Category: Interviews

Electronic

Getting into ‘Trouble in the Streets’: The power behind the music, influences & what’s next for Austin’s Electro-Tribe [Artist Interview]

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Austin’s own Electro Tribe a.k.a Trouble in the Streets. This trio composed of Nnedi Nebula Agbaroji (Keys/Vocals), Bobby Snakes (Drums) and Andy Leonard (Bass) is taking the Austin scene by storm with their funky spin on a blend of World, Hip-Hop, Electronic, R&B and Funk. These three are a […]

Aug 17, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Sound on Sound Fest 2017: The creative minds behind the most brilliant lineup of the year [Interview + Preview]

After taking in such a monstrous lineup, you’d be surprised to learn that 2017 will mark only the second year of Sound on Sound Fest. Who says newcomers can’t knock the big boys from the top? Their inaugural year was executed effortlessly, even when the fest was met with mother nature’s rainy wrath. Walker Margin, the A […]

Jul 31, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Bloomin’ to the Limit: An interview with Maddy O’Neal | June 24th, 2017

If you’ve yet to be hooked by the jazzy bass beat producer named Maddy O’Neal, allow us to help you from under that rock. If her charismatic smile and bubbly personality don’t automatically win you over, your soul will tingle after seeing her live. This is an artist who has been working her entire life […]

Jun 24, 2017 Read →

Funk

Getting to know Rob Drabkin: Summer shows, Colorado’s music scene, and more [Artist Interview]

CYM: Originally growing up on classic rock and metal, you soon found a love for horns and jazz. What would you say contributed to this change in taste? How important is it to you for an artist to indulge in different genres? Getting into jazz was not easy!  I just didn’t feel cool being into jazz during the […]

Jun 20, 2017 Read →

Interviews

The String Cheese Incident Brings Surplus of Cheesy Love to Stubb’s Austin, TX, April 13-15th [Show Review + Photo Gallery]

  Colorful individuals of all ages made their way into Stubb’s BBQ on Red River and 8th Street in the historic downtown Austin. It was night one of a sold-out three-night-run from the genre-defying supergroup The String Cheese Incident, and downbeat was a little more than an hour away.   We had been waiting patiently […]

Apr 19, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Tuning in to Ecophoria: Talking with Euphoria Fest, Initiatives to Shift the Festival & Sustainability Paradigm [Interview]

  We at Compose Yourself have always been advocates for greener festivals, spreading educational tools and linking the eco-bridge between fests and sustainability to create a better environment for everyone involved in throwing these amazing gatherings (most especially the Earth we get to throw them on!). Euphoria Festival, happening April 6th-9th at Carson Creek Ranch […]

Mar 30, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Biohackers Tour, new Gravitas releases and more: An Interview with Psymbionic [Artist Interview]

 Psymbionic has been one of our favorites for a while, and it feels good to see the glitchy producer starting 2017 at a full sprint. Recently wrapping up his largest tour yet with labelmate CloZee, Psymbionic blazed through 45 U.S. dates followed by multiple shows in Costa Rica as well. As one of the head […]

Mar 29, 2017 Read →

Guest Posts

Hacking the Droid: An Interview with Android Jones

    I’ll be blunt: Android Jones is one of the most important artists alive, right now. Despite whatever contrived statement I could make about how he is “killing the art game,” and about how “his shit is so next level,” which it literally is, any reasonable conversation of his achievements must necessarily include phrases such […]

Feb 19, 2017 Read →

Electronic

Digging into Euphoria Music Festival: Why We Keep Coming Back [Interview]

As we inch closer to the 6th installment of the season’s best festival,  Euphoria,  it’s become a beautiful experience to watch this gathering grow exponentially in the past few years. With the countdown underway, we felt there was no better time than to get the lowdown from the man himself, EMF executive producer Mitch Morales. […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read →

Funk

Analog Son talk about new album, legendary studio sessions, and more [Artist Interview]

Denver, Colorado’s Analog Son have quietly been adding on to their funky enterprise over the last year, and we’ll all get a taste of their new album this coming January! The enigmatic duo consisting of bassist Joshua Fairman and guitarist Jordan Linit have penned January 24th as the album release date, and everyone is invited […]

Jan 10, 2017 Read →