What happens if you combine Crystal Castles, Bark Psychosis, Claude Young, L.S.G, Daft Punk, Tiësto and Deftones? You get ‘End Of Sleep’ by Baby Blue!
Sophia Briggs is the mind behind an album that really peaked our interest earlier this year - a sort of mid-90’s trance dream shot through the nightmare of the beginning of the start of the pandemic in 2020. After sharing some laughs over an Alanis Morisette comparison and having our interest peaked even further after discovering the album is constructed of no less than 500 samples, we new we had to invite Sophia on the show, which she kindly accepted!
Over the course of this interview, we discuss Sofia’s early years, getting into DJing, the Canadian music scene and her involvement in running the party s.M.i.L.e. We then move onto Sofia’s relationship with Planet Euphorique, the story behind ‘End Of Sleep’, her approach to sampling, production techniques and her vast pool of influences, from the likes of Detroit masters such as Claude Young and John Beltran, mid 90-s & early 2000’s Tresor records, Trance, Electro and Electro Clash. We finish by discussing Sofia’s plans for the future and some of her favourite current music, which you can support via the Buy Music Club link below.
Special thanks to Sofia Briggs and Planet Euphorique for allowing the use of clips from ‘Lineman’ and ‘Plastic Glass Wall’ at the beginning and end of this episode.
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