For the
second installment of 10 If’s One Hit, I bring you “Sublion,” alias of up and
coming EDM producer Jack Cunningham.
I
actually first discovered Cunningham’s work through twitter about a month ago,
and after chance encounters at a Phish show and then a friends house, I told
him I was curious to find out what all the electronic dance music was about.
It turns
out Cunningham first started producing his own Reggae acoustic beats under the
same name a few years back in college, and up until six months ago, hadn’t even
produced his first EDM track.
His
inspiration to find a new direction in EDM producing came about when he met up
with current producer and longtime friend Aaron ‘MaHi’ Cole. Cunningham became
inspired to transition from simple reggae chords to complex dubtronica once MaHi
began mentoring him.
Through
state of the art programs like Reason and Ableton, Cunningham has synthesized six complete tracks you can find through his sound cloud. His music has this new
generation feel that mixes soothing keys and melodic themes with an ability
to take you on a ride where the insertion of lyrics just becomes a
distraction.
The
motivation behind Cunninghams producing capabilities is quite simple, “When I
make my music I want it to be Pretty. I want it to be beautiful, uplifting. Im
a positive person. I like jambands and I like to be happy and I want to bring
that happiness to EDM.”
With
future plans to continue dropping new tracks and to eventually spin his own
music, it doesn’t seem there’s much in the way of stopping SubLioN from reaching the peaking ears of EDM fans near and far.
If you
could possess any single super power?
You know
what, I’d freeze time. Every once and a while when your stressed out just
BOOM stop time and let your mind calm down.
If you
could run any current music venue?
I don’t
know how well this would work for EDM, but Red Rocks sounds pretty
amazing. It sounds like one of the best venues you could go to in the country.
I imagine EDM would sound pretty good with all the re-verb.
If you
could spend a whole day with any artist?
DJ
Tiesto. When it comes to music nowadays days and having the ability to get a
whole arena full of people all on the same page, to get just a little bit of
insight on that would just blow my mind.
If you could travel to any planet?
I would take a shuttle to Saturn. The ring system is sick looking and would be beautiful to see. Not to mention Saturn has like sixty moons.
If you
could eliminate any one music genre?
The way I
look at, even if I hate the music I always can nit-pick little things that I
love. Like I don’t like country, but sometimes I like the guitar. I may not
like screamo, but sometimes I’ll love the double bass pedals and the drums. I
just love music.
If you
could have any animal as your best friend?
Bald
eagle. I would have a bald eagle on my arm or like on a perch next to me while
I write music and when he hears something sweet he’d like squak or do something cool.
If you could
get any tattoo?
I
actually do have one right here, it’s a 311 quote; “Follow your bliss on every
day, let the cards fall where they may.” It’s kind of just a reminder to do
what you love, and whatever happens happens.
If you
could marry one artist?
I would
marry two, and it would be both Pegboard nerds because they have the sexiest
synths in the entire world.
If you
could leave tomorrow for any country in the world?
I was
reading an article today about a successful business women who took a trip to
Africa, and after taking with the warriors in their specific tribe she asked how
many women warriors they had and the leader said none, women can’t be warriors here. She
ended up coming back for two months and hunted with all the men and lived in
poverty to become a warrior. That story just made me want to do some good, so I
would probably find a place like Darfur for a different kind of destination and help out any way I could.
If you
could control any element and why?
Wind. With the right costume, of course, I would be the
most bad ass super hero ever. I would tell Superman to fuck off. Plus you could
literally take someones breath away on command. I would also be the best
skipper in all of the land.
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And here I bring you one hit from SubLioN: "Evolve" Be sure to check out Cunningham's sound cloud for other quality tracks. Enjoy!