Based in Adelaide (Australia) Studio-X has been set up in December 2008 by Matthew Martin…
Based in Adelaide (Australia) Studio-X has
been set up in December 2008 by Matthew Martin and Lawrie Bayldon. They got
rapidly signed to the Belgian label Alfa Matrix and released their official
debut album “Neo-Futurism” in 2011. On the next two albums “Breaking The Void”
(2014) and “Ad Astra Volantis” (2015) Lawrie Bayldon went on without Matthew
M., but joined hands together with Chris Carter. For the fourth full length
“Neural Torment” (2017) Studio-X worked together with the Italian project
Technoid. During the last months of 2018 Studio-X already launched a new opus
entitled “Wrong”, which is without a shadow of a doubt the most diversified
work in Studio-X’ discography. This time Lawrie Bayldon worked together with
female singer Bridgette Collins accomplishing a more pop-orientated work
carried by the familiar techno vibes this artist has used to produce.
Q: After an album released together with
Matthew Martin, two other albums featuring Simon Carter and the latest one with
Italian artist Technoid, for the new “Wrong” album you now joined hands
together with Bridgette Collins. Did you feel it was time to inject a new
member and what has been the input and impact of Bridgette on “Wrong”?
Lawrie: Bridgette began singing on many of
my side-projects before we got together as a couple. She helped very much on
the latest album and did some vocals on many of the songs as well.
Q: “Wrong” definitely sounds as your most
versatile work although it remains mainly driven through techno influences. How
did you explain this evolution in sound and what kind of work did you really
want to achieve?
Lawrie: I sort of stumbled upon this idea,
I guess after many years of making hard dance sounds we felt it was time for
something a little different, hence the industrial-breakbeat sound.
Q: Vocals also now take a larger place in
your work compared to vocal samples in the past releases. Is this the new
STUDIO-X artistic direction?
Lawrie: It is likely that I will continue
to use this voice style in the future, I really enjoyed writing lyrics and
singing on this album.
Q: How did it feel for you to experiment
with new influences? Did you have specific criteria and references and maybe a
different way of working/producing?
Lawrie: Not really, I more or less came up
with the idea very quickly, Bridgette and I completed this album in under 3
months so it was a very quick process.
Q: The title of the album and all song
titles are pretty short and straight; just one word! Even allowing you to make
some kind of short story with these words on the back of the CD… It’s pretty
intriguing, but what did you try to express and what is “Wrong” all about?
Lawrie: We just tried to express a new
wave of industrial electronic music, the lyrics and music are an expression of
randomness, what we were feeling at the time and our tendency to be unique.
Q: How does Studio-X stand between
digital- or physical release of your music? Should we all accept the evolution
and that CD’s are no longer selling -maybe except the biggest names?
Lawrie: We live in a generation of digital
everything, we are happy just sharing our music however we can. CD’s are not
exactly great for the environment so we are happy things are progressing this
way.
Q: I dare thinking it’s quite odd for an
Australian formation dealing with mainly techno music to be signed on a
European label whose core scene is quite different. What have been your
experiences so far with Alfa Matrix (you are also involved in other projects on
the label like Prozium and Avarice In Audio) and how do you see the further
development of Studio-X?
Lawrie: Yes and many other side-projects,
as for Studio-X, we are planning to continue exploring our musical journey.
Alfa Matrix has been the best label I have ever worked for and we have much
respect and love for them.
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