5 QUESTIONS
PHOEBE ΔXΔ WHO ARE YOU?
Hi… I’m PHOEBE ΔXΔ… I’m not good at introducing myself unless I get on a roll...
WHAT DO YOU DO?
I’m an artist, producer and songwriter from East London. Going to play a show at Omeara, London on the 24th of June which I am very excited about…
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
I’ve always used writing music as an outlet because it gives me the chance to communicate something directly… indirectly... melodramatically or so cryptically that it stops making sense. Thankfully it doesn’t have to. I do it partly because the only other thing I’m decent at is cooking but mainly because I feel stuck if I’m not creating something. I feel trapped thinking rationally. And I’m not good at the whole ‘be logical’ thing, unfortunately. In some sort of sad way, I like Words by PHOEBE ΔXΔ
over-analysing my feelings and escalating them into audible movement and lyric. The influences to make music are also too powerful - production and the malleability of sound are things I can’t leave alone for too long. I just always want to be part of a universal conversation.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
You’re asking me what is going on in my world but truthfully I have no idea. We are in such a transient set of feelings at the moment. The world feels strange and like we are all waiting for something bigger. So I’ve been in a weird cycle. But to go deeper, I’m feeling a creative awakening at the moment and I’ve entered a space where I’m producing what I want and not setting limits. I also keep thinking about running away and living in a cabin in the woods but I’m not getting into that.
WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC?
I think the hot topic SHOULD be 11
female producers. Even now that there’s some word it’s still not enough. It’s time to empower female producers, writers and performers and lift them up. Where are they on the line ups? Why aren’t young girls being encouraged into engineering and production? Why aren’t we taught we are just as skilled to be behind the mixing desks and those so highly commended production credits? There are incredible women doing incredible things in music and the lights are in all the wrong places. It’s argued that not enough women are interested but it’s simply because the role models out there aren’t championed enough. We’re not given the safe space to be interested. I have an EP coming out on the 30th of April called Wisdom Teeth Pt.1 which is strange and exciting. I should probably tell you my Instagram @iamphoebeaxa.
