SPIN SETS Presents: Meduso – SPIN
Los Angeles based Meduso is an underground bass producer, as well as a designer for Adidas and Beyonce’s Ivy Park garments line. His newest bass-heavy release, Yugen, will come with a exceptional 360/VR immersive knowledge that takes listeners on a journey through his unique world perspective. Meduso has executed at ILLENIUM, Mersiv Assist, and myriad venues across the U.S. and will shortly be getting the stage at Northern Lights Festival, Sound Haven Competition, Mishawaka Amphitheater and far more.
He sat down with SPIN to discuss about his future overall performance, Adidas and Ivy Park, his curiosity in the experimental bass style, and substantially much more. Stream Yugen listed here and check out out Meduso’s electrifying Set underneath! Want additional SETS? Head about to SPIN Television set to hold up with all the newest and greatest DJ/producers breaking by way of the electronic sphere.
Who is Meduso and what do you stand for?
Meduso is an audio visual venture targeted on developing multimedia, experiential artwork that elevates the thoughts, physique, and soul. Meduso stands for multi-faceted creatives and the skill to explain to tales that really encourage new views and states of thoughts for the observer.
Inform us about your audio – where does your design originate from and what have been your biggest visible, social, and sonic influences?
Whilst my audio is frequently evolving as my sphere of affect flows from style to genre, the sound most familiar to my admirers is influenced by more mature dubstep functions these kinds of as rusko, jantsen, and truth with a target on some of the more recent experimental seems and arrangements of artists these as GJones and Kursa. I have a short while ago started to describe the new audio I have been producing as “Heavy Psychedelic Bass Music”. As a drummer myself, I get a great deal of impact from major and psychedelic rock + steel/ nu metal artists as very well. Sonically, bands these as Linkin Park, Device, Technique of a Down, and Disturbed (just to title a handful of) have usually been main influences to my sound. In terms of the task as a total, I’d honestly say Svdden Death’s Voyd is one particular of my finest inspirations for the undertaking. Not only do I truly admire his originality, storytelling, and intention powering almost everything he will work on, but the point that he has been equipped to produce this whole universe that feels incredibly cinematic is insanely interesting to me. Its left me seriously influenced to work and obtain an genuine way for me to incorporate style and design, themes, and storytelling into all aspects of the Meduso task.
Was there a definitive turning point to your achievement? When did you understand the magnitude of your affect inside of the market/neighborhood?
To be honest, I’m the style of person who is never satisfied and have never actually been ready to accept that I have built any sort of impact inside of the music community. I have had a couple of genuinely awesome times with enthusiasts who have expressed their like for some of my music, art, and mixes, and that’s all I can genuinely question for. The most thrilling thing for me as an artist is when people categorical to me that my art has impressed them in some way. Which is certainly why I generate and why I really like chatting and operating with other creatives. There is nothing far more interesting and inspiring to me than when anyone shares a exclusive standpoint/ experience they have had with my artwork. I always have an intention when I’m creating, nevertheless you never ever certainly know how your operate may perhaps be interpreted by the observer. Everybody has their individual exceptional views, activities, and fact that they are living in, and its a genuinely lovely issue viewing persons have a collective, however special particular person encounter with my perform. I hope I can carry on to develop artwork that evokes men and women to create more artwork and splendor.
What are you most excited about and what can enthusiasts expect from you at the Northern Lights Pageant?
Because Northern Evenings is in such a stunning, exclusive area on a river in the Redwoods of Northern California, I am genuinely thrilled to make a specific knowledge for attendees that pulls affect from the bordering setting and helps even further immerse people today in the environment, songs, and encounter as a full.
How does songs inspire the types you do with Adidas and Ivy Park?
I assume my sphere of influence and inspiration is quite fluid. For both of those songs and my style do the job, I’m continuously pulling from every little thing and anything at all that sparks my creative imagination, can make me come to feel any style of intensive emotion, or just resonates with me in that minute. Since of this, I individually can see a crimson thread as I’m making new thoughts in both avenues. Nevertheless, that’s really much more for me internally, producing that means and intention powering my operate as I create, opposed to sharing it outwardly.
What was your eyesight for your newest EP Drop In?
The Fall In EP paralleled my go out to California, and also was inspired by West Coast bass songs and lifestyle. In addition, I wrote most of these tracks at the close of quarantine when the environment was starting up to open again up and I was just enthusiastic to get back out there and have some entertaining once again. These tracks are three bouncy, higher electricity tunes that I hope absolutely everyone can get down to!
What interests you about the experimental bass genre of these days?
I believe the experimental bass scene provides an inclusive local community with various art and people. Artists and enthusiasts alike can truly specific them selves by means of the genre due to its broad array of seems and thoughts. It’s genuinely inspiring seeing this genre mature and evolve as new artists carry on to push the boundaries of sound.
In what strategies have you pushed you over and above existing self-imposed constraints?
I assume pushing myself past my inner imposter syndrome has been my biggest, but most fulfilling limitation I have experienced to get the job done by way of. Recognizing that my perspective as an artist is valid and creating out of pure adore for the new music and artwork has really been capable to enable me to sense far more assured in not only my artwork, but in myself as a full. Its actually quick to only focus on what’s upcoming for the project, or what I could do greater, but I’ve observed it truly crucial to be additional existing in the second and acquire a next to seem all-around and take pleasure in how significantly ive come and how grateful I am to be on this journey.
What’s subsequent for Meduso?
As stated, I have forthcoming gigs at Northern Nights Pageant and a return to Sound Haven, one particular of the premiere underground bass audio festivals in the country ideal now. I’m also building my debut at the historic Mishawaka Amphitheater with SoDown at the close of July. Soon after that, I’m wanting forward to releasing far more new music by the conclusion of 2022 as nicely as exploring new mediums to further immerse the observer in the Meduso job.
What do you would like for the foreseeable future of digital audio? In what ways would you like to see it evolve?
I hope that digital audio is capable to continue on to be so open up and accepting of new artists’ distinctive strategies and perspectives. This genre has generally been engaging to me simply because it is so fluid and ever evolving. It keeps things new, but also will allow for the artist to build in a extra genuine way and definitely encourages pushing boundaries and exploring the long term of audio. I hope that this style proceeds to evolve, really encourage creative imagination, and hope that it can continue to expand on telling stories by audio/ visual ordeals.
Any previous phrases for the SPIN-verse?
Many thanks so much for looking through about and supporting the Meduso undertaking. Its actually humbling and inspiring to be capable to make freely and have it resonate with so a lot of men and women. I hope you all delight in my new EP, Fall In, and hope to see you out at a exhibit someday!
