“Over the last year, whilst I’ve been feeling creatively inspired, I’ve also often been feeling quite overwhelmed by the state of the world. Sometimes those two feelings feel very at odds with each other. Also, as I’ve been touring in different cities, I’ve become fascinated with their different approaches to handle growth, climate change & gentrification.
megacity1000 is a concept dance album that acts as an advertisement for a fictional ultra-modern city that could miraculously solve all these problems.
My partner and I spent two months over summer building a cardboard city from scratch and we shot the visuals for the album in this miniature city. We were heavily influenced by Playtime by Jacques Tati (1967) and Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1928), as well as following along with what’s happening with The Line getting built in Saudi Arabia.
It feels important to me that dance music & djing can exist as an escape from constant overwhelm & negative feelings, but it was also interesting to find a way to bring these concepts into my music as well.” ~ 1tbsp
Stream:
https://bfan.link/megacity1000
Socials:
https://www.facebook.com/1tbsp.dj
https://soundcloud.com/1tbsp
https://twitter.com/1tbsp1
https://www.instagram.com/1tbsp.dj
https://www.tiktok.com/@ma.xwell.b
Credits:
Written & Produced by Maxwell Byrne
Co-Writers include cherry chola, Ninajirachi, Mietze Conte, Beaks, Doug Wright, Reichert Noé
Mixing by Doug Wright
Mastering by Ryan Schwabe
Artwork by Paula Grenouille
Press Photos by James Caswell
About:
1tbsp is an dance/house project from Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel), which has a sound that can be likened to a mix between Mura Masa, Four Tet, Jamie xx & Rosalia.
Artwork:
