Alt Blk Era - 2000 Trees Interview

Andy speaks to Chaya, Nairobi and Alex from Alt Blk Era at 2000 Trees in a return interview after first meeting them two years earlier at one of their first ever gigs. Topics include highlights of the last two years (supporting Pendulum, a Music Week Women in Music award, a MOBO nomination, turning up on Brazilian TV unexpectedly), how deliberately broad music listening — from 1980s Polish pop to Japanese metal to K-pop — feeds their genre-blending metal/punk/dance sound, favourite songs on the current set, writing new material fuelled by post-show adrenaline, the gear question leading to a shoutout for Chia's House 95 handcrafted guitar, a defence of Auto-Tune as a creative tool rather than a crutch, and a tease of an upcoming international collaboration single.