Round Buddah on their new singles
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Round Buddah on their new singles

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When did you first start making music and what led you there? I bumped into my schoolmate Pavel, he’d just met Sam (bass), and realised that we all had a lot of common ground. We played instrumental hip hop at a residency in Auckland for two years before Pavel left, and that’s when we got Holly and Jackson (vocals) on board.

Tell us about your new singles ‘Acting Strange’ and ‘Keep Me Warm’. We like to think of them as two sides of a coin. ‘Acting Strange’ puts love on a pedestal, it’s more reflective, but it still has a danceable bounce to it and doesn’t take itself too seriously. ‘Keep Me Warm’ tells the story of a one-night stand from two different angles – it’s about as far from love as you could get.

How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? Hip hop with neo-soul in the mix. Some of our songs have long instrumental sections, because we can’t help ourselves and get carried away. Chris (drums), Sam and I went to jazz school, and that flavour has definitely infused our music, but it’s built with rap in mind.

What can we expect from your live show? We’ve been whittling down our live set to get rid of padding, so it’s a lot more intense than our early days. Last year we took every gig we were offered, so we worked out what keeps audiences listening and wanting more.