Neon Legion Perspective on Broken Clouds

We are excited to share Neon Legion's new track "Broken Clouds"! Our goal at SongBlog is to highlight outstanding new music and give you a peek at the artist’s world behind the music. In this blog we get a chance to sit down with Neon Legion to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Broken Clouds". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Neon Legion anything!

What is your overarching goal as an artist?

Answer:

Please mother

Do you have one main reason driving you to continue making music?

Answer:

Cheat death

What is the most significant lesson you've learned through being an artist?

Answer:

People want to bang you for no good reason.

Name three artists you’d like to be compared to.

Answer:

MGMT, Gorrilaz, Nirvana

Which mediums of art do you most identify with?

Answer:

Anime drawings

What is your favorite work of art?

Answer:

Mona Lisa with a crudely drawn dick....on remnants of the Berlin wall.

How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?

Answer:

The details matter

Has being an artist made your life lonely? How do you counteract this?

Answer:

Yep. No idea how to fix it.

How have your other passions reinforced your process of making music?

Answer:

I only make music

What jobs have you done other than being an artist?

Answer:

I started a cultural zine in Argentina and turned it into a cultural social network. Also co-founded a voice and music communication app called Klangchat

If you could alter the music industry in any way, what would you change and why?

Answer:

Change by it forever with decentralized communication via Klangchat

What has been your most embarassing moment while pursuing music?

Answer:

Returning an insult to someone from stage infront of 15,000 people...

Name a song that best represents success to you, and why?

Answer:

Radiohead 'Everything in its right place"...cause vibey and fiercly original... Bjork "Hunter".... same reason

What role do you believe the artist has in our society?

Answer:

Mirroring to achieve sanity

What is your definition of success as an artist? How do you measure this success?

Answer:

Own space program

How do you plan on being a game-changer within your genre?

Answer:

...have an own space program

What is the most memorable response you've had to your work?

Answer:

"That track will be awesome once our producers have a go at it.", "you dont know how the music industry works". Honourable mention: "would be great with a different snare sound".

Do you practice? How has your practice changed over time?

Answer:

Yeah..studied classical music with focus on composition...have been practicing ever since...still suck

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?

Answer:

In person, live

What three words would you want your fanbase to use to describe you?

Answer:

Hellz yeah biatches

What do you want people to feel when they listen to your music?

Answer:

nostalgia, futuristism, redemption, confusion, sacrifice,

What is the strangest place where you have discovered a new song?

Answer:

The Interwebs

Who is your dream artist or musician to collaborate with?

Answer:

Damon Albarn, Bjork, Radiohead, Massive Attack,

What does your dream performance look like?

Answer:

Another planet with all intergalactic species united....each kick drum is a nearby planet exploding

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?

Answer:

David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Michael Jackson....

If you could only listen to three artists for the rest of your life, who would you choose and why?

Answer:

Schostakowitsch, never stops giving and often on the brink of madness

Artist Perspective - What do you want to ask?