Melodious and intricately crafted IDM-influenced beats blended with numerous synth layers characterize “Volks” by Egrets. It’s not the kind of Electronika to relax to; instead, it’s the Electronika that actively keeps you engrossed and engaged. Read our discussion with the artist below!
Describe your sound in 3 words
Emotive, Tense, Melodic
Tell us a few things about Volks. What is the main idea behind it?
The main idea was creating variety around a repeating set of chords and melody. Using cut up beats and detuned wav forms to get a sporadic yet rhymically familiar sound with a lovely progression on it.
What made you gravitate towards IDM?
Having played in a few industrial and metal bands back in the day the genre always seemed like a great way to express my workman-like approach to pretty much everything. To get minute and riff and still feel the spontaneousness of music with machines has always appealed to me !
Reliving 90s melody driven break beat and glitch inspired production. What specific elements or artists from that era have inspired your work?
Coming from a small town and picking up Autechre tri repetae on whim totally blew my mind. That coupled with Orbitals Insides, Underworlds first few albums and Selected Ambient Works from Aphex Twin were all big influences from the era
Volks feels nicely complicated. Should music as a form of art always challenge the listener?
I think music as art should include some gray area and if that means it can be interpreted as complicated and challenging it’s not a bad thing. I would say that’s subjective for the listener.
A IDM drop you wish you had composed yourself?
Aphex Twin In a room7 F760. The simplicity and melody are just amazing. A lesson in space.
If the music of egrets was a film, which film would that be?
Someone said it sounded like Volks belonged in a volkswagon commercial! So Volkswagen! Get at me !
Thank you!
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