Australian expatriate Wax Motif has been busy living and producing music in the America  in similar vein to Bag Raiders, Anna Lunoe and Tommy Trash. With America quickly becoming the epicentre of all dance music related activity in terms of growth and fluctuation in popularity, we wanted to gain a better insight into what it’s like for an Aussie to pack their bags and produce in the most competitive scenes in the world.

In co-ordination with his home coming to The World Bar in Sydney this Saturday (07/09/13), we caught up with Wax to ask some questions!

After setting up shop over in America, how do you feel you have changed or grown as a producer?

I’ve definitely been exposed to a lot more hip-hop and its been influencing me a lot. The business aspect is pretty big too so its been interesting meeting people from all different parts of the music industry especially outside of dance music.

What do you find you spend most your time doing in terms of production? (producing originals, remixes, commercials, ghostwriting?)

Lately I’ve been in originals mode but I just did a new remix with Yolanda Be Cool for Etienne De Crecy which will be out Oct 8th.

We recently wrote an article on a new business called Producer Factory and they say they can ghost write and market an EDM hit. Is there a lot of ghost writing happening in America?

In dance music, I don’t know how many DJs have ghost producers but it definitely happens and not just in the US. Some DJs know their strength isn’t in the studio but in running a business in which releasing music is one aspect of. I’m not for or against it, its just the way the world is.

When you moved to the US, you moved your sound from the more tech driven vibe to big room house. Has it been easier to resonate your new found style in the US because of it’s popularity already established there?

No, cos a lot of people in the US still know me for “Go Deep” which is the polar opposite to big room house. Making different sounds all the time probably has some people confused but its part of who I am. The deeper sound is growing in the US though. I’ve played as Playmode a couple of times already this year and the reactions have been great.

‘EDM’ (Electronic Dance Music) is seen as a bit of a dirty word to say in Australia. From the perspective of living in the USA, is the word EDM dirty over there too?

Definitely in certain circles but its kind of just becoming a general term now.

Are there any plans for your other project ‘Playmode’?

Yes a lot! So many tracks to finish with my buddy Chux (who is my partner on the project) while I’m in Aus. We got 2 Eps for different labels in the works.

What do you plan on getting up to while you are back in Sydney?

Finish a lot of Playmode records, do as much studio time with Styalz Fuego as I can, eat meat pies and sausage rolls, smash my gigs and just catch up with everyone.

Sydney: Catch Wax Motif headline Cakes this Saturday!