Welcome to 6th edition of the Music Is My Sanctuary weekly interviews.

As a reflection of the Music Is My Sanctuary philosophy, the artists I invite cover a wide range of styles. Just in the first 5 episodes so far we’ve covered Spiritual Jazz, House music, Yacht Rock, New Age, Experimental Electronic and today: Instrumental Hip-Hop / Beatmaking.

Veteran producer Elaquent is someone whose music I’ve loved for the past 10 years and whose artistic choices and work ethic I’ve always respected a lot. After having released 15 projects / albums he’s a great example of an artist sticking to his vision, his signature sound… not chasing trends, clicks or plays. He lets his music do the talking.

He’s been a good friend for a number of years and even though I’m a DJ and he’s a beatmaker I’ve always seen our careers as evolving on parallel lines. So I’m always proud when I see he’s playing shows around the world!

We touched on subjects like :

– As an artist, what is fair to expect from your die hard fans in terms of support.
– The pressure on artists in the era of streaming and increasingly short attention span
– The popularity of Lo-Fi Beats playlists and channels on platforms like Youtube and Spotify
– The crazy news of the week that Myspace lost 17 years of music
– The fact that he’s been essentially using the same tools to make music since he started as a kid.

But most of all we talk about his journey and love of the craft.