Have you always been interested in beer?
No. I was actually a wine person. But I am interested in taste, and when I found out what beer could actually be developed into, then I got interested.
How did you become a brew master?
My husband started out brewing with the very first Danish microbrewery...
Your music takes in a wide range of influences, from soul and funk to dn’b; how would you describe your sound?
I’m heavily influenced by soul and funk, and also jazz. I’m not sure how to describe my own sound, but you can hear these influences mixed in a lot. I make music of all...
When did you first get into music?
Gralvan: When I was 9 or 10 years old, my older cousin was making music with a friend and I highly looked up to him. I downloaded Fruity Loops and I’ve been messing with music programs ever since. I had no idea what I was really doing; I just played around...
As a resident of Brooklyn, were you affected much by Hurricane Sandy? A couple of media reports suggested that a recording studio you had been working at was destroyed?
Yeah, that's right! The recording studio we were working in got completely flooded. We had two days off in-between recording...
How would you describe the music you make?
I create original modern funk music and such via the record label Stones Throw, yet when I DJ, I spin boogie-funk more than any other style.
What’s the state of modern funk?
It’s still fresh. More artists are now experimenting with it and...
I was born in Perth, Australia. My father worked on the railway, and my mom for a newspaper. But my wider family were all fishermen, and I grew up on boats sailing around remote islands north of Perth.
You don’t appreciate those moments. But since I left home at 14, I’ve realized how...
How long have you all been living in Laos?
Long enough to remember how much fun it used to be getting censored! Before ULUVUS a few of us were in a band called Soviet Reunion. The first time we played at a big public concert, in 2005, thousands of flyers had to be binned after an official objected...
What were you guys doing before forming Vacancy?
We had quite different backgrounds and experiences before coming to Thailand. DJ Moola, in particular, has had a huge DJ career. He used to play with [Japanese pop group] Pizzicato Five and organize a big party called Readymade Blacklist with [...
What is craft beer?
I like to think that craft beer is art. It’s brewed by independent brewers, working on a small scale and making beer using natural ingredients, often sourced locally near the brewery. There are now nearly 2,000 breweries pumping out all manner of craft beers across America...
