QUINCY
BANKS (htx)
Soulful
melodies+style+throwbacks = Grown folk music with new kid
soul........ Its hard to believe that someone this young was able to dig deep
into some soul music that was made 30 years before he was born.
Who are your influences in this project?
Quincy Banks Everyone and everything, related to music or not. I make a conscious effort to build and discover every day. Inspiration is everywhere.
what got you into making Electronic Music ?
Quincy Banks: Though I wouldn't necessarily consider my music "Electronic", I believe that I was initially inspired to start making music once I began hearing jazz and soul samples of songs that my family would play while I was growing up, flipped into hip-hop and other genres. I actually didn't get serious about making music until I inherited my first box of records though.
How do you feel about the growing popularity of Electronic Music ?
Q.B : I'm not sure yet. I'm always down for innovation, though a lot of people approaching the game these days seem as though they aren't doing their research and are ignoring those who preceded them. Too many musically uneducated cats are calling themselves "DJs" or "producers" because they have a computer program and it's all becoming a bit frustrating. The genre is nearly over saturated at this point, so I just try to do my own thing. Nevertheless, there are some very exciting things happening if you dig in the right places.
What are you listening to right now ?
Q.B: At the exact moment I'm listening to "Lonnie's Lament" by The John Coltrane Quartet. I try not to ever limit myself to a single genre or era of music. I usually aim for listening to at least one album that I've never heard before every single day whether it be some '50s free jazz, '70s psych rock, '90s hip-hop, or something recent and tasteful. Basically anything timeless.
What was the last show you went to that you really enjoyed?
Q.B: The Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) show at House of Blues in Fall of 2011. Not only did I get to see a legendary hip-hop duo perform, but I also witnessed one of my favorite turntable DJs, J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies, spin.
Whats the last thing you ate ?
Q.B: Barbacoa tacos from the sketchy food truck next to Alabama Ice House.
Who are your influences in this project?
Quincy Banks Everyone and everything, related to music or not. I make a conscious effort to build and discover every day. Inspiration is everywhere.
what got you into making Electronic Music ?
Quincy Banks: Though I wouldn't necessarily consider my music "Electronic", I believe that I was initially inspired to start making music once I began hearing jazz and soul samples of songs that my family would play while I was growing up, flipped into hip-hop and other genres. I actually didn't get serious about making music until I inherited my first box of records though.
How do you feel about the growing popularity of Electronic Music ?
Q.B : I'm not sure yet. I'm always down for innovation, though a lot of people approaching the game these days seem as though they aren't doing their research and are ignoring those who preceded them. Too many musically uneducated cats are calling themselves "DJs" or "producers" because they have a computer program and it's all becoming a bit frustrating. The genre is nearly over saturated at this point, so I just try to do my own thing. Nevertheless, there are some very exciting things happening if you dig in the right places.
What are you listening to right now ?
Q.B: At the exact moment I'm listening to "Lonnie's Lament" by The John Coltrane Quartet. I try not to ever limit myself to a single genre or era of music. I usually aim for listening to at least one album that I've never heard before every single day whether it be some '50s free jazz, '70s psych rock, '90s hip-hop, or something recent and tasteful. Basically anything timeless.
What was the last show you went to that you really enjoyed?
Q.B: The Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) show at House of Blues in Fall of 2011. Not only did I get to see a legendary hip-hop duo perform, but I also witnessed one of my favorite turntable DJs, J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies, spin.
Whats the last thing you ate ?
Q.B: Barbacoa tacos from the sketchy food truck next to Alabama Ice House.
Great people +great art = WWW.WEKILLYOU.NET I stumbled across this great group of Artist on Instagram. All HAIL INSTAGRAM.. just kidding but, seriously I cant stop looking at it.
@The Ghost Wekill you is their Instagram.
How early in your life did you start making art ?
We Kill You: We grew up in houses on the forest where a lot of our early childhood years were spent loving arts and crafts. As soon as we discovered skateboarding and punk music that was all that mattered. It was not until we were at the end of our high school years that we found our way back in to art and decided to set foot towards various schools and ventures. Through out all that we stuck together and the end result is what is here now
Who are your influences ?
WKY: Influence comes from birds and trees, skateboards and curbs, sunsets and lakes, Hüsker Dü and the Descendents. We try to take the world around us that we love and are involved in and turn it in to art.
What's one of your favorite subjects to draw ?
WKY: The best thing to draw…. The Bunny loves shapes and color combos. The Bat loves repetition. The Bear loves fonts. The Ghost is really into really detailed drawings of animals and people.
What medium do you mainly use ?
WKY:Lately the canvas has been one of 2 things: Paint on our hand made toys or watercolor and ink on paper. The Ghost has been trying to take a step towards wood working while The Bat has been focused on intricate paper cuttings. The Bunny is still pretty much a graphic designer working mostly on the computer in illustrator. Were covering all grounds!
What keeps you up at night ?
WKY:Very vivid dreams. Here at WKY we keep a dream book filled with the wild adventures that go on in the night. Those visions and stories are what create the landscapes and paintings that go on in the world of WKY. Dreams are reality. We are also very concerned with the impact we and the people around us are having on the environment. Too much destruction. Too much consumption. Someone else won't fix it, its up to us. Its up to you.
Steven Orton......
> How early in your life did you start making art ?
Oh jeez, I'd probably say from about the age of five or six. I use to spend my pocket money on big packs of paper an felt tips and draw for hours on end. I can remember I use to draw alot of ocean scenes, mermaids and waves and underwater kingdoms. I'd go to my local video shop at the weekend with my mum and always take out the same films, it was either the never ending story or disneys fantasia. I'd watch them on repeat and then draw my own characters and give them all names and make up stories about them. I was such a geek as a child I probably should of been out with the other kids on my bike or something but id rather stay in on my own and make up stories with pictures.
> Who are your influences ?
Everything, music. film sound tracks. architecture. tv shows about the outdoors and wildlife. Dinosaurs. I like the work by Hunderwasser & Gusta Klimt because of the colours and shapes. Alphonse Mucha is amazing. Seb Jarnot. Books I use to read as a kid with the illustrations by Quentin Blake in. Past relationships. My cat Tacky paha!
> Whats one of your favorite subjects to draw ?
I got told off at college and university quite a bit because I'd do all my sketchbook work and then scribble lady genitals on all of the people. I don't know why but I kept all my work and looking back now it always makes me laugh. I draw bearded men and women alot. I like to draw faces. nostrils and glasses. I like to draw faces a lot actually. ocean monsters & mermen. I'm going through a phase at the minute and drawing mermen in space.
> What medium do you mainly use ?
I'm not really a fan of computer aided design.. Partly because I just don't understand it.. I like to do all my work by hand. I try not to over complicate it by using lots of mediums. My stuffs quite loud and messy as it is so I'll just stick to fine liners. hot water and paint brushes. Indian inks and crayons. Tipex.
> What keeps you up at night ?
I'm def more of a night owl... If I could i'd stay up all night drawing and sleep throughout the day. I cant seem to concerntrate during the day if I sit down and try and draw. I find I do some of my best and favourite pieces in the middle of the night. I don't have any distractions and I can just sit down and get on with it. I find hours can go past and I don't even notice. before I know it its like 4am and I need to be up for work in a few hours. I can have ideas come to me like all the time so ill make notes in my phone then get into bed that day and then scribble my notes down. like a visual diary.
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