FLECKIES INTERVIEWS
We’re here for the people behind the sound. The artists. The promoters. The venue owners. The grafters who make grassroots music what it is. These interviews go beyond the highlight reel – we get under the skin, into the stories, and shine a light on the talent shaping the underground. Dive in, discover someone new, and get inspired by the scene’s real voices.
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- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Sometimes the best ideas aren’t born from a perfectly mapped-out plan. They start with something you wish existed, whatever you already have to hand and somebody giving you the push to actually get on with...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some artists build a visual world around their music. Nevmore feels more like someone who has built an entire character and then let the music live inside it. I first came across his work through...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some artists spend years searching for a sound. Others slowly realise it was there all along, woven through family, culture, memory and the music that surrounded them growing up. Bally-M feels very much like the...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Before I knew anything about Zaba’s sets, I knew about her voice. I first came across her through a post on Instagram. Frustrated by the familiar claim that promoters “couldn’t find” enough female DJs, she...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some artists arrive with a carefully crafted image. Others simply grow into themselves over time, letting every project, performance and lesson become part of the story they’re telling. Speaking to BEKIMACHINE, it’s clear she’s the...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Sometimes the people making the biggest impact on a scene aren’t necessarily the loudest voices in it. They’re the ones asking different questions. The ones wondering how music can bring people together, how events can...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some artists ride waves. Others quietly become part of the tide itself, shaping the movement without ever needing to shout about it. Soul Avengerz, made up of Paul Gardner and Wayne O’Connell, are a reminder...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some people move through music. Others take the time to sit with it, to really understand what it’s saying and why it matters. Karim Bitar feels firmly in the latter. From the moment I met...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
There are some people in music who don’t just exist within it, they actively reshape how it feels to be part of it. MINA (aka Hannah) is one of those people. Not just through the...
- Words by Chelsea Marshall
Some conversations take their time. This one has quietly been in the works for a couple of years. Andy – better known behind the decks as Andizz – and I first spoke about doing this...