Los Angeles based mostly Meduso is an underground bass producer, as effectively as a designer for Adidas and Beyonce’s Ivy Park clothes line. His newest bass-heavy launch, Yugen, comes with a novel 360/VR immersive expertise that takes listeners on a journey by means of his distinctive world perspective. Meduso has carried out at ILLENIUM, Mersiv Assist, and myriad venues throughout the U.S. and can quickly be taking the stage at Northern Lights Competition, Sound Haven Competition, Mishawaka Amphitheater and extra.
He sat down with SPIN to speak about his upcoming efficiency, Adidas and Ivy Park, his curiosity within the experimental bass style, and way more. Stream Yugen right here and take a look at Meduso’s electrifying SET under! Need extra SETS? Head over to SPIN TV to maintain up with all the most recent and best DJ/producers breaking by means of the digital sphere.
Who’s Meduso and what do you stand for?
Meduso is an audio visible challenge targeted on creating multimedia, experiential artwork that elevates the thoughts, physique, and soul. Meduso stands for multi-faceted creatives and the flexibility to inform tales that encourage new views and states of thoughts for the observer.
Inform us about your sound – the place does your fashion originate from and what have been your largest visible, social, and sonic influences?
Though my sound is consistently evolving as my sphere of affect flows from style to style, the sound most acquainted to my followers is influenced by older dubstep acts corresponding to rusko, jantsen, and reality with a deal with among the newer experimental sounds and preparations of artists corresponding to GJones and Kursa. I’ve lately begun to explain the brand new music I’ve been creating as “Heavy Psychedelic Bass Music”. As a drummer myself, I take numerous affect from heavy and psychedelic rock + metallic/ nu metallic artists as effectively. Sonically, bands corresponding to Linkin Park, Instrument, System of a Down, and Disturbed (simply to call just a few) have at all times been main influences to my sound. By way of the challenge as an entire, I’d truthfully say Svdden Loss of life’s Voyd is considered one of my best inspirations for the challenge. Not solely do I actually admire his originality, storytelling, and intention behind the whole lot he works on, however the truth that he has been capable of create this entire universe that feels very cinematic is insanely cool to me. Its left me actually impressed to work and discover an genuine method for me to include design, themes, and storytelling into all facets of the Meduso challenge.
Was there a definitive turning level to your success? When did you understand the magnitude of your influence inside the business/neighborhood?
To be sincere, I’m the kind of one who is rarely happy and have by no means actually been capable of settle for that I’ve made any kind of influence inside the music neighborhood. I’ve had just a few actually superb moments with followers who’ve expressed their love for a few of my music, artwork, and mixes, and that’s all I can actually ask for. Essentially the most thrilling factor for me as an artist is when folks specific to me that my artwork has impressed them indirectly. That’s actually why I create and why I really like speaking and dealing with different creatives. There may be nothing extra thrilling and galvanizing to me than when somebody shares a novel perspective/ expertise they’ve had with my art work. I at all times have an intention after I’m creating, nevertheless you by no means actually understand how your work could also be interpreted by the observer. Everybody has their very own distinctive views, experiences, and actuality that they reside in, and its a extremely stunning factor watching folks have a collective, but distinctive particular person expertise with my work. I hope I can proceed to create artwork that evokes folks to create extra artwork and sweetness.
What are you most enthusiastic about and what can followers count on from you on the Northern Lights Competition?
Since Northern Nights is in such a lovely, distinctive location on a river within the Redwoods of Northern California, I’m actually excited to create a particular expertise for attendees that pulls affect from the encompassing surroundings and helps additional immerse folks within the setting, music, and expertise as an entire.
How does music encourage the designs you do with Adidas and Ivy Park?
I believe my sphere of affect and inspiration is fairly fluid. For each music and my design work, I’m consistently pulling from the whole lot and something that sparks my creativity, makes me really feel any kind of intense emotion, or simply resonates with me in that second. Due to this, I personally can see a purple thread as I’m creating new concepts in each avenues. Nevertheless, that’s actually extra for me internally, creating that means and intention behind my work as I create, against sharing it outwardly.
What was your imaginative and prescient in your newest EP Drop In?
The Drop In EP paralleled my transfer out to California, and likewise was impressed by West Coast bass music and tradition. Moreover, I wrote most of those tracks on the finish of quarantine when the world was beginning to open again up and I used to be simply excited to get again on the market and have some enjoyable once more. These tracks are three bouncy, excessive vitality songs that I hope everybody can get right down to!
What pursuits you concerning the experimental bass style of at the moment?
I believe the experimental bass scene gives an inclusive neighborhood with various artwork and folks. Artists and followers alike can actually specific themselves by means of the style on account of its wide selection of sounds and feelings. It’s actually inspiring watching this style develop and evolve as new artists proceed to push the boundaries of sound.
In what methods have you ever pushed your self past present self-imposed limitations?
I believe pushing myself previous my inside imposter syndrome has been my largest, but most rewarding limitation I’ve needed to work by means of. Recognizing that my perspective as an artist is legitimate and creating out of pure love for the music and artwork has actually been capable of permit me to really feel extra assured in not solely my artwork, however in myself as an entire. Its very easy to solely deal with what’s subsequent for the challenge, or what I may do higher, however I’ve discovered it actually essential to be extra current within the second and take a second to go searching and admire how far ive come and the way grateful I’m to be on this journey.
What’s subsequent for Meduso?
As talked about, I’ve upcoming gigs at Northern Nights Competition and a return to Sound Haven, one of many premiere underground bass music festivals within the nation proper now. I’m additionally making my debut on the historic Mishawaka Amphitheater with SoDown on the finish of July. After that, I’m wanting ahead to releasing extra new music by means of the top of 2022 in addition to exploring new mediums to additional immerse the observer within the Meduso challenge.
What do you want for the way forward for digital music? In what methods would you prefer to see it evolve?
I hope that digital music is ready to proceed to be so open and accepting of latest artists’ distinctive concepts and views. This style has at all times been attractive to me as a result of it’s so fluid and ever evolving. It retains issues recent, but in addition permits for the artist to create in a extra genuine method and actually encourages pushing boundaries and exploring the way forward for sound. I hope that this style continues to evolve, encourage creativity, and hope that it might probably proceed to develop on telling tales by means of audio/ visible experiences.
Any final phrases for the SPIN-verse?
Thanks a lot for studying about and supporting the Meduso challenge. Its actually humbling and galvanizing to have the ability to create freely and have it resonate with so many individuals. I hope you all take pleasure in my new EP, Drop In, and hope to see you out at a present someday!
