The Minimalistic Music Blog

  • I Am Nova

    I Am Nova on Spotify I Am Nova Interview & Review           My favorite song by I Am Nova comes from their first album, the song’s name is “I Need”. “Yeah, we didn’t really have a sound back then. “I Need” and those songs from the first album, we recorded in…

  • Kohilo [unedited]

    Kohilo on Spotify Kohilo Interview & Review         Christian tells me, “‘Waiting For You’, which was the first single, I was working a lot on the text and the lyrics. And that was really meaningful to me, it’s a special time in life turning thirty, everything in place, work and all the…

  • Only Sun [unedited]

    Only Sun on Spotify Only Sun Interview (10/14/17) How’re you guys doing today? “Got a bit of studio madness. We’ve just come back from the studio.”  Yeah? What’d you guys do?  “Preproduction! So we’ve gone in and played through a couple of new songs. We just want to be heard (laughs). Erm, yeah, it’s quite…

  • Leg Puppy [unedited]

    Leg Puppy on SpotifyLeg Puppy Interview & Review          “When you are performing, you’re a character. I’m sure Sia is a character, Daft Punk are characters… It’s not you, you’re escaping from reality.” From what I can tell from the concert videos Darren, Clare, and Hugo Bamboo are quite characters during the…

  • Chocolate [unedited]

    Chocolate on Spotify Chocolate Interview & Review          Chocolate, a rather new metal band based in the UK, appeals to me just like Rise Against and At The Drive-In does. The raw emotion and the art in the video and the cover album is just amazing. “Jack [Drummer] he is a really…

  • Hi3ND [unedited]

    Hi3ND on SoundCloud Hi3ND  Interview & Review          “Since 2012, Energy Sound is (a) community (of) DJ/Producers but people (in) this group (are) under 20 years old, (and) I’m the leader of this group. The purpose is (to) make music for everybody and make (their dreams) come true. Everybody in this group…

  • Looming [unedited]

    Looming on Spotify Looming  Interview & Review             “I don’t think it’s not normal, but I think that women aren’t exactly encouraged to start playing music necessary at a young age. Some are and some are really lucky to have that. But for the most part, at least in my experience,…

  • Bajton [unedited]

    Bajton on Spotify Bajton  Interview & Review      Right now as I speak Jaguar by Bajton currently has over 76k listens on Spotify, although they don’t like how people don’t know that there is actually more than one person who is making the music, they are very proud of the reception of the song and…

  • Sally Caitlin [unedited]

    Sally Caitlin on Spotify Sally Caitlin  Interview & Review        With songs like Deja Vu and Take It All, I have this small expectation that Sally Caitlin is hinting at experimenting mainly with EDM. “I’d say I’m electronic pop music with a bit of an edge and a lot of honesty.” However, she…

  • Matt Rysen

    Matt Rysen on SoundCloud & Spotify Matt Rysen  Interview & Review         “I really started producing music 4 years ago. So, my influences (were) young. The first (person) who gave me the motivation to start music is KSHMR. I love his style, and the stories in his songs. I love him because he always…