DANIEL ALEXANDER RELEASES HIS BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘DOUBLEGLAZEDGAZEDOWN’ AND WE CHAT WHAT THE WRITING AND RECORDING PROCESS WAS LIKE AND MORE!

What is your name?
Daniel Alexander

 

What is your genre of music?
Millennial distress-step

 

Give us a little bio about you.
Born in 2094. Raised by last monks on earth. Exiled to 2017 for material obsessions.

 

Tell us more about your music.
It’s made of sounds

 

You have a new single out ‘DOUBLEGLAZEDGAZEDOWN’, tell us more about it.
DGGD is about the struggle between empathy and apathy. How do we choose to engage with the ongoing traumas we are seemingly surrounded by, if at all? The double-glazed gaze is viewing things remotely, unaffected.

 

What was the writing process like?
It began as a guitar progression + melody, which the rest of the track is constructed around.

 

What was the recording process like?
I recorded a demo, which we then took the studio and spiced up. We added a wurly and lot’s of atmospherics, and recorded real drums rather than electronic.

 

Will you be releasing a music video for the track?
Yes already online.

 

Will you be releasing a EP or Album?
At some point…

 

If so what can we expect?
Sadness to dance to

 

Do you have any gigs or a tour coming up?
Tba

 

If so where will you be heading?
All significant planetary bodies within and without the Solar System, inner space, a town near you, etc

 

What is your message you are trying to tell your fans?
Covfefe

 

Are you a signed?
No

 

Who are your influences?
Chomsky, HyperDub, Nicky Wire

 

Where do you see yourself now in 5 Years?
Album No. 132

 

When you’re not doing music, what do you do?
Long walks on the beach

 

Where would your dream venue to play in your hometown?
Rivoli Ballroom

 

Would you be up for collaborating with an unsigned artist or band? If so how can they contact you?
Yes, Trafalgar Joe. Hmu on SC or FB

 

What was the song you listened to most that influenced you to go more in to the music scene?
First 3 Oasis records.

 

Where is your dream festival to perform?
Kettfest

 

What made you go in to music?
The stability

 

What’s the best advice you have ever been given?
Invent the future, then manifest it.

 

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians not just about the industry also just as an artist/band?
Be original

 

What quote or saying do you always stick by?
I’m lovin’ it

 

You come off Tour
1/ Where is the first place you go?
Sock drawer
2/Who is the first person you see?
Chypsy
3/What is the first thing you eat.
TFC hummus

 

Do you have social media accounts so your fans can follow you?

Facebook
Iinstagram
Twitter
Soundcloud

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