Stoney Roads: Volume One compilation member Blaze Tripp is a bass and electronica producer who remains no stranger to the Australian club scene and world of dance music. Brought up in Queensland, Blaze carved his name through a hard hitting imprint of bass electro that gained popularity in the late 2000’s. Tracks including his remix of D-Bags ‘My Brother Was A Rockstarter’, his unofficial remix of The Chemical Brothers and a series original EP releases that were put out on the likes of AC Slater’s ‘Party Like Us’, Drop The Lime’s Trouble & Bass and much, MUCH more helped Blaze form a footprint on the global dance music radar (just take a look at his Soundcloud Discography).

In a recent chinwag Blaze spoke to us about how his production goes back to when he got a copy of classic micro composer software ‘Rebirth’ that was best used for making good old fashioned techno. This first experience proved to be important in making him realise the possibilities of producing electronic music and served as the gate way to his passion.

The now Sydney based producer’s story has reached it’s next chapter with his sound evolving from the era of Electro and translating across to a beats and bass driven electronic experimental sound which holds him in a category of Australian producer that the world is falling in love with. Teaming up with Klue, the duo have created ‘Light It Up’, a suspense driven bass electronica track that is available for free download here.

In collaboration with the Compilation, we gave Blaze the question: Do you believe clubbing still holds an importance within Australian dance music scene? If so, why? – Here is his thoughts

“Clubbing is (and always be) an institution for those who love it. Peeps will always hit the clubs in droves every weekend and go their hardest till the sun comes up. Clubbing needs to be important to those who love music because a club is usually the best place to listen to this kind of music – in some cases its the only place you can to listen to certain styles of music.

We have some great events here in Australia with a diverse range of music which is amazing however I still think it’s only touching the surface. It’d be great if exploration of musical diversity was embraced by our Aussie clubbers a little more. There are so many different sounds coming from all the corners of the globe. Dig a little deeper and you may find something that you never know you liked… like Splurnt Deep Krauthaus. That genre doesn’t exist but I’m sure it will in a few years.

The great thing about clubbing is it allows you the freedom to do what you want & be who you want to be. The threat to Aussie clubs is the increasingly strict licensing laws that are making clubs a lot less fun, despite no positive impacts since being introduced. So lets keep those laws in check before we have silent cities all across Australia containing bewildered dance music lovers.”

Grab your free copy of ‘Light It Up’ by Blaze Tripp and Klue here!