700 Feel
Create NSW x Powerhouse x Astral People
The Generations Fellowship connects artists with established industry experts and mentors to pass on intergenerational knowledge and create pathways in the music industry. While in residency at Powerhouse from April to September 2023, 700 Feel produced and released an EP along with three music videos.
‘The biggest challenge was working and directing other people to get the different sounds we wanted. We’re both not classically trained so communicating what we wanted was difficult at times and it made us realise how much room for improvement there is for us in that area of production. ’
Electronic musicians Jonny Hawkins and Juan Villamor bonded at high school through mutual appreciation of genres deeply rooted in the places and communities which birthed them: Kingston's dub, Bristol's trip hop, Chicago's footwork and London's evolutions of New York's Garage.
As 700 Feel they aim to ground their productions very firmly in their Eora/Sydney roots. So while their visceral productions are reminiscent of Mount Kimbie’s moody textures, Oneohtrix Point Never’s glistening movements and the new-age experimentalism of Dean Blunt, they're most inspired by the surroundings, people and stories of the city's west, energised by community and collectivism.
We're having meetings with people, such as David Whitehead from Roland, curator Campbell Bickerstaff and Astral People to organise equipment loans and/or general support. We’re learning how to be more productive with the time we have there. Also we chatted to Astral People about this project we are releasing and getting their advice and help with marketing and planning an event for it.
