sweeep creates a whole new world on the "Dissapear Here" EP

She releases music pretty much perpetually on her Soundcloud, but now she's back with a bigger project. Her debut EP, Dissapear Here, is now here, and it's a strong showcase of her artistic identity and craft. Sweeep's music could be described as club music as high art, adventurous sound sculptures put together from waves of synths, beats and samples.



These are six dark, icy takes on Soundcloud electronica that pulse with meaning and menace. Dissapear Here is a powerfully evocative EP: these songs have a strange power to call up feelings and sensations, like wandering between rooms in a nightclub of the weird. But mostly, this EP is its own world, a fully-realised musical experience that the listener can get lost in. Check it out above, and read a Q & A with sweeep about the EP below.

BEST FIT: This is your first full EP. At what point did you decide you wanted to put this together?

sweep: "I didn’t decide it, it just happened. I was extremely inspired over two weeks and created all the songs apart from "hideaway" (but that song also has a connection to those two weeks which I’ll explain later) then. That’s why I felt like these songs belong together. All the songs have the same story and mood, even though the style varies, like the first song is like an ambient intro while the last song has a lot of mess going on."

How was the writing process for the EP? Was it mostly written on Ableton?

"During the weeks I produced the EP someone showed me a very cool place which I call the hideaway on my album. I went back to the place some months later and recorded the sound of it. The place has natural reverb, echo and distant noise from the surroundings. The first fifteen seconds of 'hideaway' is just a pure, unedited field recording and nothing more. I think the whole song sums up how I remember the time I wrote the EP. It was adventurous and unexpected things happened. That’s why I had so many thoughts in my head to make music about. The songs came out naturally and quickly and I didn’t wanna destroy them by working too much on it. Yeah it’s all written on Ableton."

If we go back to your first single "Baby Snake$", your music has gotten much more detailed and layered, almost abstract since then. Would you agree with that?

"Yes, it reflects my life which is more abstract now. I’ve had the same vision of sweeep-step since day one but the sound is changing as I learn more and experiment with the way I produce."

You’ve only put out individual and double tracks before. Did you enjoy that with an EP you can explore more of your sound and ideas across several songs, and still have it part of the same conceptual whole?

"Yeah, for example I could play with matching the intros and outros of the songs. 'Remains' and 'Distant Memories' were the same song at first, but I cut it apart to two songs. Therefore they melt together pretty well."

Why the title from Less Than Zero? Why did that resonant with the EP?

"I had to google Less Than Zero now, I don’t watch movies so I hadn’t heard about it. I spell disappear with two 's' to add a sweeeping sound when you pronounce it and made up the title because my music is a space where you can disappear. Take a break from the known world. That’s what I do when I create."

Last time we spoke we talked about your collaboration with IR1S, which began online. How important are online music communities like the Soundcloud community to you as an artist?

"It’s been important because it has opened a lot of doors for me which makes this music life more fun. If you check my first mixtape that I uploaded one and a half years ago it includes music from LTHL, Vacant, Myth, Glo and Brothel. When I made the mixtape I had never talked to any of them but now I’m friends with all of them and many more. We’ve been hanging out IRL, playing shows together in Poland and the UK, making music in the studio, taking a night walk just to record the sound of a broken street lamp and driving around in LA blasting tunes in the car. It feels surreal how we all are connected just because of our music. I don’t wanna spend my life on the internet but it’s a door to real life sometimes."

You push other artists on your Soundcloud a lot. Who else should we be listening to right now?

"I do, I check new releases almost every day and share the best ones by reposting or making a mixtape of it. Most producers I listen to are not so well-known and I think it’s important for the future of the music scene to push what’s worth listening to.You should follow a producer called LAPLACE. He sent me his unreleased album with Monsoonsiren that will be released in May or June. It’s crazily beautiful. If it doesn’t blow up then it will be the most hidden gem. We are also cooking some music together which been turning out to be really dark and deep so far. I also wanna give a shoutout to MRKRYL from Canada who is part of several online collectives that makes wave music. She’s dropping a new track almost every week which makes me stressed but I like her anyway. Her music is interesting for sure."

What’s coming up next? What are your plans for after the EP?

"I will travel and play more shows, so I’m taking bookings right now (on ssweeep@gmail.com) and will organize some touring around the world. This year I’m gonna drop more music than ever before. Expect a Beatrice Eli – remix via Cherish Label very soon, some more mixtapes, a music video and a collaboration with Lapsung on vinyl via Brunswick records. And some surprises ;))."