Stories
Steam Engine Blues
Sampling the Collection
Ableton x Powerhouse Music with SOLLYY
To launch the Sounding the Collection sample pack from Powerhouse and Ableton, SOLLYY, Salamanda and Jonnine were commissioned to demonstrate how these sounds can be reimagined into music.
SOLLYY is an upcoming artist, producer and DJ based in Western Sydney. Having worked with some of Australia and New Zealand's most exciting acts such as Onefour, 1300 and Pania, and through his DJ sets, Sollyy has created an audience of people who aren't just fans, but a community.
‘I use so many different sounds that have been sampled so many previous times in Hip Hop. Those sounds have such a lineage to them you know, and using those sounds in my songs pays homage to the music I listened to growing up and to the beautiful world of Hip Hop. It was really interesting coming into ‘Sounding the Collection’ because it was the chance to do that from a completely different historical context, which I was now predisposed to learn about and use in the same manner.’
Interview
I was really drawn to the steam engine sample as a metaphor for how I perceive myself to continuously pursue my career. It inspired me to build the song around this motif of a steam engine constantly whirring. It's a really driving sound. That's all I was thinking about when I was making that song – what really drives me to keep going in spite of all these obstacles.
