Jacob Plant – Eastside feat. Soren Bryce

British DJ and record producer Jacob Plant recently released Eastside, featuring American indie-pop musician Soren Bryce. Plant’s driving beats provide the perfect backdrop for Bryce’s captivating voice. Blanc asked the artists about their collaboration on the single.

Could you describe your collaborative process?
Jacob: We actually haven’t even met in real life. The whole process of this song was done over the internet. It’s actually quite common nowadays but it’s funny how things come together. I love Soren’s voice, she sounds so good on the record. It’s great to collaborate with someone who makes completely different music than me, it’s not predictable at all.
Soren: Modern technology is an amazing thing! Kuv twb sau cov lyrics rau Eastside nyob rau hauv ib tug kev lom zem kev sib kho nrog ob tug txawj ntse phooj ywg. Kuv yeej tsis xav tias lawv yuav ua lawv txoj kev mus rau ib tug seev cev khiav! Kuv tsis paub tseeb yuav ua li cas Yakhauj nrhiav tau kuv lub suab paj nruag thaum xub thawj, tab sis ib zaug kuv hnov dab tsi nws tsim nyob ib ncig ntawm kuv lyrics kuv tau muag. Peb muaj heev txawv muaj tswv yim inclinations, tab sis kuv nyiam muaj peev xwm coj ob lub ntiaj teb ua ke.

Dab tsi koj nyiam tshaj plaws txog kev ua tus kws ntaus nkauj?
Soren: Kuv xav tias suab paj nruag yog txoj hauv kev ncaj ncees tshaj plaws los qhia koj tus kheej.
Jacob: Nws yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo heev thaum tib neeg nyiam koj lub suab paj nruag thiab nws ua rau lawv xav tias qee yam. Lwm qhov kev lom zem yog ua si nyob thiab pom cov tshuaj tiv thaiv rau koj cov ntaub ntawv. Tsis muaj dab tsi tuaj yeem yeej qhov kev xav ntawd!

Dab tsi yog koj qhov kev tshoov siab loj tshaj plaws, sab nraud ntawm suab paj nruag?
Soren: Kuv yeej nyiam nyeem ntawv. Getting to explore a perspective outside your own really helps you branch out of your own creative ruts.
Jacob: Cooking is a massive part of my life at the moment. I pretty much get the same excitement now from cooking than I do making music. I think it’s such a therapeutic thing to do when you have been really switched on in the studio and staring at a screen all day. It’s also still really creative and you are using your hands so it’s really rewarding when you do it well! Honestly, I could cook all day and not get bored.

What is your musical guilty pleasure?
Soren: Definitely “Hi Bich” by Bhad Bhabie.
Jacob: It’s not really a guilty pleasure but if I’m drunk I like to sing & dance to Paramore’s Hard Times.

What would be your dream gig?
Soren: I’ve never traveled outside of North America, so I’d love to come to Europe and play a show in the near future! I’ve heard great things about the venues there.
Jacob: I would love to play at Red Rocks in America. I love the desert and it looks like an amazing venue!