Seekae: Interview

What have you guys been up to over the past couple of months, we’ve seen a lot your side projects taking off like 48/4. How’s that been while working on the new Seekae record?

It’s been a busy last few months, we’ve each been working on solo stuff (Alex is Stuttah, George is Jensen Brewster and John is Peon) whilst doing the record but we’ve managed to make it work somehow. Certain ideas we’ve come up with individually ended up being used in ‘+DOME’ and anything that didnt quite make the cut eventually made its way into other projects.

The Sound Of Trees Falling On People was one of those records that a lot of people felt a big connection to, how do you guys manage to evoke so much feeling in your music like you do?

Spending as much time as we do with computers you can teach them how to croon the bras off ladies, but really alot of it is luck. Often people make tracks that noone connects to but they feel is full of soul and emotion, we were just lucky to get a good response.

What we’ve heard of +Dome so far, sounds like you guys have been taking in some hip hop and dubstep influences. There’s some darkness and grit creeping into your music. Is this true? Or am I a looney?

+DOME definitely steps into darker territory both aesthetically and chordally, but we feel it still maintains that original Seekae sound that TSOTFOP did. To be honest we listened to just as much Hip-Hop and Dubstep as we did for the previous album, but this time we tried to really focus on using the production techniques those genres encompass.

Gnor is the lastest offering from +Dome tell us about this song, what’s it all about?

George plays in a clarinet quartet with the rest of his family, so one night we decided to sample them and cut up the recording alongside Alex’s drums. Once we got a nice little loop going, we brought in some elements from older tracks we’d been working on for a while and everything slotted together nicely!

Thanks dudes!

Can’t wait for this record! The guys will be on tour through March launching the album.

FRIDAY 15th April – Woodland, Brisbane [tickets here]
SATURDAY 16th April – Manning Bar, Sydney [tickets here]
MONDAY 25th April – The Toff, Melbourne [tickets here] (Anzac day eve)