I DJ’d in Brisbane all throughout my apprenticeship and was always experimenting with production. It was a slow process, as I realised my ideas weren’t quite there musically. I started piano lessons in 2015 and, slowly, it grew from there. I never expected to be doing it as a job, but I was always working towards it.

A hundred per cent. It’s a dream come true.

Definitely. It’s the live show intro as well. I love the abrasive, fire up type introduction to it all. If I’m ever nervous before a show, as soon as Catch Phrase starts, I’m on.

I started Catch Phrase the morning after I watched Harry Brown for the first time. The energy and feeling in that movie was the initial inspiration. I went back months later and later added the sample in just for the live show and it just stuck.

Thank you! River Song always goes down so well live. From the shows I played late last year and early this year, it was one of the three songs released from my hour/ninety-minute set. It really brings the energy down post-Catch Phrase and Risen, to transition into more progressive tracks like Perpetual Love – both live and on the EP. That’s the idea behind it, River Song; like the changing tide.

Definitely. Playing live is easily my favourite part of this whole thing. If I’m enjoying myself, I suppose it rids any pretentiousness from the room, and everyone’s in it.

I don’t DJ very often, but when I do, yeah, for sure. Being a resident for four years was huge for me in that department.

I’ve only worked personally with close friends. Some it works, some it doesn’t. You can’t force it. King Krule would be awesome to work with; I love his voice and production.

Both were different. With the Alchemy - River Song - Dour Nights trilogy, Yeoseop had originally hit us up about doing the Alchemy video, but it didn’t eventuate. It was getting close to the time when I released Dour Nights, and I suggested a trilogy with River Song as well, so Yeoseop ran with it and absolutely killed it. With Risen, I’d always had the idea of a live video for it, but that was about it. I gave Yeoseop a few rough ideas for what I wanted, and he came up with the whole video. I trusted him with the visual aspect of my music from the day he sent us the initial treatment for Alchemy. He is incredible.

Yeah, my brother sent it to me recently. Nice one, whoever put that together!

To be honest with you, I played at 12pm, so it wasn’t the best show I’ve played. But it was an insane experience, and I’m so thankful for that opportunity. I ended up playing an after party in an old airplane hangar inside this huge property in Palm Springs later that night, and that was amazing.

Not now, but initially, I did. Last year, after I put Alchemy out, it was getting played on the radio but I had no other songs finished. Now that I’ve played so many amazing shows with all of my original music, and the whole project has been released, I feel a big weight off my shoulders. I now have the freedom to write whatever I want.