Project Description

Interview with
MINDCHATTER

Interviewer – Dave Bruce

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Have you always wanted to be a musician? When did you start writing music?
I played drums from an early age and my mother is a singer but it wasn’t until I downloaded Logic and started making beats in High school that I considered doing it for a living. Eventually, I wound up in a music production school called Icon Collective after college and it was there that I started writing lyrics and singing. 

Which music did you grow up listening to? How has it influenced your current style? 
My drum teacher indoctrinated me in all the classic rock – Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones… stuff I still listen to today. Eventually, at a young age my older brother introduced me to the whole underground electronic dance scene. As a teenager, I went to a lot of dance shows – Richie Hawtin, Marco Corola, Dixon, etc. All of it influenced my sound for sure. I always wanted to try and blend the two worlds of electronic and acoustic. 

How would you describe your sound? 
Many genres happening at once. 

Why do you think people resonate with your music?
That’s the ultimate question. I’m not sure why music works but the songs that sound the most sincere are the ones I connect with the most, so hopefully sincerity is the reason people resonate with my music.

Your new single has just been released! Describe its origin and evolution. 
Scared to Go Home was written after a night out in NYC. Nightlife can be draining and depressing at times and the lyrics really speak to that. It was originally a more serious, melancholy ballad that eventually morphed into a kind of hip hop sounding record. 

Do you have any more new music in the works?
Oh yes a lot of stuff is finished and on the way.  I just released another new one ‘Language’ last week.

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Do you have any shows/tours coming up? What are you looking forward to, and what can the fans expect?
Touring is up in the air right now because of COVID but I have a lot of new music coming out over the next couple months… My debut album as well as some remixes and covers in the meantime.

What are your longer-term aspirations?
Eventually stop grinding with music and do some good in the world. But that’s what everyone tells themselves! 

What is the best thing about performing to a live audience? 
Hearing my music on a proper PA is the most gratifying thing… even better if people dance to it.

Finally, a few questions for some quick answers –
FAVOURITE:
Movie –  Tree of Life
Place to visit – Fiji
Venue to play – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Food –  Sushi
Drink – Ratchet tequila-ginger ale
Person in History –  Alan Watts
Tattoo – Morse code on my forearm

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NYC’S electro wunderkind
‘MINDCHATTER’
drops new single and video
‘SCARED TO GO HOME’

 

NYC’s experimental electro maven, Mindchatter has released the entrancing video clip for his daring new single, Scared To Go Home.

Thought provoking, vulnerable and oozing effortless cool, Scared To Go Home bends genres and will lure listeners in with an intoxicating, chilled magnetism – an exciting release for fans of Jamie XX, LCD Soundsystem and Bonobo.

“Scared To Go Home is about how lonely nightlife can feel,” explains Mindchatter. “It was inspired by a night out in NYC at a trendy club with way too many people in it. Trying to connect with others through alcohol, strobe lights and aggressive music can be incredibly depressing at times. I’ve always wanted to capture that feeling because I think it’s one we’ve all felt but rarely talk about.”

Innovative and meticulous when it comes to his craft, Mindchatter, also known as Bryce Connolly, says he was unsure how fans would react to the song.

“The track is quite different from what’s out and it’s more in the hip-hop/pop lane than I ever imagined myself in, but it’s exciting for me to be in uncharted territory.”  

And he needn’t have any concern, as fans and industry are already lapping up this exciting new artist, and Scared To Go Home has already been added to a bunch of huge global playlists including Spotify’s NMF and Chill Tracks, Amazon’s Introducing Electronic and even made the cover of Tidal’s Rising Electronic.

Created by digital artist Kay, the Roman-Greco-meets-Bauhaus inspired visualiser is sure to mesmerise all that press play, and perfectly complements the track, celebrating Mindchatter’s unique and deeply considered nature.

“The video consists of looping animations meant to capture the message of the lyrics in an abstract way. One scene takes you through an endless room with figures dancing by themselves on walls and ceilings to convey a feeling of being trapped in a nightclub. There’s also a lot of Roman statue imagery which is an extension of a visual motif I use in my release artwork and my stage graphics.”

Fortunately the recent Covid19 uncertainty isn’t affecting Mindchatter, and 2020 is set to be a bumper year with the singer / songwriter / producer still set to drop his debut album in a few months’ time.

“I’m used to spending a lot of time alone and inside, so my day to day hasn’t changed as much as most people, and I haven’t noticed much of an impact on my music yet. My creativity and rate at which I finish songs is always in flux because I’m constantly experimenting,” insights Mindchatter.

Scared To Go Home is out now through Mind Of A Genius Records, the Los Angeles based label that launched the careers of Zhu, Gallant, THEY., Karnaval Blues, and Klangstof – all globally acclaimed, genre-redefining artists.

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AMNPLIFY – DB