘Portals’ to the Lana Del Rey-channelling ‘Ocean Star’, Conclave (stylised as CONCLΔVE) belongs firmly in the realm of bedroom producers.
A man who changes is a man who isn’t afraid to evolve, JUICE speaks to Alex on staying to your roots while still growing, his stage name, and miscellaneous topics.
Yes, he may have produced Kanye West’s ‘Black Skinhead’ and ‘Send It Up’, but on his own – as the purported dark prince of techno – his debut is an intense introduction to his own take on varied genres of electronic music.
Despite being worlds apart from Yuna, JUICE has pulled many strings for a chat with her, proof that “ain’t no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you” – that and of course, the wonderful invention called the Internet.
JUICE manages to get a hold of Jagwar Ma’s Gabriel, naturally we drill him on the intricacies of being a duo, how much influences affect a band, and his experience in Malaysia.
JUICE gets cerebral with Sasha Perera as she waxes philosophy on the ‘Elsewhere’ tenet, the relationship between an artiste and their image, and her modus operandi when playing a DJ set.
The next two stops of the tour have a lot to live up to as this town known, more stereotypically known for salted chicken, tou fu fa, and chicken rice, really killed it. Heck, in fact, let’s add crazy partygoers to that list of stereotypes.