The bass scene continues to thrive like never before thanks to artists such as ASHEZ and Gallium. In a sea of never ending artists, it can be tough to make your name known, but this has never seemed to be a challenge for either of these artist individually, let alone when they team up to produce some stellar tunes together. Today’s premiere, off their forthcoming EP entitled See Inside, is an absolute stomper you don’t want to miss out on. Combining there unique styles into one heater of a track, “Check It”, this track brings an immense electric energy that is not to be beat. With its uptempo wubby synths, driving bassline and overall infectious soundscape, it is clear to hear the flow and artistic chemistry of this track from start to finish. Let’s take a deeper dive into why we are calling “Check It” and the rest of the See Inside EP, a certified bop.

“Last year Max was traveling the states and we had connected online previously through liking each other’s music. During his time in Denver we decided to kick it for a few days and see what we could write together. Immediately we started cranking out ideas and after the first we were like “should we just see if we can knock out an EP?” Within 3 days we had 3-4 really solid tracks going, the artistic chemistry and flow in those three days is something I think is very rare when collaborating with an another artist and I am beyond stoked to finally share this project with everyone.”

Diving Deep w/ ASHEZ and Gallium

1. How did you decide to get into music? Was there a certain event in your childhood/life that made you stop and realize that you wanted to pursue a career in music?

“I’ve always loved music, I started off playing guitar as a kid and then got into playing in bands at high school, what really inspired me to take music seriously as a career i think was my music teacher in high school, he really believed in me and made me feel like i could really pursue it seriously, looking back he definitely made such an influence on my life.” – ASHEZ
“I’d been producing as nothing more than a hobby for a few years before attending college at Arizona State University. After two years of attending school, I’d started to forfeit time that should’ve been dedicated to studying to exclusively produce and learn more about producing. After realizing that I’d started to spend so much time on making music instead of doing absolutely anything school related my girlfriend Anastasia approached me saying “Why are you even wasting your time here you should try pursuing this, it’s the only thing you actually like doing.” It was kind of a wakeup call that I would later on regret not putting my all into something I truly loved, that being production.” -Gallium

2. What has been the biggest lesson you’ve learned since you started making music full time? Do you have any words of wisdom for aspiring producers hoping to follow in your footsteps?

“I think everyone is in such a rush to “make it” and always compare themselves to other artists which I think is unhealthy and you end up getting burnt out. What I’ve learnt is that taking proper breaks and not focussing on music for a few weeks can be super helpful. Whenever I do that I come back super inspired and motivated.” – ASHEZ

“I’d say one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that consistency is key. I used to really beat myself up that the tunes I was making didn’t quite sound how I had imagined. I know that this alone can be discouraging to a lot of new producers, and it’s something I saw a lot of during my time at Icon Collective. When you get into production one thing I think everyone needs to know is that your learning journey will never end. There is only more and more to learn and improve on, and being consistent with you’re learning and experimenting is the only way you’ll see true growth.” -Gallium

3. It can be very hard sometimes separating music from day to day life when it’s your whole career. How do you personally separate your artist life from your everyday life, and have you faced any challenges doing so?

“This is honestly something I’m struggling with at the moment, I was having this conversation with my family recently because I definitely am feeling the pressure and struggling to balance music with my personal life. One thing that definitely helps me is going surfing, I think finding another hobby and making time for the people that are close to you is super important because it’s very easy to get lost in the music grind.” -ASHEZ

“One way that I personally separate artist life from personal life is having dedicated times blocked off for my day to be fully in the artist headspace, which is typically from around 9am to around 5:30pm. It can be hard at the end of the day to just pop out of the headspace so I’ll do things like focus on cooking dinner or watching a show to wind down my mind. During the winter I get out and snowboard almost every weekend which is definitely huge in getting my head out of the artist space. Everyone needs a breather and sometimes taking a couple day break from Ableton can have me back writing better than before.” -Gallium