We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Slime Ring a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Slime, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

I’m in the midst of releasing a new EP! It’s called Slime Ring EP2 and I’m very happy with how it’s turned out. I felt like this is my most meaningful so far because I took on the responsibility of engineering and mixing my own music instead of working in a traditional studio environment. While there’s no shortage of bedroom producers in the world I feel like what sets this apart is my, admittedly, idiosyncratic style of songwriting. Most of the songs on this record came from samples I took of myself playing guitar or synth by myself and crafting a world around them. I take a lot of inspiration from video game soundtracks like Evergrace and Ico alongside artists like Palm and Cornelius. Yune Pinku is a dance/drum n bass/garage-y artist I’ve been super into as well. The drums on her Bluff EP were a big inspiration point for me, but I had to make them Slimier.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m Slime Ring an Atlanta based, queer latinx experimental and/or pop musician. I make music that blends my experience in alternative rock, jazz, and electronic music to make soundscapey pop recordings, and have a wide ranging live show that can pivot from minimal improvisational woodwind pieces to vocal pop and cocteau twins-esque shoegaze with drum machines. I’m also the frontman for the band Hostage Pit and I play effected bass clarinet in Flea Circus, an improvised post-rock/fake jazz collective.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

I want to make the soundtrack to a lost playstation game from another universe. I want to be the background music for your late night drive. Maybe even the score for the video art piece playing in a broken down museum from Saturn.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

Make sure you go to shows and buy some merch if you can spare some cash. There’s next to no other way you can ensure your money goes directly to the musician you want to support with how the economics of streaming have shaken out. Get to know your locals, and if you want to be a part of the scene, It’s even more important to be at each others shows so you can start building community. In a perfect world, Id want to see more grants and programs for independent artists that would help ease the financial burden of studio time or promotion. Less worries about costs would help lower the barrier of entry to professional recording studio expertise and ideally help foster a thriving ecosystem ( and with the cost of food these days anything helps).

Contact Info:

• Website: https://slimering.bandcamp.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slimer_ing
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slimering
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SlimeRing
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/slime-ring

Image Credits

Morgan Middleton (@twentysevenframes on instagram)