Syzy Interview - The Backlight Podcast Ep. 38

this week i sat down with Syzy to talk problems with modern dubstep, the day IShowSpeed hopped on their beat and their recent album The weight of the world.

you can find syzy @syzymusic on all platforms, or follow them directly here:
instagram ▶   / syzymusic  
twitter ▶ https://x.com/syzymusic
soundcloud ▶   / syzymusic  
spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Uu7o...

and special thanks to blink3rcam, steej and fairys for helping out on this shoot! you can follow them here:

blinkercam:
instagram ▶   / lytress2020  
twitter ▶ https://x.com/blink3rcam
soundcloud ▶   / blinkercam  

steej:
instagram ▶   / steejenstyle  
twitter ▶ https://x.com/steejenstyle
soundcloud ▶   / gingaloid  

fairys:
instagram ▶   / songsforboys  
twitter ▶ https://x.com/songsforboys
soundcloud ▶   / songsforboys  

and you can follow BACKLIGHT here:
https://solo.to/backlight

and you can follow noah, the interviewer, here:
https://solo.to/noahsellers

intro sound/graphics supplied by our amazing graphic designer bryce, you can find his work here:
https://bryceterry.com/

and here are each of the artists syzy mentioned in the interview!
sydney runner:   / vampiremutual  
tropes:   / tropes777  
yvm3:   / yvm3net  
neonix:   / neonixdub  

timestamps for each question:
0:00 intro
0:12 what can you tell me about rocket jumping in tf2?
0:32 how important is diversity in your musical inspirations?
1:49 inspirations that people might not expect?
2:54 thoughts on the sound design war?
3:36 if you won the lottery but couldn't tell anyone, what would be the purchase that'd give it away?
4:12 the day IShowSpeed hopped on a Syzy beat
5:43 "she fuck me, tear his balls off"
6:57 biggest lessons learned in the creation of TWOTW?
7:45 any plans on moving from your hometown?
8:12 interesting samples on TWOTW?
8:43 most broken project file you've ever worked in?
10:00 what's going on with your manager's soundcloud?
10:45 how do you approach being taken seriously as an artist?
11:24 what would you want to be reincarnated as?
11:33 is it easier to perform for a crowd of 20 or 2000?
12:51 what visuals would you create if money were no object?
14:00 thoughts going into your show alongside eptic tonight?
14:12 biggest lessons learned from performing live?
14:29 how do you look back on your earlier music?
14:57 how have you approached expanding beyond the genre of dubstep?
15:45 best small artists we should listen to? (links in desc)
16:18 artists you want to collaborate with?
16:34 things you want to accomplish this year?
16:54 outro