5 Minutes with Sonic Species [Interview]
5 Minutes with Sonic Species [Interview]
Sonic Species – Smashing the Veil did just that!
It smashed the Beatport veil of Top 10 tracks on Beatport and kept going all the way to number one.
We chatted to Joe about his latest release on Nano records and as always it was a curiously quirky conversation…
Growing up in the South of the country in Kent was interesting because…
“the garden of England” was remarkably interesting because it was the location of some of the most incredible outdoor illegal Psytrance parties on the planet called Liquid Connective. The rest is history.
My favourite movies/book of all time is… (and why)
I don’t really watch movies much. My favourite book would have to be Lord of the Rings.
If was a cartoon character I’d be…
Sonic The Hedgehog
My weirdest gig experience ever was when…
My weirdest gig was in a silent disco
Best gig I’ve ever played was…
Best gig – Boom Festival 2014 – last day, 4pm
The first time I heard psytrance was…
[The year] 2000- Lyminge Forest, Kent, Liquid Connective party.
Best way to keep occupied on flights and in airports is to…
Make music but don’t get so into it that you miss your flight.
Favourite psytrance track and/or artist of all time is…
So many favs its impossible to say.
Completing a full album was…
A relief. 😊
One other genre besides psytrance I would consider making…
Future 80s Electro Funk.
Being part of the NANO artist roster is…
Being part of Nano is like finally coming home to a big farm where all your family and mates live in the countryside where the geese roam free and the rivers run deep.
Your latest release, Smashing the Veil, smashed it all the way to No.1 on Beatport. How did that feel and tell us a bit about how the track came about and where?
I wrote Smashing in a day directly after smoking DMT hence the name. I was super happy that it got to number 1 and it gives me real fire to make more original tracks from now on rather than collaborations or remixes.