One of our favorite Colorado freeform bass producers, illanthropy. is back with an incredible new 4 track EP to bless our earholes this week. While the full stomper of this “Optical Delusion” EP isn’t being released until Friday, we are bringing you a little taste of all the heat that is to come with our premiere today, “Open Your Mouth”. This tune is the heaviest of the 4, bringing insane whompy drops combined with a catchy uptempo beat that you absolutely do not want to miss. We definitely are sure to see this one played out all throughout this year’s festival season! Let’s take a deeper dive into why we are calling “Open Your Mouth” and the rest of this insane EP, a certified bop.
“I think the foundation of this EP is the idea that nothing is ever exactly as it seems. One of my good friends said the words “optical delusion” to me one day and I loved it. Immediately I knew it was what this EP would be called. Everything that happens has so much nuance if we look closely enough. A smile to a passerby on the sidewalk might seem like a small gesture to us, but it could be the spark the other person needed to turn their day around. I believe that every interaction is important, and things become so much more interesting when we look past initial perceptions.”
DIVING DEEP W/ ILLANTHROPY.
- If you could go back in time and start over given what you have learned in your career so far, what changes and approach would you have done differently?
Honestly, I don’t think I’d change anything. I started making music when I was 16, approximately 2008, and I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I was going. I barely knew who I was. The time I’ve spent learning how to do this combined with the time I’ve spent refining myself as an artist, as an entrepreneur, and as a human – this is time I wouldn’t trade for anything. The sleepless nights, the intense and sometimes awkward self realizations, the heartbreak related to self discovery… it’s all so valuable. I feel that I only semi recently discovered who I really was and what I wanted out of… all of this. So, it’s been a slow burn to say the least. These lessons and these hardships are part of my blueprint. I’m trying to create a legacy – I’m trying to deepen my empathic experiences with other people. I want to give my listeners a sense of awe as much as I want to give them a sense of comfort. I just want the world to be a little more interesting and a little more inspiring, so I relish my troughs and anticipate the peaks. All of my time spent has been valuable in one way or another. I wouldn’t change a thing.
2.What has been one of the most memorable career achievements so far as an artist and how did that impact you moving forward?
I think the most memorable moment of my music career was when I was playing video games in my boxers in my living room and one of my friends texted me to say that my favorite artist (at the time) played one of my songs at the “Oregon Eclipse” festival. I think it’s because it was so unexpected and so intense and I had no idea how to handle those feelings at the time – so I just ran circles around my living room and said “this isn’t real this isn’t real this isn’t real” because there was NO way it could be real in my mind. I’m thankful I still get that feeling.
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