We meet Wax Motif for a quick one on one! This producer has carved paths from pop to hip-hop, electronic and house, and won him fans in Diplo, DJ Snake, Tchami, Major Lazer, A-Trak, RL Grime, GTA, Oliver Heldens and more. He has remixed for the likes of Major Lazer, Deadmau5, YG, Kid Ink, Chromeo, and Warren G. An artist with many strings to his bow, he also broadcasts original sounds on his own House of Wax Radio, and founded the digital currency $WAXM in 2021, emerging yet again as a pioneer – this time in the realm of the artist-created NFT movement-letās go->
Q. Who did you grow up listening to and what are you listening to right now?
Prodigy, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Biggie, Diplo. Right now a lot of Amapiano.
Q. Who would be your dream collaboration?
Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Skrillex, Weeknd, Drake, Gunna
Q. Tell us about the new track āOn The Lowā! such a vibe and we love the Mario Winans sample – how did it come about?
I randomly met Longstoryshort at a festival. I just finished playing and was talking about a song of his to a group on people and he kinda tapped me on the shoulder and was like “I think you’re talking about me”. We ended up hanging the rest of the night and linked up to work on something. He showed me a work in progress where he’d sampled Mario. We ended up finishing off the idea, rerecorded the vocal and did a new mix and took it to the clubs to start testing it out. After a few shows it felt pretty good so we knew we had to drop it but waiting till Ultra felt like the right move.
Q. You have said in the past people are often surprised when they find out your Australian. how do you react to that?
Its fun taking people by surprise to be honest and no one ever has a bad reaction to Australians, its usually the opposite so it’s not so bad.
Q. If You could trade places with another person for a week- famous or non famous/living or dead / real or fictional who would it be?
If we include fictional I guess I could try Ironman for a week.
Q. We have a few easy questions for you now- Pick two Celebrities to be your parents- Who?
This isnt an easy question at all! I love my parents, I’m gonna stick with that answer.
Q. Rate yourself(s) on a scale of 1-10?
10
Q. Who is your style icon?
Pharrell
Q. If Hollywood made a movie about your life who would you like to see play the lead role as you?
Any undiscovered Asian / Australian actor.
Q. Where can we find you (YouTube/insta/ TikTok etc.)
Everywhere just @waxmotif
Q.Any gigs/events planned for this / next year
Yes! I have my House of Wax show at the Hollywood Palladium on June 4th and also EDC Las Vegas