You played in Germany and Austria ahead of Grietfest, then you head back to Europe in September. How do keep your shows crowd orientated while maintaining Haezer’s sound and style?
Keeping a crowd interested is just about connecting with them [and] feeling out what they are into. I keep my “Haezer rules and limits” very simple: as long as it has bass and I like it, I’ll play it. I like to surprise the crowd every now and then and also try and always tell a story through the set with a beginning, middle and end. What was it like collaborating with SBCR for your Mind Off EP? We never sat together in a studio. It was all done via Dropbox, email and WhatsApp. [It] was cool getting to know him on a personal level. Personally, it was definitely a life goal I could tick off. Since signing with Kannibalen records, has the direction and sound of your music changed? I’m just having fun with my music again. I don’t want to stick with one particular sound. My past three EPs are all different and even my two latest singles are quite different from each other. So I guess the direction has changed, but it’s always been changing, even before Kannibalen.
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