Thursday Thoughts 046: Hood Rich & Stace Cadet

Hey Hood Rich, hey Stace Cadet, welcome to Dance Rebels, please introduce yourself; how long have you both been DJ/producers for?
HR: I started DJing when I was 17 years old & also messing around with Ableton at that time a I never really took the time to learn what i was doing tho. Wasn’t till 2013 when DJing in clubs that I thought it would be cool to play my own edits so i started to pay more attention but was never a serious endeavour. Around 2016 a couple cool Australia labels started giving me remixes which is when i thought “perhaps this could be a job”.
SC: Ohhh G-day! I have been playing music in clubs since I was about 19. Never took it too seriously until I was about 23 when I moved to Melbourne and started running parties and events at clubs like Revolver and OneSixOne. Music production came a couple years later when I wanted to start playing my own music at gigs.

HR: What initially inspired you to pursue a career in the music industry? What sacrifices have you had to make to enable you to pursue your career too?
HR: I‘ve always wanted to be a producer but never really entertained it srsly, nor had the time to put aside to take it srsly. Initially i worked as a stagehand doing sound for gigs then thought it would be cool to put on the shows so i did that for a few years, eventually i just thought i’ll give making music a proper go. I’ve missed my fair share of birthdays, dinner with friends, etc a whether im away playing gigs or urgently need to finish a record.
SC: I have been around music my whole life in one way or another. It was never a career plan just something I loved. I had been working in advertising as an Art Director for 8 years or so when I decided to give music the spot light. I sacrificed a safe, well-paying job to chase down what I love and it scared the shit out of me at first but now I’m stoked. Producing music takes a lot of time out of your life and isolates you from everyone around you as you are always locked away in a studio perfecting your craft. But fuck I love it!

SC: You’ve just released ‘One Way’ in collaboration with HR, tell us about the track; how did you come together for the collaboration? And how long have you been working on it? How many drafted versions etc too?
SC: Yeah we did. We have been wanting to work on something for a while. Jake came to Melbourne and stayed with me for a week and we just locked ourselves in my studio for three days and ‘One Way’ was born. It’s gone through a few rounds haha but the basic idea came together super quickly.

4. HR: What do you think the highlight of ‘One Way’ is, that moment which makes the track an absolute banger? Do you prefer to produce tracks in a big studio with equipment etc, or do you do it all from laptop?
HR: There were a few moments with this record a initially recording it with Stace in his studio was so much fun and i remember thinking “this could be a really cool record”. Another moment was taking it back to mine & flipping the record to hit a little harder than getting masters back, feedback from promo services, etc.
On this record i think i just resampled the snare with my s1000 and that was it for gear. Typically i try to use more hardware in my music though!

Finally, HR, what do you have planned for the summer? Any trips to Ibiza? More music to be released too?
HR: I’m in the process of writing a bunch of demos! No Ibiza trips this year, definitely keen for next year though! I have a couple records coming out soon on labels like Sinden’s Houseline and Treasure Fingers Psycho Disco! Have a bunch of records coming out over the next 6 months. Keen to get to Ibiza for some sun for sure!