Captured by Robert Crawford
On Saturday, September 7, 2019, I had the opportunity of interviewing the up-and-comers VOLAC at Coda for their Russian Style North America Tour. This was their fourth stop for their tour, each show brings its own crowd and its own vibes, to my surprise it was wonderful to see that much support for the artists with their first tour in North America with multiple Canadian stops. This was also their first debut in Toronto, and it was a sold-out show! the setting was perfect and energy was a nonstop heart pounding beats till the very end. Thank you Get In! PR for the opportunity of interviewing such a young talent, can’t wait to see what they have in store for us next.
Here is a little bit of history on these dynamic duos, they reside from Irkutsk Russia and they have been producing music since they were 15 years old. Their first hit “Drug Dealer” that was released on CUFF in 2014. Since then they have created many tracks such as “Nimble Like Jack” “Like Dis” “No Love” “Funky” under the labels like Simma Black and Night Bass. Some of the artist that they collaborated with Dr. Fresch, Rrotik, and many more. This is another reason to love the duo, even more, they have created a track “We Are Siberia” which is raising funds to save the Siberian Forest. Where they have pledged to plant 1,000,000 trees, it is really amazing what they are doing for their community.
The Interview
CR: Is there a ritual that you guys have going into a show?
At first, they did not understand what I was talking about but after explaining with some example they told me that they just have a couple of beers and relax the nerves before each show.
CR: Growing up what inspired you and how that impacted you as producers?
VOLAC’s inspiration came from house track “Show me love”, which made them fall in love with house music. From then on, they have been experimenting with all types of genres until they created the unique sound that you hear now.
CR: If you can collaborate with one big artist? Who would it be?
VOLAC didn’t have one but multiple artists that they wanted to collaborate with like Chris Lake, Chris Lorenzo, DJ Corrupt, and Bass Boy are some on the list for them to work with.
CR: Since you guys are Russian our followers wanted to know what your favourite vodka is?
VOLAC couldn’t really decide between the three vodka’s they like the most, which is Stolichnaya, Russian Standard, and 5 lakes vodka. They did have this to say “at the end vodka is vodka, it all tastes the same”.
CR: Any message for our followers that are trying to get into this industry?
VOLAC “don’t try to copy each other and be unique. Try to find something new, as everyone is trying to copy each other to make a hit. At the end it doesn’t sound too interesting and believe in what you are doing, do it just for fun and not for money”