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.
JUICE managed to catch bassist and guitarist, Stefan Olsdal, in Singapore in the intimate setting of their hotel room, Olsdal spoke freely about the new album, Brian’s dark side, and even his awkward teen years that manifested his talent and art.
With names like Wu-Tang Clan, deadmau5, Baauer, Rudimental, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Eric Prydz (to name a few) and a new venue to boot, Southeast Asia’s biggest music festival Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) just got even bigger.