'I am a sound chaser!'

Electronic artist Dj Hashback Hashish has his own quirks, he easily gets inspired and the music he creates is bound make you press the repeat button. Here are excerpts from the conversation. Read on...

Well, I wanted to play around with my real name Ashish, so  jumbled it, dropped in some imagination and Hashback Hashish came up.

I went for my studies to Australia in 2005 and started playing there as a hobby among friends and did some shows too. Later, in 2009 I started working on production of my first album.

It was an amazing experience; the whole town goes crazy for two weeks straight. The crowd overwhelms you, its fun to play among other artists. I met many artists like Totally Extinct Enormous Dinosaur among other bands and it was nice to know them. 

The nomination was unexpected, I was overwhelmed. It’s a people choice award and I was glad to be nominated. 

I can pick up inspirations from anywhere like, last night I got an unexpected call from an eight year old friend. After keeping the phone down, I felt good and started working on my new piece.

I am a sound chaser everything pleases my ears, so basically I listen to every genre of music.   

Surreal and I had an old friendship; we go back to TLR days. He asked me to do a remix so, we exchanged some mails, and we are working on it. 

I am working on my second album right now then there is Surreal’s remix. Also, in talks with artist Psychorigid for a mix and a few shows I am looking forward to by the end of September.