The two laugh about how they didn’t want to do the “corniest thing ever” and become masked DJs like Claptone or Deadmau5. “ was just to let this world develop on its own rather than us somehow being the voices or the face or imposing some kind of narrative,” explains Kalliala. In those early AS days, they advertised themselves as “xperienz designers,” keeping their identities hidden behind a wall of helter-skelter sounds and foreboding YouTube videos. They turned the formats and culture they’d grown bored of inside out, taking glee in poking holes and amplifying the garish parts. The switch to Amnesia Scanner, an anagram of Renaissance Man, came naturally. You know with techno-house, blah blah blah, there’s a certain kind of format, there were certain kinds of spaces we had to be in, and had all these functional requirements,” he explains. “With the Renaissance Man stuff, we just got extremely bored. Their bond was solidified when they designed a nightclub together, and soon after, their first project was born: a techno outfit called Renaissance Man. “We were living in Helsinki, Finland, where we’re from, and ended up working in the same architecture office,” Kalliala says of the group’s origin. But with merch samples strewn across surfaces and shelves lined with colourful silicone skins to sheath the animatronic singing mouth they had commissioned back in the autumn, it’s certainly not dull. When I tell you their studio is small, I’m not kidding. The two form experimental electronic duo Amnesia Scanner, which rose from an aesthetically cryptic project that caught the eyes of blogs and internet trawlers in 2014 to one of the most hyped electronic acts in recent years. He’s arranging the room for their Crack Magazine photoshoot, the little metal tag on the back pocket of his Prada jeans flapping with every stride. When you bring together two individuals from two different ends of the universe, the likelihood of something extravagant emerging is high.“I’m such a stylist!” Ville Haimala laughs as he carts a bright orange office chair into the small corner studio he and his musical partner Martti Kalliala share with their label PAN. As fate would have it, Linden of Sydney Australia and Gary of the England’s Essex crossed paths for a reason- to deliver music in and out of the studio to people who want to move. Grasping such an epic array of house music breeds, Social Hooliganz were born breaking the mold on club land’s world of progressive, bass and electro veils. Think Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Galantis and a hint of that booming Bassjackers virtue. Taking in dance floors with all their glory, the duo has 100% embraced the influences of fellow global pioneers, reinventing and evolving the sound each time the studio doors shut tight. The guys’ original ‘Above The Lights’ took out #1 on the ARIA club charts and remaining in the top 10 for over a month, while ‘I Want Your Soul’ held #12 spot with the remix from Ben Morris and Alex Preston debuting on Tiesto’s Club Life.Īcross labels like Central Station Records, Eclypse and Preston, there isn’t a doubt that the musical outcome is full throttle. A consistent spot for a solid remix, the Social Hooliganz vibe has been on point with their edit of G-Wizard and Tenzin’s ‘Coming Through’ tainting ARIA’s #3 position, ‘Celebrate’ for DHM & Coops also taking #3 spot and their bootleg of Diplo & Sleepy Tom’s ‘Be Right There’ attracting over 19k plays on Soundcloud in a very shot time.Įlectrifying a crowd is where Linden and Gary bring the energy, delivering only the best tunes at the best festivals like Future Music Festival to some of Australia’s hottest spots from Marquee, Ivy and Home Nightclub Sydney, TRAK in Melbourne and EAST Golden Coast. Not shy of a few passport stamps, the shows offshore have clocked up with impressive bill spots at Amnesia Ibiza, PLAY Hong Kong, B.A.S.E Brazil and Mink Singapore. Rubbing shoulders on headline support antics with Diplo, Dirty Sound, Afrojack and The Bloody Beetroots, it is safe to say they know how to annihilate the inaugural set of the night.
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