Hello! In between Berlin and Porto at the moment, enjoying the fall.

It definitely impacts daily creative life as I make music for clubs mainly – one thing doesn’t go without the other. There is tension at times between coming home and trying to emulate or translate what I felt over the weekend into pieces of music, and if one thing ceases to exist, there’s a weird imbalance that I must adapt to while these times persist.

Thank you for your kind words. The intention behind it was very simple. Steffen (also known as Dixon) and I agreed pretty quickly that whatever would come out of this had to have one specific goal in mind, which was, in the end, to be a radio-friendly track, with that club feeling mixed in with something friendly enough to ease the listener into daily life.

Short answer, educational. In all honesty, it has been one of my most difficult creative periods making music so far, and I mean this in the best way possible. Early on, when we started working together, I understood that I had to challenge my perspective every time I attempted to create. Do I really have anything to offer? Do I have anything that nudges someone’s world a little bit forward?
I questioned myself extensively till I learnt how to balance those questions and turn them into positive undertones – that took some time. But the lesson I took from it was far more important than any music I could have ever done. Reflecting and aiming at being the best version of myself was the goal all along. They work this way and I stole it from them – I hope they don’t mind!

They don’t, but both have a very special place in the world and how they pushed club culture forward to new heights and helped settle an industry for times to come. But for me, London was always a learning curve, and I learned what today still has been the biggest impact on my music. Berlin was my settling moment. I became more aware of what I wanted to do with Trikk music-wise.

Definitely. I’m affected by the environment I’m surrounded with – city noises and landscapes and people to some extent. Every country I’ve been to is unique and fully immersive if you let yourself go. I also grew as a person in every city I made home, my creative process benefited from that also.

Music is only one ramification, an important one for me surely, but I’m interested in all creative fields, and that can vary from food to architecture, for instance. I’m very visual when I create music, and I take inspiration from the mundane a lot of times too. That could be a flower or perhaps a piece of clothing. Everything matters.

My awareness shifts towards shapes, textures and colours, and fashion englobes it all. Apart from that, one of the most important roles fashion has in my life – creative or not – is that it enables me to express myself in a silent way. It’s an extension of my personality.

Our paths crossed through Steffen 'Dixon' Berkhahn, essentially – he was wearing it while we toured over the last two years and it had an impression on me. It had amazing motion and hue undertones when in contact with the light system in the clubs, while also making a purely aesthetic impact.
I then became more familiar with it through their creative director, Ana Ofak, and connected with their ethos, spirit and attitude towards clubwear on a deeper level. We ended up collaborating recently in a mixed media project representing both our ideas of clubwear.

Simplistically explained, clubwear serves the purpose of stylistically and conceptually representing the idea of club performance – if well made, it is a powerful tool to represent counterculture, sensations and even a state of mind.

Everywhere and anywhere really, but that reality might need to wait a bit longer for now. I’m working on an album and that would be my first LP – it’s overwhelming but exciting.