He Can’t Stop

While growing up,what were your musical influences?

I was inspired and influenced greatly by Frank Zappa,especially his approach to music. He didn’t care what anyone or the world thought of him or his music. He just wanted to write. I want to be

like that.

What are your future projects?

I am writing songs now. The last two-three years have helped me learn how much I love to write and what I’m all about. In the next few months,I will finish an album,hopefully,with no collaborations.

Where do you see yourself and dubstep five years from now?

When dubstep began,it was only about dance music and people didn’t know what genre it was and they chose to call it dubstep. I don’t like using the word and I don’t like it describing me. I have written a lot of dubstep as a genre but when it comes to describing what I’m about or what my music is about,dubstep doesn’t encapsulate everything. When I started,dubstep was this cool sound to play around with. Now,people like Skream are saying that he’s done all that he can with it and it’s time to move on. He’s not saying that dubstep is dead; it can’t be.

Any dubstep contemporaries you would like to work with?

I’ve always been a fan of acoustic,ambient kind of music. I am impressed with this band called Sigur Ros. They have this cool ambient sound. There’s this American singer-songwriter called Bon Iver whom I would really like to work with. I rather work with people who have no idea what I’m about or what dance music is about; it’s two separate worlds. It makes for a more interesting collaboration.

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somya.lakhani@expressindia.com