Louise Love

To help cure any Mondayitis you may be suffering next week (which I’m sure we’ll all be after this shortened week), an exciting up and comer on the electronic music scene will be arriving in Sydney to close out her tour.

After having spent many years “in and out of bands and solo projects”, Louise Love first stuck her toes into the water of electronic music production just five years ago as a way to explore her creativity and enjoy the freedom that comes with creating music in this way.

“At first it was out of necessity because I needed a new way to write, I didn’t have a band at that point and I wanted more independence as a writer,” she explained. “But then I actually started to find my own sound in that medium and fell in love with that way of working.”

Working as a solo producer has allowed Louise to create her very own sound, because she is able to “take risks and put things in songs that a mainstream producer may not”.

Since taking that leap, Louise has moved to Melbourne where she has found a “really exciting burgeoning underground electronic scene” that has continued to inspire her. This newfound inspiration has led to the new EP Tantric Shuffle. The decision to release an EP was not the original plan for Louise, she had originally wanted to put out another album, but with the way she saw the environment changing in the music scene she changed tack.

Louise explained the thoughts behind this decision: “I think people have a changed attention span now. While albums are still important because there is so much brilliant material coming out… in order to stay relevant it’s important, especially for up and coming or unknown artists to have something coming out regularly to connect with people, so an EP is a good way to go.”

Ahead of the Sydney show Louise said she was “really looking forward” to the night as it will be the final show of the tour and “a bit of a celebration at the end of a long process.”

For people wondering what you can expect, Louise described it as “a new expression that people need to see through a different lens.” She added: “It’s not like seeing a band or a DJ, it’s seeing a semi-live electronic act who has created all of the music. There are no samples or loops from other artists, it’s all my own work and composition, it’s definitely not like EDM, techno or hard dance. It’s a different expression of electronic dance music that people find quite refreshing.” (JA)

Feb 1. The Newsagency, 375 Enmore Rd, Marrickville. $11.50. Tickets & info: thenewsagencyvenue.com