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RSE: “Daylight” is a key collaboration between you and AES, can you talk about what you remember about that one coming together, and then how that led to the idea to create the follow up, “Nightlight”? 

 

Blockhead:"Daylight" was one of the bigger surprises for me, in terms of beats Aesop had picked. I recall assuming he was gonna think it’s corny (cause it felt that way at the time for me) but I guess something grabbed him and inspired him to write what he did. I think the song was off to a great start but, when we added the “yes yess y’all” part to it, we both looked at each other like “yeah, this is either gonna be a big song for us or we are gonna get clowned” luckily, it was the former .

 

As for "Nightlight," Aes had the idea to flip the original on its head and I just happened to have made a beat that fit perfect with the concept. "Daylight" was such a feel good song for us, it was only right to make a more cynical version to keep the balance.

 

RSE: How do you feel your production style has evolved since this release? Do you ever reference any creations you made around this period for inspiration? 

 

Blockhead: I’d say my production style has changed pretty drastically since that era. I was still figuring myself out at the time and was also using different equipment. This was pre-Ableton, so I was only using the ASR-10, which are like two totally different animals. What has stayed the same is my foundation of always wanting to layer things and keep the tracks multidimensional . 

 

I can’t say I really look backwards when it comes to the stuff I make currently. I’m very much a person who, when I'm done with something, it’s behind me and I don't look back.