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Lukas Freeman’s fusion of electronic and hip-hop music has quickly established him as a modern-day trip-hop troubadour.<\/p>\n
London born and bred, the young music-maker grew up enveloped in early noughties grime. He was solely responsible for creating beats for his old crew PMR (Playing my Role) but the last few years has seen him transition from his 9-5 in Advertising and truly master the art of melody, as well as sharpen his skills as a producer.<\/p>\n
The debut EP ‘Rough Love’<\/em> was released late last year and was Freeman’s first offering a vocalist. ‘Rough Love’<\/i> captures the apathetic nature that drives this way of life in a way that is yet to truly be heard in music and it’s complexities and intricacies has already been championed by many. Wonderland went in to find out more about the mystery behind the music.<\/p>\n Tell us something that may surprise us about you.<\/b><\/p>\n I work as a re-toucher and photographer. I worked on the \u2018Myths, Monsters And Legends\u2019 book with Rankin and Damien Hirst a few years ago, which was fun\u2026 You\u2019ve probably come across a few things I’ve done at some point but you just don\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n How did the transition to music happen?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n I grew up MCing in youth clubs just as grime started to not sound like garage anymore; all the weird Eski and Pulse X stuff. I used to go halves on tape packs with my pals, tossing coins for who\u2019d take the Slimzee set home. I remember grime as just being this exciting new platform for creating unique, experimental madness \u2013 duck quack snares, and all sorts. It was easy to get inspiration to want to start doing it myself, so I got a Fruity Loops demo\u00a0and started playing around with it.<\/p>\n What was the first song you wrote and what was it about?<\/b><\/p>\n Probably just before I did the Rough Love<\/i> EP, I wrote a couple of songs about roaming and changing. It sounding alright, but I messed the computer file up and couldn’t figure it back it out.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Do you prefer production duties or do you enjoy being an Artist in your own right?<\/b><\/p>\n I definitely prefer production duties. I want to do some more instrumental things down the line, actually. Right now, I\u2019m working on a more electronic, behind decks set with Akais and laptops.\u00a0I don’t like big lights on, jumping up and down in front of people\u2019s faces\u2026 My music\u2019s not that kind of vibe.<\/p>\n Who were your main inspirations as you were growing up and how do they differ to what you’re into now?<\/b><\/p>\n It started off with So Solid Crew, Wiley, Kano. Those artists definitely influenced me a lot. In my house, though, my mum would play soul music, Motown, and swing. I loved the contrast of my love for angry, cocky music with the smooth, sexy stuff.\u00a0I’ve never really been into technically amazing musicians, though. To cut a long story short, I eventually grew out of what grime was turning into and ended up being inspired by whatever was fresh at the time. My biggest inspiration since then was an Animal Collective album. Although I didn\u2019t have a clue what they were going on about, it took all the formula out of music and made it exciting for me again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n