Exposed Vocals interviews London based Georgian Artist/Producer ‘apis’

Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?

apis: Art is the main and only thing in our lives. We make music for more than 10 years now but just started to share it with other people.

Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?

apis: In Egyptian mythology Apis is a sacred bull deity. But we use this name in connection with our vegan lifestyle as a tribute to nature.

Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?

apis: Today you can find any music online and stream it that’s why we don’t think it is really important to give away music. What really important is to find people who will be interested in your art.

Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?

apis: We are a start-up ourselves. Hard work

Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?

apis: Never

Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?

apis: At the moment we spend all our time in the studio

Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?

apis: It is never a problem. You just need to listen to your soul.

Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?

apis: Sure — http://www.apismusic.com

Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?

apis: Nothing embarrassing, only good music. And we hate all of this low quality formats.

Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?

apis: We would work in the studio, everything else is boring for us.

Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?

apis: We love analog gear. Especially vintage, long story

Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?

apis: We only know how to make music

Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?

apis:On Mars. No one did it before

Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?

apis: Huge amount of tracks.

Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

apis: Physics, time, ether, parallel worlds, painting, poetry, cinema

Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?

apis: It was Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?

apis: We have only music life.

Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?

apis: Music