With more work on the way, Joe chatted with XLR8R to discuss his backstory and how he synthesizes his broad sonic range into a concise and conceptual exploration of the far outer regions of electronic music. Now just 19, Mutant Joe has made a name for himself as one of the most unique, versatile, and elusive artists currently coming up out of Australia, and with his latest releases he’s capturing a new European audience. Released last year, it caused a stir, capturing the the attention of Hudson Mohwake, who dropped three of the 12 tracks in his TNGHT Essential Mix with Lunice.
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Teaching himself the ins and outs of studio experimentation, rooting himself in ’80s horror, jungle, gabber, techno, and industrial, Joe dropped two tape releases before reaching out to Natural Sciences for what he perceived as the finest realisation of his sound yet. Underpinning the release and all Joe’s work is Lil Ugly Mane’s Third Side of Tape, released in 2015 and acknowledged by Joe for its “willingness to jump around from genre to genre while maintaining an uncanny atmosphere that really gripped me and forced me to learn production,” he recalls. Across its 40-minute playtime, the rising Australian artist, whose name remains undisclosed, spilled his guts over trap, Memphis rap, jungle, and street electronics, calling on a horde of collaborators including Lord Pusswhip, Onoe Caponoe, and the Lost Appeal Crew, who mobilised together, pulling in resources from now defunct message boards and online sample dumps. Mutant Joe‘s latest mixtape, Home Invasion Anthems, came out on Natural Sciences, a little-known label based in Manchester, United Kingdom.