BACKWHEN on Purple Posse, Phonk Origins & Evolving His Sound • The MP3.WAV Podcast 010

This week Seán chats to Phonk producer and Purple Posse co-founder Backwhen for a deep dive into his journey from discovering wave music all the way to watching phonk explode into a global movement. The two revisit some of the questions they covered from their B2B last year for Stay Cool #081 including his early origins, moving from Indiana to Denver and so on, before discussing more recent topics like DJ Smokey’s hosting of Skrillex’s mixtape earlier this year, and crucially, the state of Phonk given Drift Phonk’s continually drowning out of Phonk and it’s roots. If you’re into wave, phonk, underground culture or just love hearing artists get candid about their craft, this one’s for you. Seán PS: Look out for our second B2B dropping soon. ▶ Discover BACKWHEN:   / backwhennn      / @backwhen   ▶ Discover Seán :   / seangran     / seangran     / seangran   ▶ Discover MP3.WAV:   / themp3wav     / themp3wav   I ▶ Discover Stay Cool:   / staycoolfam     / staycoolfam     / staycoolfam   https://spoti.fi/3VrMpEZ Chapters 00:00 Intro and Return to Europe 01:44 Beck’s Intro to Music 03:49 Indiana to Denver 05:00 Discovering Wave & Evolving His Sound 06:27 From DJing to Producing 09:04 How Purple Posse Came Together 10:32 Making Purple Posse Issue 01 12:21 New Purple Posse Tape? Backwhen x Soudiere? 14:21 What He’d Tell Himself 10 Years Ago 15:43 Linking With Watermane 17:35 Is OG Phonk More Popular Now? 18:39 DJ Smokey Hosting the New Skrillex Mixtape 19:54 Did They Foresee The Rise of OG Phonk 21:13 Defining His Evolving Sound 23:34 Working With Vocallists 25:11 Artists He Wants To Work With 27:11 DJ Sets vs Production 29:27 Upcoming Releases 31:57 Drift Phonk’s Takeover 35:34 Outro ♬ Intro & Outro by BACKWHEN