The Duo’s endless drive to innovate is clearly shown through their extensive discography and the imprints in which they’re released on. We recently caught up with DREVM to see what sound they’re heading towards, their personal tastes and how they come together in their music.

Hey guys thanks for taking the time out, can you tell us a bit about the history of DREVM?

So DREVM started when we had to change our name from Animal House because of legality reasons. Once we changed our name we decided to go back to the drawing board and ended up giving up festival trap for experimental beats. Once we knew what we wanted to do we released our first track called “4am”. We didn’t expect much from it at first but then it started to pick up steam and now it’s at 200k+ streams. So once we saw that take off we decided to go all-in with the more hip-hop influenced genre. Within the first couple of releases of our newer stuff, we ended up getting attention from the label TrapDoor. They ended up releasing our first solo EP. Then after that, we ended up continuing to grow with mostly self-releases along with a few label releases every now and then.

Then after making experimental beats for a bit we started to get into the Lo-Fi scene.  We were obsessed with artists like Swum and BSDU. We ended up studying tracks from various Lo-Fi artists and eventually caught on and got the hang of making Lo-Fi tunes. After that, we tried to blend Lo-Fi with our darker experimental stuff. When we learned how to do that we ended up releasing our first album called Death Of A Cult,  which was released through Dome Of Doom Records. After that album, we kind of had our sound and started to develop and explore deeper into the sound. That’s how we started to get into phonk and more of a traditional Lo-Fi sound. After that, we ended up releasing our more traditional Lo-Fi stuff on various labels like Hip Dozer, Retro Jungle, and others. So that’s just a little history about DREVM. There is a lot more I could discuss but we will save that for another day.

A wild year for us all, how has 2020 been for the pair of you and your writing processes? Has anything changed in relation to working with one another?

So our writing process has not changed at all. Most of the time the music we make is usually made late at night which helps us finish things quickly because there are no distractions.  We also live together so we are always sharing ideas and working together on music. This helps us finish tracks quicker because we don’t usually have to wait too long for the other one to work on the track. Usually, if we got something pretty good we can sometimes finish it in a couple of hours depending on what type of track it is. The darker and also harder tracks take longer (more time) to finish up because the mixing is a little more complicated and intricate.

How do your personal tastes come to harmonize together within your own productions?

Our personal tastes are very similar. We both listen to the same stuff for the most part and also are into the same stuff. For example we both like horror movies like the witch and hereditary, but we also like movies like the mid90’s. We also like similar music like hip hop (ghostemane, suicideboys, fat nick, shakewell) and also metal (oceans ate alaska, miss may I, bring me the horizon). Those are just a few examples of what we are into.

When and what can we expect from your next project?

So this year we already released an EP through Hip Dozer and a small album for our friend Ian Urbina. We also had a track we just released through Retro Jungle which was part of their compilation “City Night Beats” that is also on vinyl which is a first for us. We have also had a bunch of self-released singles already this year also. Now for the future, we have two EPs at least, which one is already signed to a really cool label that we have worked with before.

The other EP is a collab EP actually with an artist that goes by the name “zebatin”. That EP is more of a sad hip hop type of thing like we did with Changing Cleo. We are also working on another album which is going to also go through a really cool label, but that is taking a little longer. Lastly, we have 4 singles signed to another sick label and we are also part of another compilation which has not been announced yet. Of course, there will be self-releases also.

What one production tip, significantly influenced your musical output?

One tip that we could give is that do not be afraid to experiment and try new things. Don’t be scared to make stuff outside the normal, that is what really makes you unique and helps you stand out from other people.  Also, you do not need a bunch of 3rd party plugins or VSTs to make good music. For us, we only really use stock FL plugins, CamelCrusher, and tal-bitcrusher. If you really know how to use that stuff, you can really get far with just that.

Who and/or what inspires your music currently?

For us, a lot of hip hop, phonk, and horror movies of course really inspire us. Our favourite artists would have to be Ghostemane, Suicideboys, Shakewell, and also nothing, nowhere. We have been listening to those artists for a while now, especially nothing, nowhere. We also really like Soudiere, DJ Yung Vamp, bsd.u, DJ Smokey, and phonk artists like that. Now some of our favourite horror movies that really inspire our darker stuff are The Witch, Hereditary, The Lighthouse, and movies similar to that sort of style. Just more of the disturbing or creepy unsettling movies similar to those.

Thanks for chatting, Is there anything else you would like to add?

Just make sure to follow us on our socials to stay up to date with releases and stuff. Expect to see a lot of Drevm around in the near future.