Tell us about your new single?
‘Nothing Without You’ has a few different elements. It was hard to put together because the intro is a bit prog-rock but the baseline is a bit disco. The idea was to put it together so it was simple, powerful yet dancey. I guess it’s supposed to be a little dramatic and cool. It’s almost like a dark 80’s action movie score.
There were a few different lyrical versions Alius and I worked on. [pullquote]It’s very hard with vocals to make them not too serious but not too cliché [/pullquote]It’s very hard with vocals to make them not too serious but not too cliché. I love the way Alius sounds, his vocal tones and high falsetto makes it really cool. I think was one of the first versions of the lyrics we went with.
What’s your favourite work at this point in time?
‘Nothing Without You’ would be my favourite piece of work at this point in time. I have a few other more arena rock dance songs I’m working on and I guess ‘Nothing Without You’ is a bit of an inspiration to them in delivering a particular feeling. It’s a bit hard because it’s a mix of music genres I guess, not quite rock, not quite pop, not quite dance.
Tell us a quick, on the road or studio, anecdote.
My studio time is a little bit dry. Mostly consists of red wine, cigarettes and waiting for something to click, but I do find the more I’m out surrounded by music, the more I am inspired to write.
What or who inspires you?
80’s rock / glam rock bands, the whole Justice, Kavinsky, SebastiAn cool French thing and 70’s disco.
Justice – ‘Civilization’ is one of my favourite songs of all time and I look up to it when I work on music.How would you describe your sound in food form and why?
It’s like a pizza with the right amount of layers and not over cooked? Well I hope…
What’s next for you?
Another single and an E.P this year. I’m also working on a live show and rebuilding tracks specifically for that.
What’s your scene?
Grungy bars and gigs. Really I’m up for anything cool.
About LA Rocksteady
LA Rocksteady returns with latest single ‘Nothing Without You’. The track features the producer’s distinctive sound of heavily distorted synthesizes and guitars.
Enlisting support from Alius on vocals, ‘Nothing Without You’ is in the LA Rocksteady’s words “an 80’s Action Movie French electro vibe”.
Based in Melbourne, La Rocksteady is an electronic act incorporating rock, pop and disco influence into ‘stadium rock’, coloured by grungy bars, filthy unisex toilets, Tuesday night lock-ins, skinny jeans, Japanese engines and Cold War time machines.
‘Nothing Without You’ follows on from LA Rocksteady’s debut EP 1987 released last year; and is the first taste of the upcoming 5-track EP New York. TV. Ice Cream. Travel. Good Times. due for release in November.