A QUICK CHAT WITH KINDER

Your new EP “Akwaaba” is out now. What was the biggest thing you both learnt about yourselves as artists from creating this body of work?

We can push our music to wherever we want. Sometimes it's better to just experiment, then plan how you want your music to sound. The beauty of improvisation and having no pre-conceived ideas can really create something special. 

Visuals and fashion has always been a major thing that has accompanied your music. When you were creating the music, what visuals were you seeing? And what crowd responses did you imagine when thinking of the live show?

We created new visuals for this project and the ones that have come to life are exactly what we envisioned. Trippy silhouettes of us dancing.  We really just want the crowd to be able to sing along to the hooks and throw down to the drops!

Can you tell us what colours you associate with each song on the EP?

KINDER: Keep Up- Yellow, it's bright and cheerful like a sunflower. 

Gettin On Ova- Dark Blue because the bass is quite deep on this, something deep and cool like a blue tone works. 

The TakeAway- Warn Orange because this song is supposed to be a soothing comforting track, and a warm burnt orange gives us that vibe.

“Keep Up” is an anthem in its own right.
Can you explain the creative process behind this track?

We actually thought it was two different tracks. We were working for the first time with producers Jono Ma and Jonti Danilewitz, they started with the bass line in the verse so we started writing something pretty cruisy. We liked where things were headed, but then they started something that to us sounded very different, so we started coming up with completely different melodies thinking it was another idea. Then somehow magically, they pulled the two ideas together and Keep Up was born. It wigged us out a bit at first, we were like does this sound too random? But then we grew to love it. That's why the verse kind of has a different vibe to the sweeping chorus melodies.   

And talking about anthems “Gettin’ On Ova’ is very much in the same anthemic territory.
What is a fun fact from the creative process of that track that you can share with us?

We fell in love with the production on this straight away, we knew it didn't need too much, just a little sprinkle to lift it so we instantly came up with the Gettin On Ova hook and was like thats it. We had a dance party with the lights off in the lounge room when we finished this track. Was very fun! 

“Take Away” takes a different approach sonically with darker tones, while offering an anthemic lyrical delivery. How many versions of this song did you go through to get it where it is now on the EP?

This final mix is actually very similar to where the first demo started. The rawness and the vulnerability was sort of captured in the early stages, so we didn't want to change too much. All the vocals are the original takes we recorded as we were writing it. So it’s very honest and real.

Can you tell us about the name behind the EP “Akwaaba” and what it represents for you?

It means Welcome. The idea is we wanted to welcome people to a new side. Our new world. 

You’ve just hit the road for Summer Camp Festival and Melt Festival. What was one of the funniest, weirdest, or coolest things to happen on that run of dates?

Savannah Jumped up on stage with the Veronicas, a dream came true for her.