We sat down with Bass Physics before their set at Euphoria Music Festival in Austin, Texas, to get to know them and their music better. Bass Physics is a Denver-based duo consisting of A.P. Adair and Luke Sims that came together with one objective in mind: to spread positive vibes through the power of music.
- What kinds of things inspired you to create your unique music style?
Adair: We both started from our own different backgrounds in music. I started playing guitar with metal music. We both listened to Linkin Park when we were younger so we love that hip-hop electronic mixture.
Sims: I love trance music, above and beyond. When I first started making music, that type of style was what I started to make. So when we started making music, we fused our influences together and that’s what created Bass Physics.
- For our readers who have never heard your music, explain your sound in 3 words?
Adair: Electronic, funk, and rock.
Sims: Exactly that, with a little bit of hip hop.
- If you could go open up for any artist on tour right now who would it be?
Adair: Griz, because he is awesome.
Sims: I have to agree, with Griz, it would be great.
- What’s your favorite thing to do when you aren’t writing/producing/playing, etc.?
Adair: I love to hike mountains. I think that’s where a lot of my creativity comes from—being outdoors.
Sims: I love to snowboard.
- What does your band name mean and where did it come from?
Sims: It’s a combination of both of the names we used when we were making music separately. I went under the name “Databass” and he went under the name “Applied Physics.” So when we joined we dropped part of the names and became “Bass Physics.”
- What artists would you like to collaborate with?
Adair: SunSquabi would be really cool. We are personal friends with some of them so it would be really fun to jam out with them.
Sims: We’ve been meaning to work with Future Primitive because we just went on tour with them. We really want to make a track with him because we love his style and he is an awesome man, too. We really vibed with him when we went on tour, and it would be great to get in the studio with him and make some music.
- What advice do you give any artists starting out?
Adair: Don’t give up. Don’t be afraid to ask. Don’t be afraid to reach out and try and portray yourself. We have all of our connections because of our manager. It’s because my manager and we sat in my room and listened to this music and saw the vision. Without reaching out to him, that would have never happened, this would have never happened. You have to take any opportunity you can. If you meet someone, network, it’s crucial.
Sims: Just keep making music. Just keep trying to learn. We are always trying to learn new things and evolve our sound and technique. It’s always a learning process.
- Best moment in your career so far?
Adair: Last night. It was so cool, the feeling of last night. The crowd last night was so receptive to our music. Another highlight would be Red Rocks when we opened for Savoy. Being born in Colorado, every musician dreams of playing Red Rocks across the world, we were so blessed to have that opportunity and be on that stage.
Sims: I was hiking in Red Rocks one time and I just told myself, “One day, I will play here,” and it happened. It was so great looking up at the crowd that day. I will always remember that.
- Worst moment in your career so far?
Adair: We’ve gone through a lot of hard times. The creative process between two people is very difficult and I think our worst moment could be collectively not being in the same state together. That has to be one of the biggest challenges we have faced for sure.
Sims: But overcoming that challenge, was one of our greatest moments.
- Where do you see dance music in the next 5 to 10 years? What is the next BIG THING?
Adair: I think it’s going to be really focused on live instrumental. I think it’s going to include hard drops and be heavy-based oriented, but it’s going to be focused around the live setting as well. Although it’s going to have those live elements as well, I don’t think EDM is going to die out in that amount of time.
Sims: I think there is going to be a lot more collaboration between artists. Much more music is going to come out together. It’s all going to vibe all together.
- What got you into music? Do you play any instruments?
Adair: Yes, I play guitar and piano. I actually played in a 5-piece funk band before this project. That’s where I get my funky style from as well.
Sims: I used to play the violin. I started to pick it back up again, but right now the computer is my instrument.
- How long have you been in music?
Adair: I started guitar and piano when I was 8 years old. Throughout high school, that was not the cool thing to do, so I stopped playing for a little bit. But I picked it back up and started getting more passionate about it.
- What do you know about Houston, Texas?
Adair: I love Houston. My grandparents used to live there actually and so I spent a little bit of time in Houston. My mom is driving there after the show. She flew out last year at Euphoria to see us. She is our biggest fan for sure.
Sims: Yeah, his mom has this big jean jacket with “Bass Physics” on the back that she made. She made my mom one. “Mama Physics” is what we call her. Houston is cool, I have only been there once or twice. Other than that, ‘Houston we have a problem.’”
Be sure to check out Bass Physics on Soundcloud and see upcoming tour dates.
