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Multi-talented Melbourne-based producer/performer, edapollo, is excited to present his new Foreign Family Collective studio album, Technicolour Places. The artist celebrates the album’s release with his latest single and feature track, “You’re Everything”. It’s a vivid song shot out of a rainbow cannon, chugging along with crackling beats and a filtered vocal that assuredly proclaims, “You’re everything to me.” It leaves you wanting more and fortunately, there’s an entire album to dig into.
Ed had the following to say about the new album:
Last year I had some big life changes and decisions to make. During this time everything became confusing & draining, I felt like I started seeing life through a black and white lens, so the concept behind this record was to use music as a way of bringing back the colour and positive energy to life. It was inspired by friends, family, places and experiences, becoming almost like an audio diary of the last couple of years, sound tracking my thoughts and feelings at particular moments, as I navigated through a transitional phase in life. I did a lot of moving around during this time, so the album was written between Devon (UK), Berlin (GER) & Melbourne (AUS) and each track transports me back to those places, absorbing the energy and hues of those places. I’m very happy to share the full album with the world and I hope it can take the listener to the vibrant places I went to while creating it.
He also elaborated on the feature single “You’re Everything” saying:
‘You’re Everything’ is one of my personal favourites from the new record.
It came together after touring the US in January, I wanted to make something uptempo, groovy & euphoric that would work well in the live set and it flowed out really naturally one day in the studio.
I remember getting goosebumps when writing it and that’s usually a good sign that I’m on to a winner! The final piece of the puzzle was finding the right vocal to tie it all together and the repetition of ‘You’re Everything’ felt like the perfect dedication to everyone who has positively impacted my life in the past few years.
Comprised of 10 tracks, the album also features standout singles including “Only You” – a fusion of atmospheric downtempo, electronica, and house music, “Opalescent,” a joyful and emotional track, constructed around atmospheric synths, intricate percussion, and dreamy vocal samples and “Find Love,” built around a gorgeous instrumental and paired with a jaded breakbeat and uplifting vocals that embody the beauty of art. The rest of the album is equally unmissable and an essential record for the warm summer months and beyond.
edapollo is UK native, Melbourne-based producer Ed Bidgood. He independently self-released two albums Endless Cascades (2019) and Blue Spring (2021) which both received widespread critical acclaim from blogs, tastemakers & radio, with regular support from the likes of BBC Radio, SiriusXM, Worldwide FM, Triple J and more allowing him to reach many new listeners and top up over 50 million streams across DSPs. In 2022 he launched his live show with a sold-out show in Melbourne (AUS) and London (UK), before touring the US in January 2023 playing a run of sold-out shows supporting Mild Minds. 2023 is the start of a new chapter of music, with a new album Technicolour Places out now and more touring scheduled for the summer (he just finished up a US run with Mild Minds last week), it’s an exhilarating time ahead.
Tracklist:
- Find Love
- Opalescent
- Only you
- These things take time
- Synesthesia
- Drive
- Move on
- You’re everything
- Technicolour Daydream
- Oscillations
Technicolour Places is available now on Foreign Family Collective.
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After hearing “Synesthesia” back in June, I fell in love with his sound. I did some digging and learned more about edapollo, and Foreign Family Collective. I was hooked, went down a rabbit hole, and didn’t stop listening to him music for a few days. When I found out he was releasing his third studio album, I reached out to set up an interview. This was a really fun conversation, and an honor to introduce you to edapollo.
Thanks for doing this, man. I am eager to dive in. Tell me who you are, where you’re based, and how long you’ve been producing music.
My name is Ed, I’m based in Melbourne and I’ve been producing music for a long time… Maybe 10 about years now but before that I also played in bands etc., so I’ve always made music in some way or another.
Where did the name edapollo come from?
It actually came from the fact I had my SoundCloud account already set up as edapollo because the old band I was in was called apollo’s arrows, so edapollo was just my shorted name on there, then it just stuck. Very random.
I’m digging your new single “Synesthesia”. Tell me more about that song and where the idea came from for this track.
When I made this track I imagined it to be a reflective, introspective track, almost like a soundtrack for walking through a new place you’ve never visited before and soaking in all the senses of that place, be it the colors, smells, sounds or feelings evoked by the setting. I love it when music can transport you somewhere new and hit you emotionally and that’s what the track did for me when I first made it.
How long does it take you to produce a track like that?
The initial idea is usually very quick, maybe an hour or two.
Then the refining, arrangement, reworking, mixing etc. can end up taking way longer, sometimes weeks or months to reach the final version. That track is one of my more chill ones though and I usually find those easier to finish. The more uptempo ones usually take me longer.
Who did the artwork for the “Synesthesia” cover? And what is the meaning behind the hand and why those colors?
When I write music I often see colours and have visual ideas for the music, the visuals help inspire me to go deeper with the music. For this track I saw lots of deep blues and purples, hence why I went for this colour palette with the visual. The hand was used to add a human element to it. I think hands are very personal and intricate parts of our bodies and they can look very striking when used as a focus point in a visual. I wanted it to almost feel like a dream, where you look at your hands and think, “Is this real?”
Your debut album Endless Cascades was released in 2019. That was only a few years ago, but how has your sound changed over the years? And how did the pandemic impact your music?
I think my music has evolved a lot but also holds some of the core features it did back then.
I love atmosphere and deep emotion in music and I’m always searching for that and I feel like that is a constant thread throughout my releases. I think my music has gradually been leaning in a more uptempo / dance focused direction over the recent years, although I do still like to have some downtempo / ambient moments. It’s good to have variation and dynamic in music and I would get so bored if every track I made was a 120 bpm house track!
The pandemic made me want to start playing live more, so I’d say that influenced me to start writing more uptempo music.
You don’t use a lot of lyrics. Is that by design? And when working on a new song, do you hear lyrics to the sounds you’re producing?
I sometimes put vocals on if it feels right but also sometimes I feel like it can distract from the music. It really just depends on the song. I’ve slowly started incorporating more of my own voice in my music though, which is something I want to explore further in the future.
I’d love to see you live. What can fans expect from a live performance and any plans for a tour this summer?
I’ve just finished a tour across North America & Australia with Mild Minds which was a lot of fun. For the live show I want to make people dance and have fun, so it’s more of my uptempo music in the set. I also design all the visuals myself, which is an important component of the show. I’d consider it an audio-visual performance designed to take you on an epic trip through sounds and colour! More touring will be announced soon. Watch this space.
Do you ever make a mistake while performing? If so, how do you bounce back and now lose the crowd?
Yes, all the time. (Laughs.) For me it’s part of live music, we are human at the end of the day, so mistakes happen. I like to keep certain parts of my set slightly experimental, so they sound different every night, so this means sometimes certain parts will work better on certain nights than they do on others.
What’s the biggest crowd you’ve played for? And do you get nervous on stage?
I’m quite new to performing live but it was probably the show with Mild Minds in January, I think there was over 700 people there. Yes, I get pretty nervous, live electronic music relies on a lot of electronics and power adapters etc., so things do go wrong, so it’s always pretty nerve wracking…
I’ve always been partial to Bose. But I’m not a DJ! What headphones are around your neck?
I use Sennheiser HD 25s, they’re great.
What’s next, man? I know the new album is coming out soon, and you’re on the road. But what does the immediate future look like for you and your music?
We will have some remixes dropping after the album and a special collaboration, too.
Then I plan to keep writing as I’m feeling quite creatively inspired lately. Then more gigs and tours hopefully…
Thanks for doing this. That was fun! I enjoyed getting to know you. In all of the interviews I do I always give the artist the last word. Go.
Always create from a place of authenticity.
