Meet Luke Lount of Girls on Drugs. He makes chillwaves in the UK. We discovered him on soundcloud and had to find out more about him. Turns out he’s a total sweetheart, online installment loans for bad credit an entrepreneur (check out his bad ass t-shirt line), and one talented musician.
What are some defining characteristics of the ‘chillwave’ genre?
Well, being a genre still very much in development, the lines are a bit blurred. People say chillwave had it’s time last summer, but I completely disagree. I believe it’s coming up stronger than ever but maybe not as people first remember it. Essence of 80’s pop and huge chords laced with funky smooth bass lines is the typical guideline, however, this isn’t always the case. To me, chillwave should sound like the soundtrack to a trippy dream.
What activities do you imagine your audience doing while playing your ‘I Am A Luvr EP’ – dancing, cooking, cleaning etc…
Dancing! Its got to be. The kind of dancing when someone doesn’t care, when music flows completely through them, like they feel every beat and emote every chord. That’s the kind of dancing I imagine and hope for, because it’s beautiful. In reality? Probably someone on the computer, nodding his or her head ha ha.
Why did you choose 2 reciprocal crosses as your logo?
My brother actually did the original design, a design I used for my first demo. I liked it because I wanted something that looks simple and recognizable. Two crosses is a simple as it gets, I guess. It was easy to experiment with it, and I tried hundreds of colors before deciding on the kaleidoscope on black for the EP cover. Also, the first letters of GirlsOnDrugs spells God, and it is also an anagram of God Runs Girls, both of which purely coincidental… or was it? Oooo symbolism!
What artists were you into when making your EP and how did it shape your work?
Well, I have my own radio show on a Saturday evening and for an hour I play all kinds of alternative electronic music. This show sums up all of my interests. The music that helped shape me as an artist and music that I discovered though being an artist. I am currently big on SBTRKT, Kavinsky, Jacques Greene and College. I also spend a good amount of time listening to other artists on soundcloud, artists who I might have never discovered if I wasn’t on there myself. It’s a strong community, I’m proud to be a part of it.
Can you explain why you chose to name your first EP ‘I Am A Luvr’?
My music rarely has lyrics, so I had the thought process of ‘ I can name my music whatever the hell I want!’ That is exactly what I did, and I loved the way you could add extra letters or completely remove vowels from a word. It still vaguely resembles that word. So Summer Sun became Sumur suyn, In Shades became In Shyds, etc etc.
Also, the idea of taking something normal and twisting and shaping it to something completely extraordinary is something very prevalent in my music, so the theme fits, I guess. The name I Am A Luvr simply fitted with my theme.
What direction do you see GirlsOnDrugs heading?
Up and onwards! I have big plans for the next coming months. I’m about to move to a bigger city, getting ideas for my next release and collaborating with ‘ No Clothing ‘ to get some merchandise going. Oh, and I’m currently designing my live set, too.
If history is anything to go by, the harder you try the further you go.
And I try hard, I try really hard.
Photos by Chris Day
