Photo Credit: Dylan Reyes

BRUX invites us into her expansive world with the release of her new single “BADBOI” (w/ Pat Lok). The dynamite club track is anything but ordinary – “BADBOI” has an alluring vocal chop, analog synths and a gritty drumline, reminiscent of early Ed Banger productions. The intense track will undoubtedly stand out in your summer playlists. 

A once mysterious and androgynous artist, only earlier this year did BRUX lift the veil behind her anonyminity to reveal her true self. Beyond her social media posts now containing photos of herself, the project’s assets are now revealing bits of her in piecemeal – starting off with her eye as the artwork for “BADBOI.”

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What inspired this last release?

The early Ed Banger days…french house / electro & lively techno!

What is something you can’t live without?

my darling little miniature dachshund, Daisy 

Any funny anecdotes from the time you were recording or writing this?

Pat Lok & I were doing regular zoom writing sessions in 2020 after I remixed his track “Freefall” and this was the 3rd or 4th song we started together. I was living in Sydney Australia at the time and he was in LA and we were both feeling kinda down & out about the pandemic so it was this great weekly online hang. BADBOI came about in one of our zoom sessions in September – I had recently bought a MOOG Dfam (drummer from another mother) semi modular percussion synth & wanted to use it in the session. 

We started off with the vision of making a “chilled Daft Punk-y” track as Pat had a synth melody he sent over that we both vibed on. I began to make a beat and it just didn’t feel right, I then had the idea to reference early Ed Banger records, Mr Oizo in particular, and integrated the DFAM into the groove. We all of the sudden had a looped groove down and we simultaneously continued to finesse it on both ends with Pat creating the cut up vocal chops and percussion…I remember before we logged off saying something like “I wanna use this for a BRUX track!!” and the rest is history.

What’s your favorite thing to do besides music?

I love photography and I shoot on film – I have a medium format Seagull TLR camera from the 70s, a 35mm Pentax KM and a fun little Yashica MF-1.

What’s a record or artist that shaped your creativity?

Oddly enough, “Blue” by Joni Mitchell had a massive impact on shaping my creativity. Listening to that record over and over in my teens was my first exposure to free-form writing and unconventional methods to use instruments (she would detune her guitar to open keys). Conceptually I like to think that I apply this freeing approach to my own writing.

Who is an artist or band you look up to today?

Bjork – she lives and creates so authentically and I just respect that so much. An anon. quote I heard recently says “consistency without validation is key” and this sums up Bjork perfectly. I hope to work with her someday.

What excites you the most about what you do?

traveling and meeting so many interesting creatives! It also really excites me that this is something I plan to do for the rest of my time here on this planet. I can’t imagine it any other way…