Endo>Meso - Interview

Below is an email interview with Endo>Meso. All interviews are published unedited.

• What differences have you noticed between the UK music scene and the one in Sweden?

The major difference is the scale. In the UK everyone I know can manage a few power chords. In Sweden musicians are rarer. It's a smaller population. In one sense there is less competition. In the UK there were many more local bands and a multitude of venues to play. Over here everything happens on a smaller scale.

• Your music, is a mixture of styles, how would you describe it?

I would describe the music as a kind of bass-centric-funky-lo-fi-downtempo-surf-trip-hop-dub-cine-groove. Am I close?

I have many eclectic influences, from Amon Tobin to Mr Scruff, I mainly go for a chilled vibe, being a film geek means that things can often go a bit soundtrack.

• Is your music available to buy/download?

At the moment everything is free. Most tunes are available for download or can be streamed.

When I first published music to the internet I didn't believe it sounded professional enough to sell it so I gave it away. It was only when I began receiving positive feedback that I began to take it more seriously. For the moment it stays free.

• What other projects are or have you been involved in?

Music-wise Endo Meso is the only project I'm currently involved with. I have a handful of fresh tracks just waiting for some polish that I hope to get out soon.

I also dabble in other media and do the occasional video or design project. I'm hoping to do my own music video in the future, I've not decided which track yet. There's also have a couple of collaborations on the horizon.

• Is the Internet vital for your music and is it easier to get your music listened to now than it was pre-internet days?

Without the internet I don't believe you could reach as a wide an audience as you can now.

Pre-internet was saving money from gigs to book recording time and for producing and distributing tapes or CD's. It was a costly business, all that has changed.

Now you can reach a global audience within minutes without distribution cost. Label-less self-management is on the rise. I think that social networks like Twitter and Facebook have really opened up new channels to get artists heard globally.

I'm most excited about collaboration. The fact that I can work alongside global artists from the comfort of home. I believe there will be many more bands producing high quality home-brewed music that have never physically met.

Everyone is just that little bit more connected now.

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