{"id":4267,"date":"2022-02-04T07:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T07:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2022-02-04T07:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T07:15:44","slug":"blog-interview-sokojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/blog-interview-sokojo\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: SOKOJO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: More\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"[object Object]\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/06UIvCHOXss0RDiXmIJysu?si=jhZXWGRwRh-buWdn6xMUmQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div><strong>Congratulations on the release of More. How does it feel?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>It\u2019s a relief to finally give it to the masses. It was a slow process but we kept<br \/>going because we wanted to make it for other people and releasing this EP has<br \/>always been the goal.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>What\u2019s your favorite track from it?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>It changes each day. Right now we really like \u201cNever Knew\u201d and \u201cAgain?\u201d<br \/>because they\u2019re the most recently completed. \u201cMore\u201d is pretty great, now that I<br \/>think about it \u201cKeeps Me Going\u201d gets stuck in my head and we\u2019re here wanting<br \/>\u201cSomething Real.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>What was the easiest and most challenging part of putting it together?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Working through the pandemic was the biggest challenge because we could not<br \/>meet regularly and recording sessions were sparse. It led to these songs taking<br \/>longer than usual to get recorded and mixed\/mastered, which caused a lot of<br \/>frustration.<br \/>The easiest part was creating the songs together when we could meet and<br \/>getting them ready to be recorded, which was a really fun stage in the creative<br \/>process.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>You\u2019re a band with a very interesting history, how did it all begin for you?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>For us (Kris and Kyle), it began very early when we were born together as<br \/>identical twins. We moved to Los Angeles and met Jeff through a mutual friend.<br \/>We then met Sabastian through a coworker.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>What did you listen to starting out?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The twins fell in love with the music of the Rolling Stones, Metallica, and Led<br \/>Zeppelin at an early age.<br \/>Sabastian listens to a lot of reggae and metal. Dirty Heads, Slipknot and Billy<br \/>Talent.<br \/>Jeff\u2019s into the simple, beautiful stuff: blues, punk, and the Beatles.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>You opened for Yard Of Blondes at the Viper Rooms what was that like?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Since it was our first professional show in LA, we were super excited to start off<br \/>at the same venue bands like System of a Down started. It felt electric and was<br \/>over so fast. We had a smoke machine, the lights were going, and it was a<br \/>packed house. Great way to start off a musical career!<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>You also opened for Jason Newstead of Metallica, what did you learn from that<\/strong><br \/><strong>experience?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Jason is the professional\u2019s professional. He methodically approaches every<br \/>show like he\u2019s about to play a huge stadium, which is why he has and is in the<br \/>Hall of Fame. His love of music is so inspiring, and we learned to take a similar<br \/>approach to the live show. We\u2019ve so lucky that we got to see first hand the<br \/>amount of hard work and preparation it takes to make the most of each<br \/>opportunity.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>Your sound is influenced by classic rock of the 60s-90s are there any albums<\/strong><br \/><strong>that are part of your staple diet?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>It\u2019s different for each member of the band. From that era, we listen to Appetite<br \/>for Destruction, Never mind, Led Zeppelin IV, Metallica\u2019s Black Album, Are you<br \/>Experienced?, Rocket to Russia etc.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>COVID impacted the creative industry in a big way, what kept you motivated as<\/strong><br \/><strong>a band?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>When we started, our goal was to complete the EP. What kept us motivated was<br \/>contributing to the community music creates as a positive force for the world.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>The last two years have been a time to reflect on what did you learned about<\/strong><br \/><strong>yourselves?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The last two years has been focused on our love of music, which has gotten us<br \/>through these difficult times. We\u2019ve been very involved in the creating, recording,<br \/>and performing processes which due to the pandemic was not easy.<br \/>Overcoming this has only strengthened our resolve, we feel we can take on<br \/>anything.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>Coming from L.A. what are your favorite spots to hang out?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>None of the band is from LA, but we\u2019ve made it a home hanging out at spots like<br \/>the Rainbow Bar and Grill, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Bigfoot West, All Seasons<br \/>Brewery, the beach and hikes in Topanga.<br \/><br \/><strong>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We\u2019re listening to a lot of Nothing but Thieves, Royal Blood, Charlie Puth, The<br \/>Weeknd, Falling in Reverse, Allan Rayman, The Jungle Giants, Glass Animals,<br \/>and Khruangbin.<\/div>\n<div><br \/><strong>What\u2019s next for you?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We\u2019ve got an EP release show\/party at the Mint on February 18th with a slew of<br \/>amazing bands that are ready to bring the house down ! (including Yard Of Blondes!)<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-1024x680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-1024x680.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-768x510.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-1536x1019.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-2048x1359.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sokojo_horiz_1-90x60.jpeg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations on the release of More. How does it feel? \u00a0 It\u2019s a relief to finally give it to the masses. It was a slow process but we keptgoing because we wanted to make it for other people and releasing this EP hasalways been the goal. What\u2019s your favorite track from it? \u00a0 It changes &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,129,52,131,132,30,117,177,73,150,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bass","category-drums","category-guitar","category-los-angeles","category-lyricist","category-music","category-punk","category-rock","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4269,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions\/4269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}