9+1 Q&A with BEATASTIC

What inspired you to first start making music? And how did you come to be in your current incarnation? Or if you prefer, a brief bio about you.

BEATASTIC started as an idea to try something different, a bit like LCD Soundsystem. It changed rapidly into a more shoegaze/post-punk sound.

Provide us with some info about your latest release…

The last one came out in December 2017, it was a double album, 20 tracks, the idea was to do something ambitious like Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness , showing that ambition doesn’t mean budget. I recorded everything myself.

Which ones would you consider your main influences both music-wise & non-music-wise?

The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, The Cure.

In what way does your sound differ from the rest genre-related artists/bands and why should we listen to your music? In other words, how would you describe your sound?

It’s shoegaze, but shoegaze doesn’t tend to have big drums, I do, it’s very rhythmic and the bass is very prominent. It’s probably quite post-punk in that sense. I guess my idea is to take the idea of The Smashing Pumpkins around Machina, what was then described as the stadium shoegaze sound. Take shoegaze but open it up , make it big. In my tracks the guitars just decorate, the bass is the heart.

Please name your 3 desert islands albums, movies & books…

Siamese Dream- The Smashing Pumpkins/ Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind/ the Mötley Crüe biography.

Do you prefer studio or performing live and why?

Studio, I prefer creating, I can be a whole orchestra just by myself.

Is there any funny-unique story you would like to share with us, always in relation to your music ‘career’?

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Which track of your own would you point out as the most unique and why?

I think my fave is The Ebb And Flow. The chorus is huge, I love how the song sounds, the backwards guitars, the bass line, the drums, I can even listen to the vocals without cringeing 😉

Would you like to share with our readers your future plans?

Idk, part of me thinks Beatastic is over, part of me thinks I have some good tracks ready, I guess I’m looking for a new sound which I haven’t quite found yet.

Free question!!! (Ask yourself a question) you wish to answer and haven’t been given the opportunity…

What do you think you’re worth on the scale of things? Who would you compare yourself to?

I think I’m pretty good, I know I’m different at least. Maybe some band like Placebo, they sound like themselves.

Curated by: Christos Doukakis

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