Tipped as the next John Hopkins, Australian producer Pat Carroll, formally Piecey, shares layered and provoking music taking influence from downtempo electronica and moody left of field techno sounds. His earlier works “Luck” and “Season” netted an impressive 500,000+ streams with additions to Spotify’s ‘New Music Friday’ and ‘H&M In-store Playlist’ as well as Unearthed reviews by Triple J presenters KLP, Zan Rowe, Richard Kingsmill and more.
Theory comes second nature to Pat having completed his Bachelor of Music (Composition) in 2015 as well as a Master of Music (Composition) in 2016 and is currently amidst the PhD program at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The thesis he’s currently looks at links between the structures of (and in) music and visual art. More specifically, it is exploring how musical structures can be synthesised from the spatial aspects of images.
The electronic artist and soon to be Doctor of Music maintains an innovative outlook on production with his latest single “Hope”. The single combines Pat’s obsession with science fiction with the idea of humans one day living on Mars.
With his latest release, the artist delves deeper into his experimentation with electronic soundscapes but also, accidental meaning; “I didn’t really intentionally set out to make a hopeful track or anything. In fact, the idea of the track representing hope gradually came to be through the process of writing it. So when I built that section before the final climax part, I really wanted to express the idea of things falling apart and disintegrating before a new element grows out of it. I think that is my representation of hope.”
In terms of inspiration, things have changed over the years for Pat, “I’ve grown up thinking about the artists that influence me as being these people who are unreachable and on another level etc. But that’s all changing for me now. The people who I’m really inspired by now are friends in Australia doing just as creative and innovative stuff.”
Adding, “…It’s great to see this generation of artists rising up and putting out music that is of such a high quality, and are developing this unique and complex Australian sound. I’m talking like Willaris K., Juno Mamba and Roy Blues – absolutely incredible music by these guys. Made in Paris, AK Sports, Blake.08, Human Movement, James Pepper, all doing real nice tech and house stuff. And Jerome Blaze and Phondupe doing dope indie electronica stuff. I’ve really noticed how the inspiration isn’t only coming from only these bigger established artists from around the world anymore – I’m becoming so inspired and influenced by what’s happening right here in Australia. I’m motivated as hell to contribute to this hugely creative and effective artistic force.”
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